Painted, varnished and pin-washed.

WC fitted, door opened.

That concludes this weeks update and the Galley is now completed. I've loved adding all the small, human touches to this section of the u-boat. It makes a nice change from building pumps, pipes and valves!

Thanks for looking in, have a great weekend and happy modelling!

Regards,
Phil W.

It is nice to see you really getting bogged down with this update. Sorry
Very nice work.

Mark

Good evening from 'The Dockyard'.

So this week i began to fit out the Junior Rates Accomodation Space.

The attached photo shows the lower bunk space, with the 'bunk shelves' painted in sky grey. The bottom edge of the lower bunks has been lined with genuine walnut veneer. It makes so much difference working with 'real world' materials rather than trying to paint plastic to look like wood.

This photo shows a quick 'mock-up' with 2 of the mattresses in place and a scrap piece of walnut veneer to show the final finish.

Using a thin strip of kitchen towel, cut to the same width as the cardboard, i folded it over several times and then pressed it onto the double-sided tape.

One of the crew figures i bought a while ago, made of white metal, was in the sleeping position. I carefully cut away the pillow, painted the figure and the icing on the cake was when i added thin cotton jersey, in grey and glued it over his blanket. It has made so much difference, rather than trying to paint a blanket.

Great imagination and skill there, Phil.
The pillow and blanket are brilliant.
Keep it coming.
Chris

The same part, test fitted into the U-boat.