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Mike 'Red Ocktober' Hense
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 Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 4:07 pm Post subject: Did You Guys See This... |
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it's from the Revell ad on the SH3 site for the model U47...
http://www.silent-hunteriii.com/de/revell/u-47_guenther_prien_big.jpg
this is really kinda neat... although i think that some of the interior has been left out...
this is an example the interior i'd like to be aboard in a sub sim 
--ike |
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Floater
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| Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, the interior doesn't look so good - not very realistic at all.
Funny story - last October, on my birthday a friend called round He was looking in a modelling catalogue and saw the Revell U-47 in there, and pointed it out. I'm not a modeller, but it looked interesting. We talked about it for a while, and then my father arrived with a present for me. The present was the Revell U-47. One of those weird coincidences ...
One day, I'll pluck up the courage to build the thing. I've a lot to learn - I've not made any models since I was a kid. |
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oscar19681
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| Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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| yeah first of all i,m not a big fan of the type VIIA , i rather have a VIIB or C . and the interieur is indeed the most inacutarate i,ve ever seen . looks like the got i from a comic bookn or something . i mean where are the crew supposed to sleep? |
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Floater
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| Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, no bunks, no galley, no heads - not exactly ideal conditions for life at sea. 
I'm thinking of building it without bothering with the interior, and displaying it with the cut-out next to the wall. |
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nikimcbee
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| Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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I have that model, I build it around 10 years ago...I spent more money on it making it more accurate, than the model cost.  |
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Floater
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| Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Other than the realism of the interior, how would you rate this model? Any tips? |
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nikimcbee
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 12:13 am Post subject: |
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| Floater wrote: | | Other than the realism of the interior, how would you rate this model? Any tips? |
I think they used the same mold as the U-99 model, other than the conning tower. I have a modeler's magazine where they built this model. I'm in the process of getting a new digital camera, I could take some pictures if you like.
It's not too hard to build. Pre-fit the parts before you glue them!
Get a good pair of tweezers for the crew.
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Floater
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 12:52 am Post subject: |
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Thanks - any help is appreciated. I need to do something to get me away from this damned computer ...  |
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Bonfleck
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| I remember this model. I assembled it about 1980 or 81 when I was 9ish. I had a wall in my room that had 4 shelves on it that were about 8 or 9 feet long and 5 or 6 inches wide with a large variety of warship models including this one. I remember being really bummed that different model companies didn't make their products to the same scale. Even with the limited knowledge I had of u-boats then, I knew the interior was not an accurate representation of a type VII based on some history books I had. The only two other sub models I was able to find at the time were the USS Growler and I can't remember the name of the other one but it was a poseidon or polaris SSBN that had one side of the hull cut away to view the interior as well. |
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Mike 'Red Ocktober' Hense
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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the George Washington B?
--Mike |
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