Revell 1:125 Scale Type VIIB (what do ya think?) | Forums

[Ghostly_Magicia]

since picture changed i'll recomment lol. It looks like the sailors got sick and took a crapper and barfed. Got to find rust colored paint Nice tho

[RenT_A_CoW]

i do the best with whats avaliable. ill probly go buy another one some time (only 20 bucks at hobby town usa) and pickup sum rust colored paint and some better brushes

[marino2005]

My girfriend bought me that one for a birthday few years ago. She loves the film "Das Boot" too. Who could ask for more?

[Ghostly_Magicia]

I tried getting the model but all my Toys R Us had was a Aircraft carrier which sucked. Gonna try the hobby shop

[Ghostly_Magicia]

Got a model and its an old one. Very nice model tho and it could be powered by a model engine but there was none included. Well this is what I built so far (3 pics)

1: The stand,the box, and the U-boat bottom
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y29...%20model/3.jpg

2: What the model looks right now
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y29...%20model/7.jpg

3: The External Torpedoes (not its not finished and it would of been covered)
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y29...%20model/8.jpg

[Barred]

Some dry brushing with unmixed silver appried here and there on the decking would really pick out the details with out being too obviouse and in your face.

Looking good so far, look forward to the finished model.

[Mylo42]

Looks good.

I just recently finished doing a 1:150 scale type VIIc that is motorized (pool use). After spending hours scratch building basically the entire conning tower (It wasn't very good out of the box), I was disappointed to discover that when I put the 3 C cell batts in it that it requires, the thing sinks like a stone. Take the batteries out and it sits just right on the water line. WTF ?? Who engineered that ? It's now still a "pool model" but, not "motorized". Actually, the motor is still in it, its' just not "battery-ized".

I always enjoy the photos of the models. I wish there was a "sicky" thread for them.

[StellarRat]

Could you add some floatation inside the hull to counter balance the batteries (maybe a balloon or something)? If you could experiment and get to neutral buoyancy it would be awesome.

[Frumpkis]

Baloons or other flotation inside the hull wouldn't help float the model. It's already full of air, just too heavy for the displacement. I'd try maybe building up the outer hull at the sides with styrofoam pontoons, just under the waterline.

I've been tempted to get a sub model after getting this game, but haven't jumped on it yet. Man, I haven't made a plastic model in something like 40 years years. I used to set them on fire in my parents' swimming pool when I got tired of them.

[Barred]

Frumpkins, I had the same problem with a ship I built many years ago, I had to carv a boyancy chamber out of polystyrene that fittend under the hull. I then painted it a mottled grey to try and hide it under the water (it was more like a streamlined raft that the ship sat on).

Slightly connected, does anyone know where I could get hold of some external plans of a U-Boat prefably or another WW2 sub?