Today i ordered this kit from revell. I also ordered the update set from eduard. I will post the complete build here, because i can us all the help. I also purchased the naval marine figures from revell have anyone pictures from this set.



Manuel

Fantastic, Manuel!
Looking forward to following your build, mate...

I can't wait to see that my self.

Hi Manuel

A little advice on the Revell figure set:
They are made of that soft plastic, not the styrene one... this could turn an issue later, since the paint tend to flak out of the plastic.
"Hecker and Goros" and "Andrea Miniatures" make white metal sets, CMK resin ones, and these being more expensive and smaller (in numbers) are much more durable
Give it a thought
(I have no commercial interest in any of these companies)

Please keep us posted on your progresses...
Skipper

He Rui

Thanks for the reply, thats the info i was looking for. I have also ssen he sets from andrea and the look superb but the revell figures are also to practise painting these small figures.

Best Regards Manuel

I've got both CMY resin and Revell "soft-crappy" plastic. The CMK are superb, but the Revell have their good poimts: not bad detail, not bad poses. Bad: soft plastic, too many repeat poses, and too stiff poses.

I washed them in alcohol/mineral spirits, then painted black and did a dry-brush light-to-lighter efect, worked OK. I reposed by twisting heads, and even used an arm glued (CA) to a CMK resin figure.

My personal bottom line: the Revell are OK for a few figures, but have some CMK i there too.

Thanks for the reply Wink.

I have also seen the figures from CMK and they are great, i will purchased some sets of these, and use also some figures from the revell set too.

I get the kit tommorow i cant wait to start.

Manuel

This is my first update. I almost complete the hull of this sub, and the fitting is not as good as what i was hoping for. There are some small gaps that are good to fill whit some putty. The only thing that has to been done on the hull is some small PE parts getting on it.

Excuse me for my english writing but im not doing this every day.









Best Regards Manuelke

Looking good, getting close!

I am so tempted to get one of these.

Very nice looking so far!

Hi Manuel

So far so good
It looks a clean built so far...

Keep us posted - and your english is ok, much better than my dutch
Rui

Thanks for the replys guys. Hopefully i can go on whit this project soon.

Best Regards Manuel