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Very Large Type VII C/41 U-boat by Revell in 1/72nd scale


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8 hours ago, Folkwulfe said:

I moved mister "one hand" to the upper gun deck to bury his arm in the 20mm gun breach. Looks better I think than my original idea of next to the 37mm gun. I hope the rest of you agree...?

Totally agree! Looks perfect now! 

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2 hours ago, Folkwulfe said:

...and now I have the cradle and mounting board almost ready for staining with tung oil...20210422-001821.jpg

A plaque of dedication and this sub will be set for presentation.

Can’t wait to see it completely finished!

This is more than an awesome build! 

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Still working on the display base and dedication plaque,  but I went ahead and added a small detail that I have been thinking about for some time now. The sub is supposed to depic a time when she is cruising near home port. As such, she would have been flying a flag. A paper flag was included in the kit, albeit without the swastika. I finally decided to include it as a necessary detail. I have configured it so as to hide the missing swastika and hopefully not offend by the flags display. 

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Sorry for the small print...it reads:

U-995 German Type VII C/41 U-boat circa Late 1944, 

Endlich fast zu Hause...Almost home at last.

Build started (2011) by Robert W. Clark Sr...Build finished (2021) by Ralph E. Jeffries. 

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14 minutes ago, GazzaS said:

Very nice, indeed!  Damn my eyes...  can;t read the plaque.

Congratulations to this stunning model!

Perfect build and presentation.

Since my eyes are better than Gaz I was able to read the plaque.;) (I just enlarged the picture). Interesting that the build was already started in 2011 by another modeler. 
Also the german text (with the english translation) is a nice touch!

And my final question:

What‘s next on your bench? 

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5 minutes ago, Folkwulfe said:

Sorry for the small print...it reads:

U-995 German Type VII C/41 U-boat circa Late 1944, 


Endlich fast zu Hause...Almost home at last.

Build started (2011) by Robert W. Clark Sr...Build finished (2021) by Ralph E. Jeffries. 

 

Danke!

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The build was started by a good friends dad who died shortly after in 2011. My friend traded the model to me for some other project I did last year. I couldn't think of a better home for this project than the son of the dreamer who started it all some 10 years ago.

As for what is next? How about a 1/18th scale UH-1B Huey Dustoff....?20210205-085750.jpg

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