Hello all,
Recently joined this site and this is my first post. Must say that this site is truely
amazing and I enjoy it very much. I do mostly submarines and the occasional
armour and aircraft. My first series of pics is the Revell U99 Type VII-B in 1:125
converted to U96 DasBoot a Type VII-C. (See my photos) Hope you enjoy.

Have a nice day and happy modelling,

Joe

Let me post them here for you!











I like your work! Very good!

Martin

Hello Martin,
Txs for posting the photos, I have not figured that part out yet.
I am new to all this posting stuff , not much of a compter wiz!

Txs again,
Joe

Quite simple actually.

In your gallery, select the photo you want to post and click the "copy" button below the photo:



You can paste this URL in your post and the pic will show up once you've submitted.

Martin

Very nice work Grauwolf (and a nice display).

Just checked out your link - great work on the 1:72 as well! I've just started mine.

Hi Joe!

Welcome aboard Armorama!
It always good to see another "submariner" around!
I really hope you enjoy the crew!

Regarding your work - I can only say Congratulations!
Knowing the Revell 1/125 model I see you have done a great upgrade on it!
Also enjoyed the weathering - subtle but highly effective
Didi you use "Nautilus Models" resin CT?

Once again, Welcome aboard!

Skipper

EDIT: Thanks Martin, for helping Joe on posting the pics and also the tutorial

Hello Rui,
Txs for the welcome. The whole model is the Revell 1:125 kit.
It was all reworked. The conning tower was highly modified
from the original and many parts are scratchbuilt. There is one
resin part on the model, it is the second watertight ammo
hatch to the rear of the tower which was copied from the one
on the front. I beleive that Nautilus only had a Type B tower
that was available for some time but is now discontinued.
Also the uboat badge is a copy since I did not want to use the original.

Txs again for the welcome,
Joe

You're most welcome Joe!

After your description it only adds more value to your model

Please check your Private Messages!
(Just go to "homepage" or click "my account" links )

Skipper

Whoa Baby!

Now that is NICE! Man I was sort of proud of mine..but my god what a level you took yours to! Truly awesome!

To say that I am impressed would be an understatement....I feel almost embarrassed of mine now Please tell me it took several months to do this.. I love the stand..nice touch!

Wow nice nice nice job Joe.

And yes, welcome to Big "A"


Steve

Hello Steve,
Thank you for the welcome.
Lots of work went into this u-boat.. There will be more photos coming up soon. The overall project took approx. 6 months.
The hardest part was coming up with good reference material.

I have a 4 other u-boats that are now completed and will be
sharing photos as soon as I can photograph them.

I am presently working on other 1:125 scale Revell u-boat
this time with a Turm II tower conversion. When all this is done, I must indulge in the 1:72 scale Type VII-C ; the box has been staring at me for close to a year now.

Thanks again for the compliments,
Have a nice day and happy modelling.

Joe

PS You've done a beautiful paint job on your boat too !

I have a 1:72 boat as well. I think I'll follow your lead and take my sweet sweet time with it. Maybe I can have something that looks as nice as yours.

Sweet job Joe...really.

Hello all,
Wow ! I now have pictures in my first post. Thanks to Martinnnn
for his kind assistance earlier today.

Txs Martin,

Have a Nice day and happy modelling.

Joe

Hi, Grauwolf, I have a u-boat revell 1/125 too .

I already took your photos on an Internet page. I have already seen your work and it is wonderful. At the present I am working the same model and from the beginning I have taken yours as a reference


By the way, I have a lot of question for you.

For example, in the conning tower. I see several holes around the border. what is your method to build these holes, by putty ?

Another question. The doors in the conning tower. What is the material? is evergreen plasticard?

The kriegsmarine flag is wonderfull, and the u-96 fish emblem too, but I would like to make the same representation. How is possible?

Thank you very much. It is a great work.

Ola Miguel,
How are you? Nice to hear from other u-boat modellers.

To create the splashguard on the upper edge of the tower,
I first glued small pieces of plastic that were spaced acc-
ordingly. Then a strip was wrapped and glued to this. The
edges were round off . Next a small amount of putty was
added and filed to create the concave curve.

The doors on the tower are made from thin sheet of evergreen
plastic card and round rod was used to represent the hinges.

The Kreigsmarine flag is made from thin photocopy paper.
It was assembled using Photoshop, which allowed me to
create a reversed image, the two images were then folded
and glued with paper glue over some string . I rolled the flag
over a toothpick to create the waves.

The emblem of U-96, the laughing swordfish, is made
using Testor decal making paper and printed in an inkjet
printer. If you are modelling the same u-boat, I have some
spare decals that I can mail to you...just e-mail me your
address.

I hope this helps answer your questions and enjoy build-
ing this kit. It can be turned into a very nice model.

Have a nice day and happy modelling,
Joe

Thank you very much, Joe, I'm very happy that you could help me. Yes in this moment, I'm doing the u-boat revell 1/125. For example, in my u-boat, I have put
many strips (evergreen) on the hull. See this photograph:



and this is my conning tower, Is not completed.





Please another question Joe, in the upper side near to the torpedoes door, there are several rectangular holes (in the upper torpedoes doors). What is your method to make this holes ???

By scribber or which is?

Please Joe I have a lot of questions about your model. If you like you can send me your e-mail address in order to ask another questions...Is possible?

I have to reproduce the connig tower with the holes into the border. The periscopes (because I suppose that I need to replace:...a lot of questions, You see.

Thank you very much.

PD: Remeber , one month ago, You sent me one drawing with the connig tower for the type VIIb. You remember. Is very good for to make this u-boat (type VIIB9. I suppose in the futur. Now, I'm concentrated in your u-bout and the mine (Type VIIC).

Thank you Joe.

Hola Miguel, Como estas?...Well that is it for my Spanish.

Now on to u-boats. The drainage slots near the torpedo doors
were created using a small tipped straight screwdriver. I heated the tip and then pressed it into into the plastic, a little
sanding and voila. Work slowly here, to much pressure could
lead to disaster.

I'm glad you mention the e-mail from a month ago, was not
sure if you received it, I was having major PC problems at
the time.

Please feel free to contact me via e-mail if you have any more
questions, will be glad to answer; e-mail available in the
profile section.

Have a nice day and happy modelling,
Joe

PS By the way, your u-boat is coming along very nicely ... keep it up. The hull details will add a
nice touch.

Holla Miguel

A little help to you:
- The rectangular holes near the Torpedo tubes doors, use the back of a new 11 x-acto blade - severall smoth passges will do the trick!
- For the periscopes I may suggest Steve Nuttals 1/125 set of brass for the revell 1/125 u-boot - they are exquisite and just marvellous

Although not listed in his website http://www.modelbarrels.com/ you can drop him an email... he still have the data in is computerized machinery He is also a member here at Armorama

Hope this helps

Skipper

Thanks for both.
Joe thank you very much for tour interest in my work. Yes I have your e-mail address. During these days I will write about some questions about your u-boat. I take your model as reference by my work. Ok I take one screwdriver or the Skipper method's in order to make these holes (near to the torpedoes doors)

Thank you very much for all, and I hope to write you as soon as possible.

Skipper thank you. Yes I'm trying to send one e-mail to modelbymisters. I want to see these periscopes. The problem I suppose is the price to send me this product to Spain (The shipping cost and tax). Normaly all shops send the products with one cost very high. But... I will write this e-mail to the shop, because I?m interesting to see this periscopes.

Thank you very much for the link and help me.

Best regards both both. Thanks.

PD: Joe your spanish language is very good. It is probably than you speak spanish very soon.

Hi, Skipper I send one e-mail to that shop. The answer is that it not possible to find the periscopes in scale 1/125. In this scale don`t work in this moment.This is the answer.

Ok, I hope that Joe Passaseo says me as it was possible to introduce in your model these periscopes. I suppose that Joe have the answer about this question.

Joe , please, your periscopes are good, but I need to know as it is possible to make it (the both periscopes)
Thanks

Holla Miguel,
Hope all is well with you. The periscopes on my U96 are the
original ones from the kit and were reworked to give them
a thinner appearance. A Dremel rotary tool was used for
this. The shaft was locked in the chuck and spun at very
low speed. Sand paper was then used with slight pressure
to remove material and thin them down. The sky periscope
was cut at a slight angle and a small amount of white glue
was added to represent the lens. The periscope housings
were scratchbuilt and detailed accordingly.

In the next couple of days I will be adding close up photos
showing more detail on this u-boat.

Hope this helps.
Have a nice day and happy modelling,
Joe

Excellent submarine!!!

i like this one a lot, how big is it?

Mirko

Hello Mirko,

This the older Revell U-99 kit in 1:125 scale and it measures
out to be 53cm long (approx. 21.5 inches). I believe that this
kit was first issued in the late 60s and therefore is not as
detailed as many of todays kits. But with a little patience and
Evergreen styrene material, it could be turned into a very
nice model. I have the Revell 1:72 scale 93cm long kit as
well but it is still not built.

What would be really interesting is if Revell would consider
a major retooling of this smaller kit amongst other things.
The size of this smaller kit makes it idea for a multitude
of projects.

I am presently working on representing the A, B, C, C Turm
II and Turm IV, D and Mediterranian variants of this u-boat.
I cannot image were I would get the space to store the
same project in 1:72 scale.

Have a nice day and happy modelling,

Joe

Hi, Joe, how are you? Yes Ok, I take your explanation. Let me try, I take the periscopes with the original plastic and with my dremel I'm trying to modify.

Thank you. But Joe another question. I see one grill in the lateral of the conning tower. this grill have several holes. It is possible in order to make this, take one evergreen plate (rectangular) and drills these holes?

This is your method? or not?

And I need to know the decal process, because i'm trying to find decals for this model, and for me it was imposible to find. Please You can send me what is your prrocess. Thank you very much.

And sorry, one question more. I'm very interested in other detail. it is the kriegsmarine emblem. It is fantastic, but I don´t know where I can buy it.

Thank you., and it is a pleasure to speak with you.

Best regards.

PD: e-mail : [email protected]

Como estas Miguel? Soy muy bien, gracias.

I learned a bit more spanish today! I hope the grammar is
correct .

The rectangular plate with the drainage slots is made of thin brass sheet since plastic card was too fragile.

The boat emblem is made from Testor's decal sheet printed in an ink jet printer.

The Kriegsmarine flag is a reduced photocopy, printed both
right side and reversed. It was folded over sting, glued together with white paper glue.
It was rolled over a toothpick to give it the waves.

Now I believe that you may have some trouble finding this
flag in Spain, since it bears the swastika and because of
some post war political rule. If this is the case, send me
your address and I will mail to you, in Spain, some extra
flags and some U96 decals that I have.

I hope this helps.
Have a nice day and happy modelling,
Joe

Joe, thank you very much, I send you one private message, and I think one e-mail.
Thank , best regards
PD: I'm trying to search the Kriegsmarine Badge (or awards). Where You find this insignia?

Thanks, and happy day.