Thanks, and I’m glad there’s interest as this is a challenge. Any info from the experts is always most welcome.
I’m no expert on U Boats, Kirill. Barely a beginner. Das Boot is a great movie, I would like to see the 300 minute mini-series some time. That one is a Type 7C, probably the most common type.
This model is a Type 21, which never was in combat although some were active at the end of the war.
I understand it’s the grandfather of post-war submarine design. It might interest you that the USSR received four and built quite a few more from components captured in Danzig.
And the Soviet Whiskey Class, Project 613, was pretty much derived from this design.
formally, after graduation my marine school in 1988, in Vladivostock…I had minor military rank automatically, allows me to occupate pozition of comander of submarine engineering department, and as I could remember now,in the classes we study this ,613 project… very fanny it sounds now,but in those time all such kind of information was under BIG secret, for us, cadets…in the begining of the lesson,we receive books and paper ,to make notes during lessons, and after completion,need to return everithing back to duty officer!!! :)))no one piece of paper was allowed to left classroom…can You imagine?..and this was just kind of reprodaction /modification of german submarine of WW2 period…that time of couse nobody tell us real history of 613 project desighn… happy that my military dutes long time ago expiered…:)))
Good luck in building Your U21!
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as I remember ,those time, in the classroom,there was big detailed model of 613project,approx 2 mtrs long, demonstrated all existing valves ,pipes,wiring,diezels,batteries,el. motors and so on… front part ,along hull, was opened for visual excess to all machinery placed inside…this high marine school still exist,but what happendcwith that model…no idea…
Thanks! I’be glad [:D] … sad can’t supply usefull information abt Your project … but logicaly, such old type of submarine should be reachly documented with free public access to it? is it?
I saw some building reports of heavy cruiser of WW2/WW2 , for example, and how modellers operate very often with detailed original technical drwngs of prototipe, variousfotoes , etc.
What is situation with hystoric and technical information of your progect…at least I saw You posted many pictures… is that sufficient for detailed building?
The longer deck sections were bowed from front to back. In order to straighten them out to flat, I glued some lengths of brass tube to the undersides, back from the edge, using a continuous bead of CA and clamps.
Next day, I painted the tubes interior light grey. I don’t think they will even be seen, but if they are the boat has so much plumbing that it can only help.
Another website I frequent featured a guy’s build of the Type VII. He didn’t do any interior, but he did spend a lot of money and time on etched-brass detail parts. All the grills, props, torpedo tube interiors.
I always wanted to build one with complete interior, but I’ll never have the time. I’m much looking forward to the progress on this one.
I’ve owned that one for years, and yes you should see it. It’s not quite the mini-series, though - the credits are edited out to make one five-hour-long movie. That said, I think it is far and away the best version.
URL for the show? I don’t know. I paid full price for the DVD the day I saw it in the store, many years ago. Yes, the “Uncut” version is the mini-series, without the breaks between episodes. I’m still wishing they would release it with the breaks, as I like to watch it one bit at a time.
Oh, sorry. I wondered, but thought “No, he can’t mean that.”
It’s called www.subsim.com, and it’s mainly devoted to playing submarine and other naval games. I’ve been a member there since 2002 and a moderator for about three years now.
Means you needed another rum; er, no, to confistcate a rum from your daughter’s uh, no, juice glasses, yeah, policing up juive glasses–wait, juice and rhum? Why, yes, I’ll have aniother.
There’s been some progress. After fitting out the interior, I’ve gone about setting up the pressure hull.
I looked around and found a couple of cheap glue bottles that were about the right diameter.
Cut up and glued in. The 21 had exterior ribs on the pressure hull, set those up to actual scale and spacing. And they were built in sections, so there’s a double rib at each join.
Next is to paint the external surfaces with anti fouling paint. There were good suggestions on several ideas here earlier, I thank you all for that. I’ve decided to go with a “Tabasco” colored oxide primer. Mostly because the outer hull will be black and it seems to be a good guess.
