Very kind of you Gabor. Reference is always appreciated and I will certainly buy this book. Having started by reading whatever I could get my hands on regarding WWII Type VII's, I found a book on WWI U-Boat operations and ended up finding that era quite a bit more interesting. After the type VII kit is finished, I'm going straight into a WWI subject. Thanks again for taking the
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Many thanks Francois. This is very helpful. For what it's worth and in case you may be interested, someone on the WWI forum replied to the same question which I posted there and came up with this: I'll visit the site you referenced and take a look. It seems like a sadly under-represented niche. BTW, do you happen to know anything about the colours used on these, versus the
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My God! There it is in technicolor! I can't believe it. I'm so glad! Thank you very much. You've made my Christmas.
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I posted this question on the WWI forum, but there hasn't been a response so far. Perhaps the modelling forum is a better place. I'm looking for a WWI U-Boat kit, but have had absolutely no luck finding evidence that any are or have ever been produced. Does anyone know of any? I have very few requirements; I have none as to scale, media or type. I would prefer to find a UB II kit, but
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Does anyone happen to know of any kits made of WWI boats? Garage and limited-run kits would suffice as well... I'm not picky. If I had some names, I could search occasionally on Ebay, or elsewhere. AFAIK, there haven't been any made by the major manufacturers, but I would assume that if anyone knew of kits thus far produced, it would be members of this forum. Am I left with scratchbuild
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Really? Now that is something I had no idea of. I guess including them would be inauthentic... I was hoping I could add a little life to the montone menace. Despite the error, I may go ahead and do it regardless, but I greatly appreciate you answering my post and it's good information to know. Thank you.
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Thank you also Don. Kind of you to point me to the Martindale article. I read the great majority of that PDF previously in my efforts to research paint scheme colours. I had no idea there was any mention of lantern colours there though. I will have to go through it again. In any event, I think I'll simply go with white for both the tower and stern lamps.
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Thank you Vidar. That's enough to convince me. If your Kobben wasn't required to display lighting in a different way than a surface ship would, I'll make the leap and presume the same applied to U-Boats. I suppose I really should have made the assumption that the rules would have been the same; maritime rules rarely seem to change much over the decades. I'll go wit
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Hello all, I posted on the modelling forum since my question pertains to a modelling effort, however there should be no reason it couldn't also be considered a technical question; so perhaps this is a more appropriate group of people to ask. Does anyone happen to know the lantern/light colours on Type VII C boats? Side lights are pretty obvious (starboard/port), but the lantern on
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Hello all. I am a long-time lurker and have these forums to thank for an awful lot of information on U-Boats. Thanks for all of your "help" so far. I'm building a Revell 1/144 VII C at the moment and my attempt involves a lot of retooling including using parts from the VII D Eduard PE set and some other cut-and-rebuild edits. Among the things I want to do right are the lante
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