1/72 scale U-Boat....GOT IT!

Bill... I'm sure you know this, but the U-99 was a Type VIIB, not VIIC. To be strictly accurate, you'll have to take almost exactly 1cm out of the hull length at the control room, and shorten the conning tower by the same amount. I suspect the conning tower will be the most noticeable element, since 1cm out of about 8cm will change the proportions significantly. The other thing is that the earlier VIIBs had the AA machine gun on the deck abaft the conning tower, rather than on a platform behind the bridge. I don't know whether U-99 was one of these or not. If I can find a good picture, I'll tell you!

Glad you got one -- I'm really enjoying putting mine together.

Best regards, Matt

Thanks Matt. Now I need one more favor folks:

A 1/72 scale torpedo.... I thought about putting a torpedo that is loaded in the tube. But I got an idea to do such that.

Drill out the torpedo holes before you insert them into the front section. Then place a styrene tube on it and slide your torpedo into it.

Great idea ain't it?

William

Matt Bac> >

I just got onto uboat.net - great site. It's working for me.

Now that I have one, I know I'm going to have to build more than one of these...

do a perspectiv diorama of that pby whompin' on one?

Now THERE'S a thought...what are you trying to do - make me build three?..

trying to make your place as cluttered as mine.

...I may have just talked myself into buying a third one...there's a conversion article I've got bookmarked on converting teh Amati one into a Type VIIC similar to U-505; with the dual-decked conning tower. Debating now...anyway, I know I'll be in for a second one.

i can even see a museum of science and industry facade.... (is that the correct museum, aka the field? been some damn long.)

FYI, the U-boat at the Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago is no longer accessible. They are building an underground display area for it, where it will be entirely enclosed from the weather (which apparently has done a real number on it).

Cliff. Jones

history channel had some inside video of it from recent, it looked ok. was the outside really wonked?

Apparently, serious corrosion covered by occasional coats of Rustoleum. Kim M

Yep, they have a piece of the outer hull in a temp. exhibit (along with other artifacts, inc. an Enigma machie) with rust holes right through it!.

Cliff.

Yup, that's the one...

Go figure...what the north Atlantic and the Allies couldn't destroy, midwestern winters are slowly grinding into rust...no wonder I moved...

Way back when, after they cut those big holes in the sides (a travesty of museum stewardship, IMO...) they sliced up the removed plating in to small chunks, stamped "U-505" on them, and sold them in the gift shop. I have one...somewhere...

e wrote: : : history channel had some inside video of it from recent, it : looked ok. was the outside really wonked? : Yes. In the mid 90's or so, there was a courtyard and a food court in the area of the U-505 location. At the time, you could leave the courtyard and walk around the U-505, the Zephyr and a steam engine that was visible from the out- side, but with no practical way to get close to it.

But, at the time, the U-505 showed the damage that time had taked on the boat - lots of rust, hanging plates, numerous bird nests, etc.

I am glad to hear they are finally bringing the boat inside. The Zephyr is already inside, I supposed the steam loco will also make it inside.

Bruce

sad, i suppose funding was an issue? i couldn't even imagine trying to put a value on that. whatever happened to the type xx1 the brits pulled out of the water a few years back? i believe it had been expended as a target so was not a grave.

i remember loving the exhibits you pushed a button to run. saw mill, assembly line, and a ?

that and the 4 month riding season?