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pemberg wrote:Well I plucked up the courage and made the cuts - the jig worked perfectly and both the mdf and brass parts matched once cut. I ave glued the mdf part to the hull and can now continue with the second planking.
Graeme The torpedo room looks stunning Graeme, as does the rest of the U-96. Superb work shipmate!  
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WOW!!! That really looks magnificent now. What a super model this is going to be when it's finished. Super work Graeme.
Happy building
David
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Thanks for the great comments guys. Now it's the long wait for the next set of parts.
Graeme
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lovely work on this beast Graeme  Reg Martyn Building ?
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realy starting to take shaoe now. looking superp. Ian Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
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I received the next set of parts yesterday. It consisted of 1 plastic sprue and 3 etch brass frets but only 2 of the plastic parts are used over the whole 4 issues. These are to finish the bow section torpedo tubes. The rest of the issues are concerned with attaching the bow and sanding and priming the hull.
I will post pics of the bow assembly over the weekend.
Graeme
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A slight error in my last post in that a some small etch brass parts a couple of plastic parts are used in the last issue but not until the hull is sanded and primed so that will probably be after christmas. I have now finshed the bow assembly and the pics are as follows. Pic 1 shows the 2 bow halves and their respective torpedo door pieces. Pic 2 shows the doors glued in place and the 4 tubes now cut down bt 8mm. pic 3 shows the tubes glued in place - the instructions tell you to do this after gluing the bow halves together but I found it easier to do at this stage. Pic 4 shows the bow halves glued together. Pic 5 is after the bow has been glued to the hull. I had to slightly widen the holes in the front bulkhead but then had a problem in that the starboard side joined perfectly but I had a gap along the port side. After a bit of pondering I realised the ends of the port tubes were just hitting the rear of the longitudinal frame. A little sanding of this area cured the problem. Well that's it for now, just a lot of sanding and priming to do. Graeme pemberg attached the following image(s):
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sterling work Graeme didn`t realise how big it would be  don`t no where mine will go  COMING SOON =1/72 Italeri diorama`s Battle for the Reichstag and Stalingrad battle at the tractor factory 1/16 Trumpeter King Tiger with loads of extras ON THE GO= refurbishment of 1/25 Tamiya tiger 1 , amt Star trek kits and space 1999 models
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Cracking job Graeme. I assume you had to cut down the length of the tubes because of the modifications to the torpedo compartment?. Green with envy now . Any chance you could post some pics of your lights working? Happy building David
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Now thats starting to look the part ,very nice work Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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She's looking great, very impressive piece of work..... Regards Alan
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Fantastic work Graeme, it certainly is a big gun 
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Cracking job Graeme. Your doing a great job. Chris On the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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Thanks for all the great comments guys.
David, I did post a couple of pics of the lights earlier in the build but they were taken in daylight and just using a 9V PP3 battery ( the bulbs are 12V).
I will try and and get a couple in the dark this weekend.
Graeme
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Decided not to wait as I have not seen the lights at 12V in the dark so I dug out an old train transformer, connected it up, mounted the camera on the tripod and switched out the lights. In the finished setup the blue light will be lit together with either the white or red lights as it is a warning light to denote "silent running". Graeme pemberg attached the following image(s):
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Looking very nice. You certainly made a good job of that torpedo room upgrade. Tony Happy Modelling
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Hi Graeme,
I'm lost for words. They look just amazing and really set off the fabulous work you've done with the torpedo compartment upgrade. What I really like are 3 different colours for the diferent working conditions the crew would have been under. Well done, In my humble opinion, you build is going to be the best out there when it's finally finished, and I'll be there following it through to completion.
Happy building and thanks for posting the light photos so quickly.
David
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Looking very very nice indeed. I am currently collecting all the brass parts for the top of the sub, then I will start building again. I have just finished the model ways version of the Wright Brothers Flyer which was a bit of a challenge to say the least. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
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