Brian's 1/48 Dkm u-Boat Type Viic U-552

[The Smythe Meister]

Lovely stuff :thumb2: ,
Coming along a treat mate ,

[boatman]

HI Bri very good build but could you please state what the parts are like them tubes are they torpedo tubes?
chrisb

[Steven000]

Nice progress, looking good :thumb2:

[Bri62]

are they torpedo tubes?

Yes Chris 4 fwd torpedo tubes

did a bit this morning



did I say how much I dislike masking ?

[boatman]

LOOKS TO me you have the torps in the tubes yea ?

[Bri62]

LOOKS TO me you have the torps in the tubes yea ?

Yes mate

[Bri62]

Done a bit of weathering not sure how I feel with it!



Torpedo room there will be quite a bit of water lying under the tubes (rust)

[Mark1]

Looks good to me

[Jim R]

Great progress. All neat and tidy. Detail looks excellent.

[boatman]

BRI can you please show some pics of the hull of this sub an the lenght an beam as im havin trouble tryin to imagine the model as a whole ?
chrisb

[Bri62]

an you please show some pics of the hull of this sub an the lenght an beam as im havin trouble tryin to imagine the model as a whole ?

It's built in five sections (modules) which fit in the hull.

[Bri62]

[boatman]

WOW BRI that looks good so this fits in the main hull then ? an lenght an beam please ?
chrisb

[Bri62]

1.40m x 38cm Chris

finished for the day

[Bri62]

More progress :smiling3: thinking about lighting and decided to go with a parallel circuit off a 3v mains power supply what do you guys in the know think ?