Nice work there Dave! Steady as she goes!! I will have to wait on the prime as some muggy weather showed back up again...so I will be on the same path there as you, marking out welds and double checking things!!





Couple more small sessions and I think I will be in good shape on this!!

Ahoy submariners,

A little more work done to the VII D.....added fore and aft dive planes, rudders and propulsion.
Also worked on a display base....stained but needs to be
varnished.
This week I will work on the conning tower and should
be ready to paint by the weekend.



Cheers,
Joe

Lots of great work, guys!
Bravo Zulu!

Gentlemen,
Although cutting it extremely close, I have managed to finish my U-673. Attached are several photos of the completed project. The Mirage 1/400 kits along with the associated photo etch sheets are just a joy to work with. With this completion my Flotilla now grows to 6 boats. Any and all comments are welcomed, trust me, you can't hurt my feelings ! Great Campaign all ! Take care................Bruce
Plus a question - do we still have to upload the photos to a campaign file ? I can't find one for DDD3 in the active campaign files.

Ahoy Bruce,

Excellent build, amazing what you can do with such little subs!

I don't think that the DDD3 gallery in Campaigns has been set up yet.

Cheers,
Joe

Cool sub Bruce - that little devil looks ready to give Coastal Command some serious trouble! Great job!

Hi Bruce: To find the gallery - click on the gallery heading on home page, then click on campaigns, then click on 2012 & older campaigns, then look down the page to MSW Campaign Dive 3. and you should be there. Good luck. Bob

Well, Gang, this is interesting. I went to the Gallery to upload my pics into the campaign file. Uploaded 4 pics, which came back and stated they were uploaded, but I have absolutely no idea where they went. They are not in the campaign file, or in my photo file.

Obviously, I am a worse computer user than modeler ! If anyone has any ideas, please let me know, Thanks..................Bruce

Gentlemen,
Disregard the previous post. I managed to get 3 photos into the main campaign file by trying different methods. Obviously, not good when I post to the main files so seldom. At any rate, this one is completed, Thank you for your patience. Take care................ Bruce

Ahoy gang,

Update on the VII D build.

Tonight I started working on the conning tower and realized
that the UZO stand is way to short. The DF loop antenna needs
to be replaced by thin wire .....a little overscale don't you
think. Also the flak support stand which is a trianglar shaped stand is represented by a conical blob....that has to go.
And I may consider opening the hatch.



More to come.....
Cheers,
Joe

Joe,
Uh Ho.....I detect a bit of AMS (Advanced Modeler Syndrome) setting into this build of yours ! You always do tremendous work, we will follow this build with extreme interest. Take Care ..........................Bruce

Ahoy mates,

Did a little detailing of the conning tower area.

Built new UZO stand, add binoculars, compass, periscope shroud guard rails and flak support bracket.

I did decide to open the hatch now I need a 1:350 hand wheel.

And that is it...I am going blind!

On to assembly of tower and paint.



More to come.....

Cheers,
Joe

Nice work there Joe!!!


Getting closer...Worked on getting the tag line to look a bit more the part. I fit a strand of wire into the trench that went down the middle of the boat and then sanded to top flat.



I shot down some primer to to see where I was at. Things are coming together I think.





I might try and give a quick sand to the top once more.

Hello Gents!

Finally getting some quality time at the bench, I goin' for the deadline.

@Bruce - Really love your U Boat and how that lil guy turned out!
As Joe stated, you can get such beauties from micro-size kits!
@Joe - WoW! Nice detail you've added, especially at that scale! Hoping to see its completion.
@ Todd - You'll be rewarded for the hard, tedious work you're puting in. Lookin' forward to when it's finished.

For me, this is progress





Onward to assembly!



Sectioned the deck and mounted the hull to the base for benchwork, and a hanger for priming/painting.


Ready for lower hull paint


And here it is so far


Have some touch ups inside rudders etc, but looking forward to the weathering and finishing this off.

Cheers
Dave

Greetings.
While I was waiting for some major assemblies of my Titanic to dry I thought I would take a look at one of my latest aquisitions. It was so simple I made a start and within ano more than an hour it was built.



No filler required and fit is awesome. Never thought I would see one of these in plastic so I am a happy chappy.
Paint is flat black and bronze propeller. Also comes with some special decals for a sash across the nose of the sub.
Cheers
Warren

Hello All,
3 Days to go. Campaign ends on the 14th. You will have till midnight the 15th to get your photo's uploaded to the gallery.
I will award the ribbons on the 16th and list who recieved ribbons here on this thread.
Please get your photo's in the gallery, As I will be going by that to award the ribbons.

Cheers,
Bruce

Mighty Submariners! Some really great builds in this campaign! It's a privilege to be part of this!

I've managed to finish mine in time, here we go:






Cheers!
Stefan

OK Bruce, Thanks for that. I'm making good progress now to cmplete my very first Campaign...woohoo.
But I'm really enjoying this build, small subs are def. cool!

@ Stefan - That came out nice! Like the technique you used for a sub on the open ocean for the base.

Getting there!





Dive On! Cheers
Dave

Hello there. Here is my little fish I finished as U-81 . Unfortunately the photos apear darker than actual model. So I'll place one before I did the jump wires, that is more accurate.




Cheers...

Ahoy all,

I have finished my DDD3 build,the Revell Type VII D 1:350 scale
and here she is:


Was a lot of fun but these things are tiny....oouff!

Also uploaded to DDD3 campaign folder.

Cheers,
Joe

Here is my completed entry for the Dive 3 campaign, SSN 589 in her last paint scheme. The kit is the Monogram Skipjack. I need help loading it to the gallery.

Brent, try this link:
http://gallery.kitmaker.net/showgallery.php/cat/28060

Joe, Yalým, both of your type VII makes mine green with envy!
Regards
Javier

What? No!! I don't agree, at least for mine. Joe's model is an envy wakening one though...

Have my completed images in the Kitmaker Gallery.
Now I need help posting them in the DiveCampaign Gallery.
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Thanks Dave