Thanks a lot for the inviation to this groupbuild, David @davids_models

This invitation made me think real hard about what I had to choose.

I'm absolutely not into boats/ships and if I remember all well, then planes is the only subject I have been modelling so far.

I just decided to head over to a local store, which does have quite some kits, and forced myself to choose from the ones they had in stock. After being in doubt about what to choose for an hour, I came up with this Uboat Type II B from Revell in 1/144 scale. It seems not to difficult, just 55 pieces.

One advantage over airplanes is that there is no interior to be done on this build. The manual is pretty detailed so that should not be a problem to get it together.

The scheme looks nice to me and doable, but I need to do some research on how to weather a submarine.

Keep you all updated.

What a great choice, my friend @johnb!
Yes, out of your comfort zone, but, coupled with your excellent skills, a masterpiece will emerge for sure!
Looking forward to this build!

Thanks @airbum, @fiveten, @davids_models, especially for the special wording 🙂

Today I unpacked the kit.

Three small sprues containing not that much parts but they look nicely detailed.

One decal sheet with just a couple of decals.

Really wondering how this sub will turn out.

Thank you my friend @fiveten.

First glueing session has been done and the feels indeed solid.

I was pretty happy that this Uboat didn't have any interior details, I must admit that his is an advantage over aircraft building.

Just two struts to keep the hull together and give it some strength. Next the deck was placed and fitting was quite nice. Just some small touch ups required on the beginning and end of the deck.

Just not sure what is the best approach for painting a boat, to me it is more lickely to first build the rough layout and paint that prior to adding the smaller details.

Thanks for nice words @fiveten

Today I quickly build the display stand which makes it easier to handle the model.
The conning tower is partly assembled and painted. On the picture it is dry fitted.

Added are parts of the section and the rudders on front of the boat.

Looking great indeed, my friend @johnb!
Coming together nicely!

@j-healy, @fiveten, @coling, thanks for the nice words gentlemen.

This week I was able to apply the camouflage on the hull and the conning tower.
The colors I used are a mixture created by myself and therefore not exactly matching the original colors.
I found that painting such an entire boat is not that easy at all, it is difficult to handle the model to get it uniformally sprayed.

Next will be adding the details.

Looking great, my friend @johnb!
You did a wonderful paint job!