Hi Guys!

I was out of town for quiet a time so my activity was null. Therefore, here is the model I completed recently:

http://www.deepwatermodels.com/U96/6/



--Boris

Hi Ya,

How long did it take you to build it?
Did the film inspire you to build the model?

OOOh man , that 's just stunning!!!


very nice work!


(only nitpick I can find is that your rustlines run a little too low on the hull). I believe it was skipper who pointed this out to us saltwaterrats that ruststreaks only run until the waterline, and not any further.

But still, I love your boat.
this proves that even the non-camo versions can look great.

Way to cool man!! (++)

Wich kit is this?? Did the plate includes in the kit?? becouse it gaves a lot of a finshed touch.

Does U-boots rust so much?? I can't hardly believe it.
How long is this kit?

this is the 1/72 revell VII-c kit, and is about 1 meter in length overall.

U-boats which were out on long patrols were even more rusty then this one.
The depthcharges and hits from metal parts would scrape off or dent the paint, which would very quickly become corrodated and rusted, and peeling off.

There was a picture in one of the forums during DDD of a u -boat in the last days of the war, which was at sea for a long time which looked just awfull. white saltbuild up everywhere, and more rust than paint.

Refering to that picture, this sub looks still in a very good shape.

IN my job I have to go onboard of cargo vessels which cross the atlantic about two times every month, and it's just unbelievable how a ship can change in 30 days, and these crews even have time to for maintenance and painting, as they are not submerged half the time or under fire the other half... salt water can be really hard on these ladies...

That's one very impressive boat. Congratulations on a job well done.

A really excellent piece of work, congratulations. The Revell U-Boat is one I'm dying to build, but will be leaving it for a while... Costs a lot (esp. with all the AM goodies I'd like to get as well), takes a lot of space, and will take a lot of time. I'm finding finishing off my 1/72 corvette quite hard going now*, so a simpler kit will be next on the workbench (well, dining room table!)

On the subject of rust - I'm in the RN and even very well maintained ships are going to show a lot of rust, particularly in less accessible areas, after even a few weeks at sea


* Have been building her since Jan 04!

Hi Boris!

Great built and excellent painting/weathering, as usual

I like it a lot

Skipper

Hi Guys!
Thank you all for your comments.

It took 6 evenings to build this model and 4 of them was painting job. I already build this kit before, so I get used to it and assembling process does't take long.

The base is 10mm veneer from furniture shop. The one included in the kit is plastic and very unrelaible support for model.

According rust effects it is all about make the model look good.
I know it is a bit overweathering.

--Boris

Hey Boris,

This is a nice one. I really like the semi-gloss finish and the rust streaks have been blended at just the right level... really nice. This boat has the look of just being put into dry-dock and is still a little wet.

Did you use an oil wash on this? The preshading and highlights really makes the details pop. I even like the photo angle, it gives it presence.

tschuss
Steve

Steve,

I use Tamiya acrylics. When hull and tower completly assembled and painted I airbrush the modell with mixture of Future and Tamiya transparent coat (60/40).

http://www.swannysmodels.com/TheCompleteFuture.html

The rust effects all applied with oil paint by few brushes.

The deck slots painted with black waterbased artist pen (Faber-Castell). And deck itself left without cover to keep "dull" effect of acrylic.


--Boris