Small Scale Military Headquarters

THAT IS REALLY COOL!

I like the concept. I can see where you were going with it.
I would still finish it if I were you.
It would be cool.
Add some water around the tower and have that plane coming down at it.
WOW, that would be something to see.

Grognard, I like the idea, I bet Aferguson would get a kick out of your conning tower.

that is pretty neat...looks like you carved it from foam?

I am periodically working on a 1/20 scale waterline type vii as well. I'm building it from a scaled up paper model. I have the stern section built, still needs to be touched up, weathered etc. It's a bit crude so i plan to add some wave and spray effects to cover some of the crudeness.

By building it in sections i will be able to set it up for display/play temporarily and then hang the sections on the wall to get them out of the way.

In 1/20 it will be a little over 11 feet long, so i'm doing two 4 foot sections and one that's a bit over 3 feet (this will be the section with the conning tower on it).

By using a scaled up paper model it's not too hard to make, just a bit tedious. The quality is alright.....certainly not Revell 1/72 u-boat quality. All the deck grills etc are printed on, so there is less of a 3 dimensional effect.

Still, all in all, i think it will look pretty decent when finally finished. It's the large, to scale size, that makes it worth the effort and lesser quality. For crewman i plan to modify some chap mei fireman figures....they have long raincoats on that were commonly worn by u-boat crewman when up top.

I've found that by building large things in sections and then disasembling and hanging the sections on the wall you can make larger things than you would normally be able to make.

One day, when i'm more experienced at this paper model stuff, i'm hoping to make a 12 foot long, 1/18 HMS Victory, which will also break down into sections, have removable masts and sails etc.

But that's a ways off still....

Man, that would have been too COOL!!! I think it is great!

Very cool!

Very neat idea. Entirely plausable to have the conning tower just above the water line and this looks great.

After our adaption and use of radar, U-Boats often cruised with just the conning tower above the water so a crash dive was quicker.

For a 1/18 dio, it goes without saying that the conning tower without guns or with guns, depending on the model, is easier to find the space for than a full scale boat....

TTT

It's too bad that 21st doesn't make U-boat figs and the like. I guess the demand for these wouldn't be that high though. I'd buy em however.

type ix uboats had two deck guns...one if front and one behind the conning tower. However, later in the war deck guns were removed from most uboats, including the type ix, as they were deemed unnecessary, so you could safely get away without making them.

Here's a paper model that has both type vii and type ix uboats. You could use it to measure distances, determine shapes and even enlarge and use the deck detail. It will save a lot of work having it, for the few dollars it costs.

http://www.papermodelstore.com/product_ ... ts_id=2222


Uboat crewman wore a wide variety of clothing, so there is a lot of leeway in making customs. And in the conning tower they often wore long raincoats and norwester hats, which are fairly easy to sculpt from sculpy.

KICK-ASS work brother!!!!You need to(NO)have too finish this!!!! This it way to cool to just set on the back burner!!!! Again nice work!!!---RED---