9/11/2023 0 Comments Toy submarine yellow big windows![]() I thought it might the stupid action of the week, but not at all. I drilled each hole to 7,5 mm diameter with an electric drill, and it worked perfectly, much to my surprise. Then I drew the correct window sizes in AutoCAD and printed four sets with centre marks, taped them in place on both sides and drilled a 1 mm hole in each centre. One of the two versions of decal window sets seems to be quite good in measurement, so I used those to get everything to line up. This is after moving the cut bits around. ![]() I begun taping the strip in place, but it was immediately clear that I had to shorten it towards the front and extend it before the split at the rear. It turned out to be identical to the right side, except of course that's mirrored, but good to know. I made a copy of the sheet and cut the strip for the left side out. All references are a bit conflicting so I decided to work out a compromise trying to use the red lines from the decal sheet. The next task was to determine exactly where the windows (port holes?) should be placed. Then I block sanded the whole area to make everything smooth and level and rescribed them. When filed to shape and fit they could finally be glued in place reasonably well. I added material in their openings and also extended the hatches themselves 2,5 mm at the bottom edge to give me something to work with. As I mentioned their fit, unless you are satisfied to open them under water in the bath tub, leaves about everything to be desired. The first thing I had to do was to fit the two side hatches. I'm not sure the film version is perfectly accurate to the boat used in the real battle, but at least it should be quite close in general. References for details are a bit difficult. Well, that's what's in the box of shame on the shelf. Eyes for toy animals, but of course I only need the glass part. I never got round to do anything to it though.Īnd here we have what I wanted for those domed windows. I think it is much more like the real thing than what the kit provided. I found a three bladed R/C boat propeller from Graupner that can be used after clean up and paint. The four periscopes have been assembled, but they lack the same thing as the side windows clear parts in a pressure resistant shape, i.e. The hatches were an awful fit in their openings and I never got round to fixing that. I had filled in the holes in the bottom that were for the wheels and the hinges for the side hatches. Not the awful propeller that I needed to find a replacement for. Here are all the parts I discarded from the kit. There is much more work remaining than my memory said. I pulled the box from the shelf a few days ago to have a new look. Eventually I got hold of the window material, but nothing happened. I knew what I wanted, but couldn't find it, and then other things got in between, resin girls I think, and the project was sadly put aside. The "kit" provides them in two different forms of decals that are not useful when building the real boat. Nevertheless I started work in good mood and solved a few issues, but it soon stalled as I could not find a good source for the 16 pressure resistant round windows. I would need considerably stronger acid than usual to be able to enjoy that. It was the only thing I could find to use as a base, but when it arrived it was very much a toy thing in kit form, with wheels and a rubber powered propeller, probably designed for use in the bath tub. I started this project in the 2012 using the reissued kit/toy from MPC that Round 2 had recently made available. The idea was to build a model of the real thing, with corrected details and weathering. It's the famous yellow submarine from the battle of Pepperland that was fought in 1968. OK, I will try to pull myself together and bring this one home.
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