10,000 foot view of the bench. A lot to follow with shortly.
Big question.
What would the color be between the pressure hull and the outer hull? Red Oxide?
I have no clue as to actual paint as manufactured but there are a ton of images with a Google search that might show you something.
I count five empty rum glasses and clean straight lines. You sir, can hold your liquor.[H]
LMAO!!!
Well, no; those are my daughters, the once a week bring down from her room.
So it’s hard to explain, but with an interior to install, the kit design set up bulkheads that fit tight against the hull sides. But those are not the pressure hull.
But wait! the outline of the pressure hull is ever so faintly cast as a ridge on each bulkhead.
A better model could be had by mimic-ing the opening in the outer hull with a similar pressure hull inboard, with its own opening.
Drilled around the outlines of the pressure hull, on the port side of each bulkhead.
Cut off, and it’s looking good.
The sections of deck will need to be narrowed too, but I’m optimistic.
I found enough references to make me pretty sure that the internal wet space was red oxide.
Anyhow, need to sleep off the rum. Decks tomorrow!
Oh sure. Its the its my daughters excuse. I have used that one myself and I dont have daughters. [;)]
You did all that paint work already? Nice work Morrison. You sir, are a master model maker.
Btw, slow down. I don’t want to see this WIP done before it begins[:|]!
Those are not rum glasses…those are his paint mixing jars[cptn][D]
Nice so far, watching with interest.
No, No, No! Those are JUICE glasses! I love the work you’re doing. I suppose that round thing in the first picture is a strainer basket that you use to clean your brushes with.
~ Cobra Chris
Wish I could remember where I got this from but I remember a discussion relating to German primer as being " tabasco " in color. Eyes on build.
Several things here. This is the main deck, stern at the rear; flipped upside down.
A width of anywhere from 1/8" at the ends to about 3/16" in the middle was cut from the port edge of the deck (left side here) to allow for the space between the pressure hull and the outside hull.
And in order to avoid a look of just plastic parts for the deck, a series of small underside beam ends have been added. I couldn’t really find any pictures of these, as they are the overhead in the battery spaces, so I sort of guessed, But it would follow practice.
You ask an excellent question. it’s easy to think that the ballast tank and free flood spaces were in primer–but, I’m half thinking that that such spaces would have gotten an anti-corrosion finish coat… But, I could be over-thinking this, too. Just that there are a lot of valves, ports, and scuppers that have to all be 100% reliable. And, I have to admit to an artist’s slant a bit, in thinking that I’d want a color that contrasted with the traditional red for “cut” edges of cut-aways. So, I might use one of my more “full” jars, Sky Type S, Zinc Chromate Green or the like.
Hi " G "
Like Capn Mac said . I do the same .Now for my U-47 , I used a darkened Model Master " Rust " On the edges of my openings . For most it depends on the hull color .On my " Cape Class " Lindberg cutter I am using The Zinc Chromate . T.B.
Oh man dis gon b good! Great idea G!
TB - How about posting some pictures of 47?
Is the Type XXI U Boat kit ready to build with open hull or are you scracth doing or?
This version is the Type 21 with open hull, out of the box. It was also boxed with closed hull, and as the post war Wilhelm Bauer with closed hull.
My scratch building is based on adding the pressure hull to the interior, on the open port side. I’m not concerned about it on the starboard side, as a combination of longitudinal interior partions and machinery will hide that its the inside surface of the starboard hull half.
But on the port side, the decks and bulkheads are sized to fit tight against the inner side of the port hull half, and that’s very incorrect. The actual space looks to be anywhere from a foot or so top and bottom, to several feet at the midline.
OK Thanks! (I mite have both to build, better check).
Apparently a dark color:
Or, maybe light…
My last post for the weekend.
The plastic decks came with a slight positive fore-aft camber (upward curve).
These kinds of things always look crappy when that happens.
So I’ve installed rigid brass tube stiffeners on the undersides of the longer decks.
We’ll say that they are main air pipes to the ballast blowers…
No, no, no. Those ARE rum glasses. I was about to ask about them too. lol.
Excellent work so far, by the way.
Good day GMorrison,
never had attempts to build up smthg “metall”… due to this huge q-ty of small details need to be reproduced, corrected with documented source and so on…and on…but allways with interes watch how colleques can do that!.. nice job! understand 0 , but I like , what I see!
Wish You to have Good progress in such difficult task!!!
some time ago I watch movie…Das Boot… may be the best one abt submarine,by my opinion, is it the same type?