Construction U-552 Type VIIc Trumpeter 1:48 [ COMPLETED BUILD ]

[Henk Liebre]

Boxes will be added soon..

 

[Henk Liebre]

And oil barrels etc

 

[Henk Liebre]

Preparations made for the Electromotor and rear torpedo tube compartment (the last compartment)

 

[Henk Liebre]

Attached some wire to the motor that I still had lying around

 

[Henk Liebre]

Motor for drive for the rudders (with some very minor adjustments)

 

[Henk Liebre]

And the service

 

[Peter Voogt]

Too little daylight recently (the dark days before Christmas) for my airbrusch, and I did some smaller work.

Finished the kitchen


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Aha ...... a stove!
And for the rest ....... nice added details.
Hopefully the next days some sunshine, but what I saw on the news with the forecast
Regards, Peter

 

[Henk Liebre]

Made wooden conversion of 80 cm long where the wires, battery and printed circuit board were processed.
Thread rods dry fit are placed

 

[Henk Liebre]

On/off switch mounted and lighting test done

 

[Peter Voogt]

Made wooden conversion of 80 cm long where the wires, battery and printed circuit board were processed.
Thread rods dry fit are placed
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That all looks promising, Henk. I'm curious about the whole thing.
Regards, Peter

 

[Heinrich]

Benieuwd!

 

[Henk Liebre]

Me to...

 

[Henk Liebre]

Continuing with the rear torpedo tube compartment.

There are 12 torpedoes in the kit, of which only 4 are visible according to the manual.
Kind of pointless to put them in closed torpedo tubes.

So only made a few small adjustments

The rear part of the torpedo built here

 

[Henk Liebre]

And further

 

[Henk Liebre]

parts of the roof

 

[Henk Liebre]

When trying on the aft torpedo launcher, it turns out that it was 14 mm too short.
Sawn in parts with a custom piece and fitted with round wood

Homemade wires and cables are still being added

 

[Henk Liebre]

The supplied parts for the deck are very thin and very vulnerable, to connect
wire to them.
The parts are made of brass wire ourselves.

 

[Peter Voogt]

Again a lot of small parts, fine detailing and some scratch building. I can almost hear the compressed air flowing to the torpedo chambers!
Regards, Peter

 

[Heinrich]

Beautifully detailed work Henk. This is going to be a showpiece for sure!

 

[Henk Liebre]

Beautifully detailed work Henk. This is going to be a showpiece for sure!

Thanks Heinrich,

It is now set up in my office

The photos below speak for themselves