Excellent, thanks very much, Walt, I truly appreciate it. I find them to be just fascinating structures.
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I'll soon be resuming work on a 1:72 German U-boat bunker that I started quite some time back, and still have not found near all of the references I'd like to have on the bunkers themselves. I already have an after the battle volume, Sutton and Osprey books on bases (OK), as well as the Schiffer volume on the bunkers, but none is as detailed as I'd really like. Can anyone recommend
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Jerry Pope Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Peter: > > You need the Planrolle: Uboottyp IX-C ISBN > 3-7637-6006-7 This planrolle can be previewed by > looking in the back of the book \"Vom Original zum > Modell: Uboottyp IX C: ISBN 3-7637-6005-9\" (A > must have book). Both the planrolle and book are > written in Germ
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I've seen the single platform U-156 photos, Stan, so that's why I was curious. It appears that the illustrations provided here may be what the typical configuration was, but not necessarily the variations. It also appears that virtually everyone refers to it (the U-156) as a IXC. I may have to mesh both a IXB and IXC together to get what I'm after, as the IXB certainly seems to loo
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Now I'm real confused. The database here lists the U-156 as a type IXC. Is that incorrect?
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Thanks, John. Were not all the U-Boats fitted out at AG Wesser not suppliedwith them initially, or was that a later addition? Either way, if I need to modify the kit, I'll do so, as it seeems that most kits have the additional platform included.
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OK, after reading up a wee bit on the U-156, I'm confused. All of the illustrations I've seen of a standard IXC, have a second platform behind the tower, lower than the first, with weaponry located on it, but all of the photos I can find of U-156, do not show this second platform. What gives? More importantly, did it or did it not have this second platform when it attacked the RMS La
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I too have considered depicting a scene at sea, but with the Revell Blohm & Voss BV 222 alongside a type VII or IX. I'll be interested to see how yours turns out.
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Please disregard, I discovered that it's to assist with diving faster.
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That really looks excellent.
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On the Revell 1:72 Type IXC/40, the forward deck narrows considerably, then flares out again. Does anyone know what purpose this may have served? Thanks, Kevin
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