1/48 Hachette U96 Part 1

[Bigfoot57]

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HI Colin very nice work on your sub an when will you build that lovely saturn 5 kit under your laptop ?
chris

Chris

The Saturn V was finished see attached there is a build diary in the real spaceships forum on this website

Regards

Colin

[Steven000]

Very nice project Colin :thumb2:
Love that corner with big toys too!
Steven

[Bigfoot57]

1/48 Hachette U96 Part 7

Ok now onto the removable deck which is the next phase this was previously constructed and as you can see has now been painted matt black acrylic
Next 4 pieces of reinforcing wood are added 2 to each side bow and stern these have a lot of pre-cut holes in them and are the backs where the brass outer plates will be added later
Also the plastic outer panels to the removable deck are also now added along with 86 10mm wide strips of wood you have to individually cut and sand and glue into place from several 240mm wooden strips supplied in the sequence on the undersurface of the plastic side panels
All the etched detail on the plastic panels I intend to ink in once it’s all painted just to enhance the detail as per the bow and stern baffles
Finally for this section the brass outer panels are glued into place making sure you get them the right side up as the outer skin has a demarcation line etched into it and some reinforcing panels are added to the removable deck and the bow and stern tops of the main hull this now completes 54 issues of the 150

Regards

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[flyjoe180]

Looking great Colin. You could use thin styrene sheet to cover the planking for a smooth finish? I used a lot of filler when I used planking on my cable car. I used Selleys Permafilla, which is a fast drying and very durable filler that sticks to anything. Which means it could be useful for a smooth transition between the plastic and wood sections. Easy to sand as well. Anyhow, watching with interest, this is a monster.

[Bigfoot57]

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Just a small one this time basically fitted stern and bow sections into place along with relevant torpedo tubes filled and sanded gaps the whole model now needs sanding to a silky smooth finish ready for primer
There were several wooden re-enforcing sections which were then painted acrylic matt black 2 of which are shown in the photos there are 6 all told this will be added later onto the removable deck structure
The actual fitting was as follows stern tube has a rotating part that’s the brass piece you can see which you can flip inwards to reveal the stern torpedo tube or put it back in it’s closed position
The tube which is a metal tube was glued into position then threaded through the circular openings on the bulkheads and glued into place along with the actual stern section of the sub
The bow section had several brass fittings added to it including a small copper pipe at the top which you filed to the same profile as the bow section before it was joined together and the 4 tubes were mounted in exactly the same way as the stern tube then the whole bow section was glued onto the front of the sub
I’m at present waiting for delivery of said sanding sheets from evil bay which should be around the 17th so won’t be posting anything further on this build till after then

Regards

Colin

[minitnkr]

Shaping up nicely. Soooooooo much work. PaulE

[rtfoe]

:flushed::tongue-out3::blow-kiss::smiling2:...Crazy work man...

Cheers,
Richard

[Bigfoot57]

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Sanding time not much to say other then hours of sanding with course medium and fine until the model is smooth and ready for priming done outdoors with a dust mask as per safety guidelines

[Bigfoot57]

1/48 Hachette U96 Part 10

Well the sanding is all done the surface is silky smooth and even the wood grain looks great ready for the primer coat the things is so long it’s difficult to get it into the whole picture at a time anyway priming time next
Regards
Colin
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[scottie3158]

Colin,
Just found this, it is certainly a mixture of mediums but you are making a great job of it.

[Jim R]

Hi Colin
Great job. Odd that there are plastic and planked areas. I can imagine the hours of work needed to get a decent finish.
Jim

[Bigfoot57]

1/48 Hachette U96 Part 11

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[Bigfoot57]

1/48 Hachette U96 Part 12
Start of the decking details and 1st parts of the 8.8cm Deck Gun basically just a case of sticking thin strips into place on the various bits of the decking before lightly sanding them smooth then painting them

Regards

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[Steve Brodie]

i commend your perseverance :thumb2:

[boatman]

BEUATIFULL JOB :thumb2:
chris