Thank you very much!

I think today noon I will paint the next colors so that tomorrow I could remove the salt. ... then I will wonder about "OMG what have I done ..."

Good luck Micha,

Great job so far, looks to me that it will come out fine.

Looking forward to seeing the result

Si

Micha,

definitiv great work, I could not agree more with what everybody said!!

I have read about this salt approach, but I have never seen anybody doing it, or better, anybody showing and explaining the process while it's going on.
I keep my fingers crossed that the effect will show as you desire once you uncover it!!

Cheers,
Jan

.... I hope it too It is always a thrilling moment Yesterday I have painted the final color so tha today I could remove the salt ....

Cheers
Michael

Ahoy Mica

I am keen to see the final result of your painting & weathering.

Cheers


Sean

*** UPDATE ***

Salt removed.... several layers and maskings, and salts.... and paint .... and rust-paint.... later ......























Next step - clear coat. Markings. Clear coat. Several oil colors .... pigments ......

Cheers
Micha

Wow, that's impressive!!

Returning home from a VERY long deployment of Feindfahrt...

Great job! Effects are coming out splendid!!

Cheers,
Jan

I second that, Jan!

Very impressive!

Ahoy Micha

I echo the comments from Jan and Russell - great stuff indeed a very realistic effect.

Cheers


Sean

Hi Micha,

Great job, and what the other guys said too.

Si

*** UPDATE ***

Next step... painting of the upper pressure hull... rust, light green, grey, black .... then washing with oil colors ....










The outside of the hull received several washings ... black oil color wash, brown (rust), white .....










The decks constist of 5 big etched parts by RC-Subs. I prefered this one as it looks better then the Pontos wooden deck. Maybe the next sub will receive the pontos deck Once these parts are grey brushed from the underside (light grey), then the parts were glued on the hull.
Now a lot of etched parts by RC-Subs and some turned brass parts by Pontos follow.... I just started... lot more to do....





















Cheers
Micha

Wow, that poor thing looks really beaten up...give a nail brush, some anti-fouling and a few buckets of paint and I can fix that for you...

Sorry

Fantastic job Micha, the effects you are achieving are truly superb and stunning!! Really great work!!

Cheers,
Jan

*** UPDATE ***

The maindeck received some further etched parts by RC-Subs and Pontos, as well as several turned brass material by Pontos...








After that the maindeck was painted in dark wood brown, then the areas which were made of metal, received some rust. Then a lot of salt was put on the deck ...






The main deck after a layer of "German Grey", and after the removal of the salt. The oil color washing is still missing here ...







The net-saw... made of etched parts and turned brass parts and some prass pipes ...




and the whole one ....






Cheers
Micha

Ahoy Micha

Nice update.

This build is just getting better and better with each update.

Cheers


Sean

I second that, Sean

A little bit of shocking in the morning ...

Yesterday I made a bit of "tabularasa" with the deck.... I wasn't that satisfied with the painting as it looked more like a rusty metal deck instead of a real wooden deck with installed metal parts on it.
Therefore I removed all the etched parts and turned brass parts from the metal deck.... sanded down all the surface.... and aadded the thin wooden deck from Pontos...... then started to mount all the metal parts on this deck again...... some more metal parts will follow... I have to make some parts new from scratch as I could not remove all the stuff without damaging. But no problem.

Next steps will be a weathering of the wooden deck with black and brown oil washings, then painting the metal parts with rust and grey .....

Cheers
Michael

Wow, that'S quite an enterprise of yours - removing the entire deck... To me it looked really good!!
I wish you best of luck for your restoration and keep my fingers crossed that you get everything back on the way you desire! Really curious to see your modified deck, should look great I am sure!!

Cheers,
Jan

Ahoy Michael

Brave move indeed but if your not happy with the effect I guess its the thing to do.

I am keen to see how it all turns out.

I am sure it will be bigger and better.


Cheers



Sean

Michael,

I don't follow many threads, but I have made a case for following yours. This is really, truly, remarkable work. Very, very, impressive.

David

Looking great Michael,

The weathering is stunning, looks like that boat has seen the worst the Atlantic could throw at it.

Cheers

Si

Hello at all.
thank you so much for your kind words. It is a pleasure to see that it is interesting for you all!

I will try to make some photos of the new deck tomorrow.... I think it is looking much much better now... completely different, but much more like a wooden deck then before....

Cheers
Michael

Micha,

It is always a pleasure to see your updates and watch as you tackle this monster build.

I look forward to seeing what steps you have taken on the new deck and what you do next to weathering this beast.

Dave

*** UPDATE ***

Some first pictures of the "new" wooden deck - version 2, "real wood".

Once all turned brass-, plastic- and etched parts were removed from the metal deck, the Pontos real wood deck was installed.

After that all the etched parts (hinges, covers, other details), turned brass parts (bitts, tools, ...) and plastic parts were installed once again.

The wooden deck received a dark brown washing with oil colors and was sanded partly after dry. This was repeated 2 times for getting different shades of brown. After that a dark grey, partly black oil color washing was added.

Then all the (in original) metal parts were painted in grey.









Next step - the originally metal parts get some smaller rust chips and some bare metal, a washing with white and black oil colors.

Cheers
Micha

Michael,
Your U-boat is beginning to look like it has had a long patrol. I hope when it sails into port it has pennants flying.

Cheers,

Gary

Micha -

Your work is truly amazing. How do you find the time to build so many excellent models? Where do you put then when they are done?