Thukydides Posted Wednesday at 11:07 AM Share #1 Posted Wednesday at 11:07 AM Welcome to my log for the Hobby Boss Type VIIC U Boat. This is intended to be a short side project and so this log will likely be used to document my progress rather than explaining my thought processes in detail. I am intending to keep kitbashing to a minimum on this build with the only significant addition likely to be placing the u boat in a seascape diorama. Here is a picture of the box, next week I will begin planning the build. Ryland Craze, king derelict, Knocklouder and 6 others 9 Quote Current Builds: Type VII C U Boat (HobbyBoss); HMS Perseus Completed Builds: HM Cutter Alert (Vanguard Models) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvesvidal Posted Wednesday at 12:53 PM Share #2 Posted Wednesday at 12:53 PM I will be following with a lot of interest. I also wish someone would produce a 1/200th scale of the Type VII-C, someday, to go with all the larger ships in that scale. Yves king derelict, Canute and Thukydides 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thukydides Posted Wednesday at 11:35 PM Author Share #3 Posted Wednesday at 11:35 PM 10 hours ago, yvesvidal said: I will be following with a lot of interest. I also wish someone would produce a 1/200th scale of the Type VII-C, someday, to go with all the larger ships in that scale. Yves Part of the reason I picked this scale is if I want to do a larger ship I have the option at this scale. And my OCD demands that all my ships be the same scale. Also it is small which allows some cheating on the painting. yvesvidal and Canute 2 Quote Current Builds: Type VII C U Boat (HobbyBoss); HMS Perseus Completed Builds: HM Cutter Alert (Vanguard Models) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AON Posted Thursday at 08:27 AM Share #4 Posted Thursday at 08:27 AM Obviously you meant CDO 🤪 CiscoH, Canute and Thukydides 1 2 Quote Alan O'Neill "only dead fish go with the flow" Ongoing Build (31 Dec 2013) - HMS BELLEROPHON (1786), POF scratch build, scale 1:64, 74 gun 3rd rate Man of War, Arrogant Class Member of the Model Shipwrights of Niagara, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada (2016), and the Nautical Research Guild (since 2014) Associate member of the Nautical Research and Model Ship Society (2021) Offshore member of The Society of Model Shipwrights (2021) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thukydides Posted yesterday at 12:37 AM Author Share #5 Posted yesterday at 12:37 AM I began construction on the hull. The main hull was a bit warped so I had to use clamps to hold everything in the right place. Once the main structure was together I then had to do some gap filling with milliput mixed with a bit of isopropyl to make it runny. This was then sanded smooth once cured. Then I began work on the coning tower. The PE for this sure is fiddly, but it feels like this build is flying together compared with working on Alert. Though I suspect the painting will go much more slowly than the construction… Canute, Ryland Craze, CiscoH and 3 others 6 Quote Current Builds: Type VII C U Boat (HobbyBoss); HMS Perseus Completed Builds: HM Cutter Alert (Vanguard Models) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaiah Posted yesterday at 02:09 AM Share #6 Posted yesterday at 02:09 AM This is gonna be a breeze for you! AON, Ryland Craze, Thukydides and 1 other 4 Quote Current build: HM Cutter Sherbourne 1763 by Isaiah - Vanguard models - 1:64 Completed Builds: Perseverance -1807 - by Isaiah - 1:48 - Colonial Brig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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