1/100 U-VII C U-Boat

[Papermodder]

Yes. When 2 full length pieces are almost an inch different in length you know you have a problem. These are the trials and tribulations of a modeler.
Yes TRM you should give it a try again.

Jim

 

[Papermodder]

Hi everyone.
After last nights debacle, I finally rebuilt the horizontal and vertical risers for the superstructure and called it a night.

Spent today cutting, fitting and gluing bulkheads to the vertical riser, trying to keep them square. Still have 9 more to do. They will have to wait till morning.
This is like building a ship from scratch. a lot of work but I'm having fun.

This is where I am at.

This can give one more of an idea the size of this model.

With no markings on this sub, I was going through my u-boat archives to try to come up with a certain boat to model this after, but have not yet come up with a solution. Will come up with something.

Jim

 

[The Model Dude]

This is looking good Jim (and it is big too!).

 

[Papermodder]

Thanks Les.
I didn't think originally it was this big either. Oh well, I wanted to build a larger boat. ;D

Jim

 

[Glorfindel]

This is so very cool. Literally from scratch.

 

[Papermodder]

Thank you Glorfindel.

Other than the patterns and colouring, nothing premade here.

Jim

 

[hooterville75]

Good stuff man. Im going to have to research paper modeling a little better.This appears to look like it could be a ton of fun. Will you paint the paper or model after your finished building or will you let it white and not paint it at all ?

 

[Papermodder]

Hi Hooterville75.
The skin for this model is precoloured and weathered so it does not require painting, only colouring of cut lines, which I use art markers for. But to answer your question, one can paint paper models, they just have to be sealed first.

 

[wyoroy]

Jim, with your experence at paper models I would think that wood should be easy. Looking good so far.

 

[Papermodder]

Hi Roy.
I do plan down the road to build a wooden ship, but man, those things are expensive. :

Jim

 

[wyoroy]

Jim, ModelExpo has sales on kits all the time but you may already know that ;D

 

[Grendels]

One thing that came to mind watching this. You could use a paper model as a template for making it out of styrene.

 

[Papermodder]

Hi Grendels.
Yes you could.

Todays update.
Finished installing the bulkheads and attached the horizontal riser. Sanded the keel and deck forms even.
Still more work to do on the superstructure.

I will be away for the rest of the weekend, so probably no more updates till Monday.

Comments and questions are always welcome.

Jim

 

[wyoroy]

jim, I showed this to my wife and she said, "Now that is a real model. He's not just glueing plastic together". :

 

[Papermodder]

Boing!! ;D

 

[wyoroy]

You did score points with your skill ;D

 

[Biskup]

Wow your quick

 

[TRM]

WOW Jim, blink and you moved right up there!! Bulkheads look awesome!! Clean work!! Keep it coming!!

 

[Papermodder]

Thank you TRM and Biskup.

Jim

 

[Papermodder]

Hello.
Short update. Since I got home tonight, most of what I am doing is securing and straightening the keel line before I proceed.

Jim

 

[Papermodder]

Tonight's update.
Cutting this thicker card is hard on blades, I'm almost out. A trip to the art store is now scheduled for tomorrow.
Spent today installing horizontal support frames to the superstructure. Could only attach 1 frame at a time, fit and wait for the glue to dry before proceeding. Very slow process.
If all is alright tomorrow may be able to start the hull plating. We will see.

So here is how she stands tonight.

So far other than the scaling issue at the beginning this build is going fairly smoothly. (Have I just cursed myself?) :

Questions and comments always welcome.

Jim

 

[TRM]

Looking real nice Jim!! That hull should fare out rather well for you!!! Keep it coming!!

 

[Papermodder]

Thank you TRM.

Jim

 

[TBadger]

, well I THOUGHT I had a chance with a sub this year Guess I'll put my chips into the next project. GREAT WORK !

 

[Papermodder]

Thank you TBadger.

Jim

 

[Papermodder]

Good evening everyone.
Was able to start the hull plating today.

Guess what, I now have a bow.

The pieces of the plating have to be cut & assembled, then shaped to fit the superstructure.

After the glue has cured, then the next piece can be cut, shaped, then applied.

That is all for tonight. Hope to be able to get more done tomorrow.

Jim

 

[Quaralane]

Looks like some very nice work going on there

 

[Papermodder]

Thanks Quaralane.

Jim

 

[The Model Dude]

I like the look of the panel there; what type of printer are you using? You are getting really nice results it looks like.

 

[Papermodder]

Hi Les.
I have a HP DT7260 6 ink photo printer. I think HP printers are the best, both mechanically and for print quality.

Jim