Nice work on the M1 Michael,

Good to see another British boat in the campaign,

Fancy one of those for my fleet.

keep up the great build.

Si

thanks Si,
It is not a bad little kit. A quick build but needs some mods to make it all fit together.
I am sure it wpuld look good in the RedDuster fleet.

cheers
Michael

Well the M1 has moved along fairly quickly. At times a bit fiddly but not too bad over all.

She's ready for the paint yard next.






With any luck, she'll be painted at least one colour by the weekend.

cheers
Michael

Michael,

Great progress on your M1, it is a pretty cool little kit. Love the concept of the sun design with the main gun. Out of curiosity, does the main gun traverse at all?
Looking forward to seeing some color added.

Dave

Hi Dave,
I think the gun had only small elevation capabilities and certainly no traverse. The main idea was to surface close to target and deliver a 12" shell amidships. Would have been pretty devastating for merchant ships or coastal emplacements. I think the most telling point is that nobody else seems to have thought it worth trying.

cheers
Michael

David,

The resin I400 looks pretty good. Is the aircraft hanger hollow, allowing for storage of the aircraft? From the pictures the details look pretty crisp and clean. When you decide to build her please blog it, would like to see the progress.

Dave

HMS M.1 with some colour but still on her toothpicks.


She still needs a wash and something to be mounted on to. I will post some better photos when it's completed.

cheers

Michael

Ahoy Michael

Its looking very good indeed.

Cheers


Sean

No I did not fall off the planet......
Just been away a bit.

Here is how far I am on my Nautilus.
The pic of the lights did not come out but you can get the gist I hope. By the time it is done I will figure how to take no light pics.

Yes I decided that gluing individual cut sprue of bolts to match the metal was not going to happen and this is what I came up with......

Michael,

Amazing work on your M1. It is a pretty cool design for a sub. Would have been interesting to read true accounts of engagements if it had actually engaged the enemy.

Jeff,

Nice work on the Nautilus. Looking forward to seeing how it all comes together.

Dave

HMS M.1 ready for action.

I handed painted the M1 as decal was a bit prominent and gave the whole boat a wash to tone it down a little.






It was not a bad kit, a bit fiddly as the main parts required some work but my first foray into the underwater world so I'm happy with the outcome.. If they issued M.2 with the plane I would add that to the collection.

cheers
Michael

Hi Michael,

Great job on the M1, looked a fun build.

must add one to my "fleet".

Cheers

Si

Thanks Si,
If you add one to your fleet allow for the filler and sandpaper Fortuantely the kit only has about 20 parts so not toomuch work.

cheers
michael

Ahoy Michael

Very nice job indeed.

I like your paint job.

Congrats on completing it.

Cheers


Sean

Thanks Sean.
It's always nice to get something completed while ignoring the more pressing demands of a wilful battlecruiser!

cheers

Michael

Lovely job on the M1 Michael. I also have the M1 in the stash with plans to display her beside the Surcouf, another big gun sub.
Finally finished my I-19, some of the photo etch was very fine and strained my abilities but all came together in the end.

Hello all!

Request permission to join

After I finished my HMS Belfast yesterday and a little time to go before the 'Sink the Bismarck'-Campaign will start, I decided to build my first 1/350 sub, an AFV Club VII c early version.
I plan for this to be a quick and fun build, just a little PE, in between two larger projects, and I thought this could be a nice contribution here.

So here we go: Starting today.



That's what I will be using:
The kit (with some included PE), an Eduard set (actually for a Revell kit - will see what I can use), a Flyhawk 20mm (I will use a Master turned brass barrel for it) and probably some brass barrel for the 8.8 gun - I will see if I find something suitable, it should look better than the kit's gun, otherwise I will go with the moulded one.



As this is a very small model and not all that much paint will be needed, I just looked into my color stash to see what I could find, no real point in mixing for such small quantities...
The main colors will be 'Schlickgrau 58' and 'Schiffsbodenfarbe III':



By comparison, I decided that the Tamiya XF 53 is a good match for the 'Schlickgrau' and XF 63 for 'Schiffsbodenfarbe III':





And then let's go and cut some plastic - the moulding seems really good to me, fine and with lots of details. Fit seems pretty good as well. Amazingly there's a pressure hull that goes inside, even though it won't be visible at all in the end - at least that's what it looks like...











Cheers,
Jan

Jan,

Permission to come aboard granted!


Cam,

I really like that I-19, Nicely done.......

Not Sure how you guys and do the "Oh my GOD" scale on such small projects like subs......
Not sure these old eyes could really do it. But maybe it is not that much different than the Battle ships or carriers in the scale.
Who knows, it just seems to intimidate me.
Hats off to you all.......

Thanks Jeff!

So here's a quick and small update, quite some non-modeling stuff going on over the weekend, limiting that bench time...

Glued the deck part first.



That went not as smooth as I desired - fumbled a little around the nose, so to hide that, I decided to open one tube and let a torpedo come out:











Some PE already in place, and more to follow, on the bow and stern parts. The Eduard set fits really nice, for that it is intended for a different kit!





Some Mr.Surfacer 1200 sprayed on as base coat - this clearly shows the joint line between the lower and upper hull parts - not so nice...









After contemplating for a while whether to just ignore it and go on, I decided I had at least to mitigate the effect some and brushed on some Mr.Surfacer 500. No that requires some more layers, and sanding afterwards. I hope I manage without destroying the moulded on structure, which is quite nicely done...









So no builds without their specific challenges... will see during the next days where this leads me. Next update will be a little delayed, again off and away for some days next week and over the weekend.

Cheers and thanks for looking!

Jan

Nice update Jan.
The torpedo coming will be a nice touch.

Also have fun sanding

Thank you very much!!

And yes - the sanding will be 'fun' - pretty tiny stuff. Still not made up my mind whether I try to safe the moulded structure or if I try to replace it. The latter one would not only making the sanding process easier, but a lot more effective as well... But that will have to wait for a few days, no bench time yet

Cheers,
Jan

Hi Jan

a nice start, but that's a real bummmer about the seam between upper and lower hull...

I did the Revell type VII C a few years back, and it is split down the centre-all the reviews i read at the time said the bronco kit was better, but now, not so certain?

Thanks Russ!!

So why should it be only you with some 'minor' fitting issues?!? I was wondering why they had not just split the hull in to (left and right) halves? Well, the kit is nice, the molds are very crisp and the detail ist really good. But this gap... But nothing that can't be fixed!

Cheers,
Jan

Ah yes, we crazy modellers are always hungry for more punishment I'm sure you'll find a way around this new challenge though.
Have you tried using a scalpel to scrape the filler to the correct shape? Sharp scalpels are great for keeping details crisp, whilst not removing them-essentially you drag the blade sideways across the work piece, removing a sliver of material each time, until you achieve the shape you desire-this eliminates the need to use sand paper and the risk of removing details...

OK No Laughing........
But this is what I use to sand small places and by detail I do not want to mess up. I sand the large areas normally but then when I get up close to the detail. I use this, and keep swapping out the little sanding disks I cut out using a leather punch.

And Like you said Russell, "we crazy modellers " or modelers here in the states.