I've been quietly tootling along with this project for a couple of months now, and finally finished it.
The players are the excellent Revell 1/144 HMCS Snowberry and again from Revell, the stern of a 1/144 U. Boat! ( The front bit was used for my beached rusty hulk I did on here a few months back)
I was surprised to find out a U.Boat was longer than a Corvette and only about 200 tons difference in weight. No wonder ramming was a last resort for the surface vessel.
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The Battle of the Atlantic has turned in favour of the Allies and U.Boat losses are mounting. An east bound convoy's escorts have picked up a contact. The now well drilled destroyers and corvettes close in on the U.Boat. She is repeatedly attacked. H.M.C.S Snowberry is running in on the target. There is an almighty underwater explosion ahead of her. "Hard a'port!" yells the captain. As the corvette starts to respond to the helm, the stern of the doomed submarine breaches the surface. Severe damage has flooded two thirds of her hull and the trapped air has gathered in the stern section. Her stern remains defiantly visible for a while before taking 50 men down into the depths for ever.......
The Corvette narrowly avoids a collision before reporting the sinking of the U.Boat.
The base is made in my usual way which I've shown in detail in past builds. Likewise both the Corvette and U.Boat builds have been well documented by modellers on here, so it seemed a bit pointless boring folks by doing a build of yet another... I hope you understand my reasoning, good people.
All brush painted, here is my attempt at the final act.....
Some B/W....then I'll post a few coloured pictures.
Thanks for looking.
Cheers.
Ron
The players are the excellent Revell 1/144 HMCS Snowberry and again from Revell, the stern of a 1/144 U. Boat! ( The front bit was used for my beached rusty hulk I did on here a few months back)
I was surprised to find out a U.Boat was longer than a Corvette and only about 200 tons difference in weight. No wonder ramming was a last resort for the surface vessel.
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The Battle of the Atlantic has turned in favour of the Allies and U.Boat losses are mounting. An east bound convoy's escorts have picked up a contact. The now well drilled destroyers and corvettes close in on the U.Boat. She is repeatedly attacked. H.M.C.S Snowberry is running in on the target. There is an almighty underwater explosion ahead of her. "Hard a'port!" yells the captain. As the corvette starts to respond to the helm, the stern of the doomed submarine breaches the surface. Severe damage has flooded two thirds of her hull and the trapped air has gathered in the stern section. Her stern remains defiantly visible for a while before taking 50 men down into the depths for ever.......
The Corvette narrowly avoids a collision before reporting the sinking of the U.Boat.
The base is made in my usual way which I've shown in detail in past builds. Likewise both the Corvette and U.Boat builds have been well documented by modellers on here, so it seemed a bit pointless boring folks by doing a build of yet another... I hope you understand my reasoning, good people.
All brush painted, here is my attempt at the final act.....
Some B/W....then I'll post a few coloured pictures.
Thanks for looking.
Cheers.
Ron
