Bri62
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Thanks guys will be starting the next compartment in the morning (officers living space )
Brian's 1/48 Dkm u-Boat Type Viic U-552
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Bri62
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Only a little done this morning .......real life gets in the way 
Let this dry might get an hour this evening
Let this dry might get an hour this evening
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Bri62
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doesn't look like much progress but it's very time consuming.
Bri62
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Had enough for today......using oils is a right faff got more on me than the model
done a bit of weathering to tone the battery pack down
done a bit of weathering to tone the battery pack down
Bri62
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No time to do much got a MRI on my hip this afternoon.
Bri62
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Ok guys what colour for the diesel engine I found a mint green and a light grey and the manual says Hemp (my Hobby) what do you think? I reckon green was a museum colour and not a sea going colour, but green will look good
Waspie
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Oooo, that's a good question. I have seen brand new engines in a few colours! Will yours be a working boat or one straight from the builders?
I can ask on the RN site and see if any of their history buffs have a clue!
Posed the question. See if anyone knows!!!
Bri62
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Doug it will be weathered working boat returning from deployment
In the Merchant Navy, all the diesel gensets ( nearest to a U-boat engine ), were painted either buff, or bathroom green! Idea was that oil leaks would show up against a light background colour.
Dave
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Waspie
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That figures, most of Sunseekers engines, both Volvo and the other supplier, (who I forget now) were white. As you say, for showing leaks etc.
I imagine a wartime submarines engines would be very oily simply because of the environment, poor ventilation and enclosed.
Bri62
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In the RN on Leander's and 21's all the diesel genny's were pale grey although everything was pale grey lol
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Waspie
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It appears it was a light green by consensus.
Plus.
Answers along the lines of tons of pics on the internet to watch Das Boot. Which I expected!!
Waspie
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I was a woo and made it clear I didn't go lower than 2 deck!!!! The threat of steam drenching scared me phartless!!!!
Bri62
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Thanks Doug
As a good reference - watch 'Das Boot', the original film ( not the TV series ) - I reckon that shows the interior of an operational boat as near as possible to actuality. You can practically smell the oil, sweat, and other things!
Dave
Dave
Bri62
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Found it Dave 3 hours plus remastered.
Superb program. What really impressed me was the recreation of condensation running down the walls. It’s obvious when you think about it, cold water cooling the hull and the crew’s breath therefore condensing on the surface, but I’d never seen it recreated before. The book is superb as well, by the way…….
When you consider the fatality rate of U-boat crews was over 70%, the men must have had incredible courage - in a steel tube, only a few of them knowing was going on - just waiting & listening & knowing that a close depth charge attack would cause damage that could result in certain death.
I only visited one sub, on a Navy Day, HMS Alliance & it was claustrophobic - even when she was tied up alongside & hatches open, not for me!
Dave
I only visited one sub, on a Navy Day, HMS Alliance & it was claustrophobic - even when she was tied up alongside & hatches open, not for me!
Dave
