Nice Eric, I like that.
That’s looking very good, Eric. It’s coming along nicely!
Very cool Eric, I like the streaking. I’ve got those books, read though them, but so far haven’t had the courage to try them out.
EB, that looks good indeed. But without any running gear it’s still a sitting duck for Bish’s Panther. [;)]
Well since my research turned up that Hoffman was in a Torpedoboot and not a Schnellboot I had to do a bit more research to come up with an idea for markings. I decided up S-188, which was part of the 4th Schnellboot Flotilla. As shown in this photo taken after an engagement with the Allied fleet on June 7/8, she did see some action
She was sunk, along with many other S-boots and Torpedo Boots on June 14 during a major RAF daylight raid on La Havre harbor on June 14. Apparently the small surface components were enough of a nuisance to rate a major daylight raid, led by 617 Squadron, to shut them down.
So anyways today I applied a final coat of MM Schnellboot Weiss onto the hull, after having given the touch up primer several days to dry and cure.
and finally, I glued the lower hull to the upper hull.
Tomorrow I plan on a coat of Future and then I can begin decaling and weathering once that has dried.
The and the boot both look great.
Stik, it’s obvious that the Panther shot the running gear off of E’s tank. It’s supposed to look like that. [t$t]
I have also made some more progress on the rear of my Marauder.
Here are the seat back pads for the gunners jump seats that I made the other nite using some of teh kit sprue sanded to shape
and the final bulkheads than I have made for the tail gunners position. I still need to add a bit more work back here, but in a day or two I should have all of that completed.
more to come in the next few days…
Eric: your tank weathering looks great.
Stik: the S-boot looks cool…been thinking of getting one or an E-boot.
Thanks Pyr. S-boot (schnellboot) is the German name, E-boat (enemy boat) the Allied name for the same type of craft.
That’s looking great Stik. Is that the Panther badge on the side of the boat. Nice work on the marauder as well.
Greg, ye, stik is right on that, S-Boot’s and E-Boat’s are the same thing.
SP: Nice work there on both the B-26 and the Alphabet-boat. You’re making crazy progress there on the Schnellboat (fast boat -fast build???) and the ribbing on the B-26 is really impressive.
As some of you know, not only I’m working on a P-47 Thunderbolt for this Group Build, I also decided to do a Hellcat instead of the Spitfire as originally planned. With that in mind, I noticed the Hellcat Mk.I has gun barrels on the wingtips as opposed to the Hellcats in the Navy during WW2. Since the 1/48th scale Hellcat kit is Hobby Boss brand ( www.1001modelkits.com/…/17137-grumman-hellcat-mk-i-1-48-hobby-boss-aircraft-model-kit-80360.html ), I’m having a tough go at finding aftermarket conversion kit for the gun barrels. The only one I found are Quickboost brand but they’re designed to be assembled with Eduard Hellcat kit (item # QB48190). My question: is it possible that I could use it on a Hobby Boss Hellcat kit?
This is the gun barrel conversion kit by Quickboost I’m looking at:
Any help is appreciated.
It can likely be done with some extra work on your part to make the parts fit.
Thank you guys.
Bish, yes, that is the panther badge of the 4th S-boot flotilla on the side partially visible in the photo that I posted.
Gamera, that rib work is snowballing. I add something, go back and check my reference photos, and find something else that might be visible so I decide to add it.
Right, I didn’t realise it was a Flotilla badge. The Revell kit has that but its a different boat, S-204 that surrendered to the British in 1945. I had assumed it was personal to that boat. Thanks for the info.
My thoughts exactly stik. I think I am going to take the chance and buy it. Before I do, I’m gonna do a test fit on the wings to determine an idea of how much work I may have to do to make it fit.
Now that’s what being a modeler is all about 214 
Bish, this kit came with those same markings for S-204. From the research I have done over the past few days many of the S boot Flotillas had some sort of unit insignia.
Thanks. If that is the case, I am not sure how they tell one boat from another. A few seem to have their ID number, but not many.
Just as I think I am getting to grips with German equipment, they throw another spanner in the works.
All this good work going on here got me motivated to shoot some green and silver today. 
NIce- she’s really starting to look like a P-51!
