WATER 1/144 U-Boat Type XXIII DONE! With final pics

[nicholassagan]

There was a small U-Boat itch that struck in the past couple of weeks. I picked up this little Trumpeter gem for $5 during a sale at Squadron (also got a Wuhan sub for $6 and a 1/144 Revell U-Boat VII for $2!!). So yeah, the itch is being scratched. As part of this build I found there was some photo etch available, while for the ICM kit, it will work for this kit.

First thing i wanted to do was open up all these holes…so with my newly built Tamiya drill and a fresh #11 blade I went at them carefully. They’re a bit larger than the mold, but not so much to make a visual impact.

There are a few spots on the hull, too, which went together super easily.

Because all these holes are now open, too much light passes through the tower so I needed to add some light blocking pieces.

All the detail parts and photo etch make a big impact on this little boat. The first railing I added turned out to be too small and out of scale so I pulled them off after priming…

The base parts had a couple injector marks I filled easily. I’m also using a nice little block of rosewood I had leftover from a guitar I built a while back. With a little wax it looks pretty good.

And with some black primer and new railing posts, she’s ready for paint!!

 

[JohnSimmons]

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Excellent stuff mate!

 

[nicholassagan]

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Thanks! I'm thinking paint on Friday, too!! MAYBE I'll even get my SCI-FI entry started, too

 

[Scrach]

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Where do you find the time?

 

[nicholassagan]

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Time does not exist.

 

[Quaralane]

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Time is an illusion.
But it's an illusion you seem to use fairly well, Nick.
This sub is looking sharp

 

[dano985]

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Looks great!! Mon Cal Cruiser to a U-boat seems like a very natural transition!

 

[Biskup]

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Looks really nice Can't wait for more

 

[nicholassagan]

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Looks great!! Mon Cal Cruiser to a U-boat seems like a very natural transition!

Haha yeah. Did you see Jason's comment about doing a Mon Cal dio like a sub doing an emergency surfacing??

 

[amateurmodeler]

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Man this is really neat looking.

 

[TRM]

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Well done so far Nicholas! Fine job opening up the drain holes and clean work on the PE!

 

[nicholassagan]

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Already moved into painting. Been a couple weeks off with the new baby but I had some paint booth time on my birthday Going for the razzle scheme seen on larger U-Boats.

 

[Quaralane]

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Like the look there, Nick

 

[JohnSimmons]

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Yeah very nice mate!

 

[suavetomcat]

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Looking good Nick.

Chris

 

[nicholassagan]

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Another layer of paint! I did the quick and easy route and sprayed directly from a rattle can….shame on me But hey, after some weathering it’ll be just fine! The camo really works well with my cutting mat, too. I *MIGHT* just finish this by Sunday!

 

[Junkie]

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This is looking great.

 

[Alkosh]

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From above, it almost blends in with your cutting mat.

 

[JohnSimmons]

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Yeah that's looking cool mate

 

[TRM]

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Nicely done so far Nicholas! In the homestretch now!! ;D ;D