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

[Peter Voogt]

In my boxes with rubbers, rubbers were found, which one fits the nut, and the rubber has been filed and the tube sawn to size

Never throw anything away! Store in nice little boxes and stack them up again in a cupboard. Pandora's Box.
A nice solution to carry through the wiring. And you know best which wire goes where.
Regards, Peter

 

[Henk Liebre]

And you know best which wire goes where

a wire black and a wire red tied together, gives light

 

[Henk Liebre]

Removed all current wires because they are too thick and soldered everything again, including the wires already made, for my new solution

 

[Henk Liebre]

Colored figures
The basic color is black, which I spray with the airbrush (that's so easy)
Then the colors are applied with Vallejo Model Color
And yes the work in a sub is dirty and dirty work, so also applied like this

 

[Canoe21]

Hello Henk, Very nice detail work you are doing here, just love all of that fine detail that you are adding. I do have a question and that is where did you get all of those great figurines in the 1:48 scale.
Regards Lawrence

 

[Henk Liebre]

Hi Laurence,
There are 36 figures included in the kit, with an additional 36 spare which you can put together in different combinations (head, torso arms and legs)

 

[Henk Liebre]

Some progress on the conning tower.
the periscope masts and their pedestals.

The parts included in the kit are not that much

 

[Henk Liebre]

As you can see, RCSubz offers many small parts to improve the Trumpeter model

 

[Henk Liebre]

Part D10 and D11 must be cut off at the top

The PE nr K1 I heated several times so that the brass started to glow, then cooled with water.

The brass is then mouldable

 

[Henk Liebre]

And confirmed

 

[Henk Liebre]

The missing seats have now also been placed at the railings and other parts such as pulleys etc

 

[Henk Liebre]

Tower is ready.

Seated benches in color, and sprayed the other PE parts from the tower

 

[Henk Liebre]

In addition, all lights have been definitively attached.
For the outer side,
port and starboard Ix red, 1x green
and 1x white light in
front of the openwork part 1x white, yellowish light

Trumpeter's transfers broke in all directions and there was nothing to do with this



Decided to put the Das Boot logo on it

 

[Heinrich]

Great to see you back on the German too, Henk!

 

[Peter Voogt]

In addition, all lights have been definitively attached.
For the outer side,
port and starboard Ix red, 1x green
and 1x white light in
front of the openwork part 1x white, yellowish light

Trumpeter's transfers broke in all directions and there was nothing to do with this
View attachment 270655


Decided to put the Das Boot logo on it

View attachment 270657

That sub is in ‘terribly condition’.

Beautiful piece of detail work, those weatherings Henk.
Regards, Peter

 

[Henk Liebre]

The Flak Gun of 20 mm. That specific weapon was used to fight against air crafts, whereas the 88mm deck gun was used to attack nearby boats and ships. U-552 was an early Type VII-c and as such only had the single 20 mm MG151 gun. Later submarines, would see their Flak gun doubled and the platform to operate them, was also increased in size.

Trumpeter implementation of the FLAK gun is not too bad and a definitive effort went into the meshing used to collect used ammunition.

 

[Henk Liebre]

The PE set from RCSubs helps bring that little model to a higher level

 

[Henk Liebre]

After that with a coat of paint

 

[Henk Liebre]

The main gun is next.

Fortunately, RCSubs comes to the rescue with plenty of details. However, finding the parts and understanding how to place them requires some serious thought and looking at the real gun in photos which are mostly blurry and faded by the sun and salt.
Here are the instructions from RCSubs

 

[Heinrich]

Those instructions are Greekl to me Henk. Petje af to you for understanding and making sense of that!