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Absolutely!

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On top, Perle's stern. Downside, Saphire.

Why did you grind back the upper fin? You got the courve almost right. Your last...

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As can be seen, i made a flat desk/jig to ease checking symmetrie. Changes to the sternward deck were made and the cones were off both horizontally and...

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Test fitting the planes. As mentioned, they will need further adjustments to match the original.

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To lock the hull halves, i installed a piece of aluminum tubing in the forward indexing lip on the lower hull. A threaded brass bar was that glued down...

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After installation, i found the hull edges were not alignet flat with the indexing lips attached to the lower hull only, so i partially removed them and...

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Greetings! I quickly resumed working on the hull as i want to have the model finally completed by the end of the year. I installed the indexing lips and...

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Currently, i started detailing the sail with the handrails and some doors and positioning lights. Some windows and the openings of some masts will complete...

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Greetings! I recently added a chin sonar dome, a flat deck and the sail that is receiving some details.

The sonar was made from a (lost)...

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Milling the floodholes on the upper deck...

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You want something unique that actually saw active service? Make that Type VII a french early post-war variant, kinda "Franken-Guppy". Shiny...

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Cool! You got the looks!

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Coast guard or shepherd, that's the question!

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Ok, thank you, will give it a try on a future project!
Jörg

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So heat worked?
can i do so with polyester GRP, too?

Jörg

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Interesting, looks like a Typ I minelayer variant!

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Haha, heck no, go ahead. You took my comment too serious!

I really only wanted to add that a minor overhaul can easily turn into a large...

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Hi trout,
the testing with the gasket is very interesting, looking firward to seeing how things turn out!

Yes, those "small"...