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Hello everybody here on ARC!!!
I know, normally you find aircraft models here on ARC. Usually I build
aircraft models in 1/72 and 1/48 scale and military vehicles in 1/35. But today
I decided to post a very special article. It is about the German submarine type VII
C. U96 Das Boot.
When I heard the good comments about this kit, I could not resist building it. I was always interested in this special type of a submarine.
Here's a short story
about the German submarines:
The main role of the type VII C was purely as an offensive weapon, designed to
carry out sustained disruption of the English supply lines by sinking targeted
merchant ships. Allied convoys were attacked by whole packs of German
submarines. But by 1943 the page had turned. The hunters became the hunted. The
Allies had new search equipment such as radar that enabled them to track the
German subs known as the "Grey Wolves" mercilessly even by night and
fog. This resulted in heavy losses for the German submarines. Of about 39.000
submariners over 33.000 lost their lives at sea.
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I read the thrilling
book "DAS BOOT" written, by Lothar Günther Buchheim, in the 80`s and
the movie was shown several times on tv, most recently on last Saturday, just in time
when I finished the Revell kit.
The big box contained 135 pieces, moulded in a light grey. The fit was
excellent, no putty was used. I built the kit oob, only the Netzabweiser ( I dont know the
english word for the rope on top of the sub) were built with
copperwire.
I painted the
submarine in the markings of U 96, the swordfish is handpainted, no decals were
used. I used acrylics from Vallejo and the new watercolors from Revell. They are
very good, I applied them with a brush and airbrush. The weathering was done with
pigments form Artitec.
The model is about 93 cm (36.6") long, you'll need much space on your cupboard.
I hope
you like the pictures. Next I will build a small single engined aircraft in 1/72nd
scale to help myself recover from this huge project. Comments are always
welcome, please e-mail too: rossilien@web.de
Daniel
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