Das Boot - U-9, a WW1 U-Boat Build Part 1
Entry posted by toboldlygo in World War 1
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In between, many, many commissions I've been build this beast of a kit and unlike a certain Revell Corvette, it doesn't need wrestling in to submission!
It's not a huge part count, but is exquisite in it's detail.
Box Art
Very Matchbox in the box art.
Instructions, etc.
The Sprues (only 4)
The Build
The Hull dry fitted together.
Very important - have the deck dry-fitted in place, while the hull is curing after being glued together (otherwise you'll have fit issues).
If you do as I say, the deck should sit in place with no glue.
On my hull, the area indicated by the arrow needed some fettling to ensure the deck went down properly.
The deck glued into place.
Building up the conning tower and adding a few bits.
The bow needed some refining..
There are locations for rigging to protect the dive planes in port - however they snap off, I decided to drill them out a replace the foreword ones with copper tube.
A tear or two, her last appearance on the old workbench..
Relocated to the new workshop, I resumed doing some work on U-9.
Filling some gaps around the prop shafts.
The conning tower primed and a number of parts dry fitted.
A few more parts added, she's now ready for paint, that's for part 2
TTFN
James
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