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Model Forum / General / Models / April 2004U Boat Dio Ideas
Okay, here are my ideas so far: 1. U boat refitting at sea from "trawler" type supply ship (requring some open hatch conversions) 2. U boat filming survivors in life boats (easiest and one most likely I'll actually get to) 3. U boat in dry dock in France (a la large Andrea diorama) 4. U boat being taken over by boarding crew (requiring lots of figure conversions) And of course, the one which someone with more space and patience than me will build... 5. Flower Class Corvette versus U Boat -- >Okay, here are my ideas so far: > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >5. Flower Class Corvette versus U Boat How about a U-Boat coming in from a voyage and being greeted by people on the dock? I see your last name is Levine. Are you jewish? If so, how come you want to build a U-boat? >5. Flower Class Corvette versus U Boat "Enemy Below"-type scenario comes to mind..... -- John The history of things that didn't happen has never been written. . - - - Henry Kissinger > Okay, here are my ideas so far: > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > 5. Flower Class Corvette versus U Boat 6. Surfaced U-boat (in process of making a run for it and crash diving) under aerial attack (Academy PBY or Hasegawa TBF?)...aircraft mounted on a wire which extends from the base. > 6. Surfaced U-boat (in process of making a run for it and crash > diving) under aerial attack (Academy PBY or Hasegawa TBF?)...aircraft > mounted on a wire which extends from the base. There was also one U-boat that surrendered to an RAF Coastal Command plane, that had to circle the surfaced boat until the Navy turned up... Or RN destroyer next to surfaced U-boat, and see if anyone can spot the Enigma machine be taken off the U-boat... > Okay, here are my ideas so far: > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > -- I like the dry dock ide, or some partial sort of display set up that way. That's what I may do, or a fresh boat on or going down the launching ways - there's one you can add to the list.  Signature- Rufus > Okay, here are my ideas so far: [snip *OUCH* My finger!] I saw a picture once of a pre-war german u-boat that had washed ashore somewhere in England during a storm (or something like that.) Lots of men, women and children in their finest sunday clothes walking around it, looking up at that giant beast from the deep. Pretty awe-inspiring ... SignatureJohn Magne Stubsveen "I can smile. And murder while I smile." Hi,Ho I did a dio in 1/700 with a ship going down and a surfaced u-boat passing by with a lifeboat full of ship crewmembers 1st attempt g > I saw a picture once of a pre-war german u-boat that had washed ashore > somewhere in England during a storm (or something like that.) Lots of > men, women and children in their finest sunday clothes walking around > it, looking up at that giant beast from the deep. Found it: http://www.diodon349.com/photopoint/0035/h0004.htm SignatureJohn Magne Stubsveen "I can smile. And murder while I smile." > Found it: > > http://www.diodon349.com/photopoint/0035/h0004.htm Same picture, but without the yucky greenish tint: http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/7433/you.jpg (Found on: http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/7433/ ) Another picture of U-118, taken from a different angle: http://lapin.hi-edu.ru/sos/uk/pc/ww1/pc_subm004.jpg (Found on: http://lapin.hi-edu.ru/sos/uk/pc/ww1/realphoto.htm ) SignatureJohn Magne Stubsveen "I can smile. And murder while I smile." > Okay, here are my ideas so far: > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > -- BV 138 flying boat refueling from U-Boat mid-Atlantic. Both used the same mix of diesel. The problem with this is that you have to build the Supermodel BV 138, which is not for the faint of heart. Mark Schynert >> Okay, here are my ideas so far: >> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >Mark Schynert weren't the milch cows variations on the type 7"s who's the most fanatic basher? >>>Okay, here are my ideas so far: >>> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > weren't the milch cows variations on the type 7"s > who's the most fanatic basher? Here's a good start for a bash - http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/ships/dkm/u-boat/TypeVIIC_build/amati.htm Signature- Rufus >>>>Okay, here are my ideas so far: >>>> [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > >http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/ships/dkm/u-boat/TypeVIIC_build/amati.htm so a milk cow reloading another 7c could be done. you'll need 4 kits now, rufe, or is that 5? >>>>>Okay, here are my ideas so far: >>>>> [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > so a milk cow reloading another 7c could be done. > you'll need 4 kits now, rufe, or is that 5? Make it five...who's counting...my source already has a second one waiting for me. Somewhere in my research I ran across something that said U-boats operating in the far north atlantic had thier upper surfaces painted white...that would be another cool paint scheme to try! So there's at least three I'd like to do as of now - a "tiger striped" one, U-96 from "Das Boot", one with a red hull, and a white one. I think this is going to be a REALLY fun model to paint. AND - I'm looking into just what I'll be getting into if I open up all those spill holes in the sides of the hull...it's screaming "just do it"! I'd like to see some etch for this kit - not really for the deck plating, but for the guns, conning tower, and such. So I'll be gathering my fleet and waiting a bit to start actually laying keels... Signature- Rufus > Okay, here are my ideas so far: > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > -- I've got too much on my plate now but eventually this kit is going to wind up as the reason I build a ship model for the first time in 30 years. The diorama image I keep seeing in my mind is the German film footage of the fraus and frauleins in the shipyards atop u-boats under construction, waving at the passing aircraft. With the scaffolding,cranes and all the flotsam and jetsam of a shipyard you could build up around it you'd have an impressive display. Building activity could be going on topside and below. Throw in a gangplank and have some high ranking Kriegsmarine nazis coming abaord to take a tour, press the flesh and pose for propoganda photos. The partially built look might afford the opportunity to expose hidden areas to almost cutaway viewing. Come to think of it I'm wondering if I didn't see something like this in a book or mag. Anyone recall seeing pictures of a u-boat shipyard dio before? WmB To reply, get the HECK out of there HELLinhock@earthlink.net > I've got too much on my plate now but eventually this kit is going to > wind up as the reason I build a ship model for the first time in 30 [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > To reply, get the HECK out of there > HELLinhock@earthlink.net WmB, I've not seen a U-Boat drydock dio, but I do recall seeing a dio with a Corvette (ship) in drydock where the builder really went (litterally) to town. A drydock scene surrounded by the waterfront area of a British town! It may have been at a Verlinden-related website. This project had it all: Shipwrights/Supervisors with blueprints/Guys punching in and out at the office Cranes Boxes/Crates/Barrels RR Engine pulling boxcars out on to the quay General population milling about the streets Civil Defense Workers AAA Implacements Stores/Vendors with pushcarts Buildings on (IIRC) three sides Vehicles Etc, etc, etc... You could spend the rest of your natural life with the minutae such a project would allow you to include. One thing that would be very cool (IMO) if you were to do an indoor/underground dio for a sub pen, would be to hide some lighting in the recesses which could mimick the flashing of arc welders doing their thing. FWIW... Jay In AZ |
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