Merriman's Submarine Modelling Masterclass

[merriman]

1/72 scale Type XXI Electroboot?

Nope.

1/96.

Getting ready for next years Cabin Fever event.

View: https://youtu.be/5Hh1DEixDQM

 

[merriman]

1/72 scale Type XXI Electroboot?

Nope, 1/96

 

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[Scott Kenny]

So now you're assembly-lining U-boats? Shall we call you Admiral Speer?

 

[merriman]

So now you're assembly-lining U-boats? Shall we call you Admiral Speer?

THAT'S RIGHT! Kiss it, HDW!

 

[merriman]

 

[Scott Kenny]

(black & white striped shirt)

No time off for good behavior?

 

[martinbayer]

(black & white striped shirt)

No time off for good behavior?

Fretting in a French pantomime clown outfit of a black/white striped T-shirt - Merriman seems to have a closet internationalist heart after all !

 

[merriman]

OK!

Gloves off. This is War.

What can I build/assemble that will really piss off my European colleague's!? Hmmm....

 

[martinbayer]

OK!

Gloves off. This is War.

What can I build/assemble that will really piss off my European colleague's!? Hmmm....

Happy to get your creative juices going ...

 

[Michel Van]

OK!

Gloves off. This is War.

What can I build/assemble that will really piss off my European colleague's!? Hmmm....

One of those cripple Russian subs that try to get home along European coast ?

 

[tychosis]

ASSHOLES!

Could be a telnyashka, one of those striped Russian Navy undershirts.

(Although you'd probably rather be a mime.)

 

[Arjen]

What can I build/assemble that will really piss off my European colleague's!?

Anything that smells of one of the major European soccer teams. A minority of fans will love you for it, but that's a small price to pay for the multitudes that will hate your guts - because that team is, inevitably, The Enemy.

 

[martinbayer]

Anything that smells of one of the major European soccer teams. A minority of fans will love you for it, but that's a small price to pay for the multitudes that will hate your guts - because that team is, inevitably, The Enemy.

One of my favorite fantasies is walking into one of the shadier LA sports bars surrounded by a cluster of burly bodyguards during a major sportsball game on the telly and posing the innocuous question "Is Cassius Clay still swimming as quarterback for the New York Red Socks?"

 

[merriman]

One of those cripple Russian subs that try to get home along European coast ?

Naw!... I've assembled too many KILO kits as it is. In 1/144, 1/96, and 1/72... sick of 'em!

 

[merriman]

Happy to get your creative juices going ...

Mission accomplished!

 

[merriman]

Could be a telnyashka, one of those striped Russian Navy undershirts.

(Although you'd probably rather be a mime.)

Bingo. I wear it to piss off the locals.

 

[merriman]

Anything that smells of one of the major European soccer teams. A minority of fans will love you for it, but that's a small price to pay for the multitudes that will hate your guts - because that team is, inevitably, The Enemy.

Hmmm....

Yes!

I got it!

I'll take one of the KILO's and store it in my long forgotten sea-bag from my diesel-boat days and let it marinate a few months. Nothing as nose-offending as the stink of old socks, piss, and burnt diesel-fuel. Then put it on static display at one of the German model-boat regattas. That'll fix their wagon!

 

[Arjen]

For another value of The Enemy - and the smell - yep.

 

[Scott Kenny]

Hmmm....

Yes!

I got it!

I'll take one of the KILO's and store it in my long forgotten sea-bag from my diesel-boat days and let it marinate a few months. Nothing as nose-offending as the stink of old socks, piss, and burnt diesel-fuel. Then put it on static display at one of the German model-boat regattas. That'll fix their wagon!

Inflicting Eau du Boat on the innocent?

You, sir, are a monster!

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Do it! (evil smilie)

 

[merriman]

Inflicting Eau du Boat on the innocent?

You, sir, are a monster!

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Do it! (evil smilie)

Fuck yeah!

 

[merriman]

 

[Michel Van]

Naw!... I've assembled too many KILO kits as it is. In 1/144, 1/96, and 1/72... sick of 'em!

What about French Subs ?

 

[merriman]

What about French Subs ?

As much as I would enjoy joining in on the pig-pile-up on anything French military, I hold back because of my respect for the excellent work exhibited by French born inventors who made practical combatant type submarines a reality during the later part of the eighteen-hundreds.

Individually an inventive and daring people (as a country... not so much!), i.e. they're not all surrender-monkey's and snobs.

 

[Michel Van]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_submarine_Gymnote_(Q1)As much as I would enjoy joining in on the pig-pile-up on anything French military, I hold back because of my respect for the excellent work exhibited by French born inventors who made practical combatant type submarines a reality during the later part of the eighteen-hundreds.

Ahh Yes
What Jules Verne started
made to reality by Henri Dupuy de Lôme, Gustave Zédé and Maxime Laubeuf
with Gymnote and Narval
The french build some unique Submarine
like the Surcouf

Or the cutest Submarine ever the SP-350 Denise and its family

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAxnaLrengc

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB4gaatpaxE

 

[galgot]

As much as I would enjoy joining in on the pig-pile-up on anything French military, I hold back because of my respect for the excellent work exhibited by French born inventors who made practical combatant type submarines a reality during the later part of the eighteen-hundreds.

Individually an inventive and daring people (as a country... not so much!), i.e. they're not all surrender-monkey's and snobs.

Well, thank you for the usual kind words as always, from that country who helped a British colony being independent at some point...

 

[merriman]

Well, thank you for the usual kind words as always, from that country who helped a British colony being independent at some point...

Yes, Lafayette! Can't forget that helping hand (anything to jam a finger into the eye of the British Empire).

And, I forgot to mention, France gave us the engineer who designed the first commissioned submarine to enter the US Navy, the USS ALLIGATOR -- can't forget that contribution from the land of cheese-and-wine.

View: https://youtu.be/Dn2R2NBeuJI

 

[Scott Kenny]

Have you built an I-400 class boat yet, @merriman ?

 

[merriman]

Have you built an I-400 class boat yet, @merriman ?

No, Scott.

I wish someone would come out with a 1/72 or even 1/48 scale I-400 class as a proper injection kit (like the SKIPJACK and Type-7) suitable for modification to r/c -- I would suck one of those up in a heart-beat!

But, Lindberg completely soured such possibilities with that awful I-53 abortion they marketed some ten years ago -- what a waste of perfectly good polystyrene!!!! What a screaming pile of shit that was!... who was the lead-man on that project, Elmer Fudd? Awful, simply awful.

Nice work... Lindberg! You muddied the waters for anyone who might think of investing in the production of a big scale WW2 Japanese submarine kit. Assholes!

 

[merriman]

 

[Scott Kenny]

That's a shame about the Lindberg kit, but I'd always heard they were horrible (edit) in general.

And I see it's time for that Type XXI's injections.

 

[martinbayer]

No, Scott.

I wish someone would come out with a 1/72 or even 1/48 scale I-400 class as a proper injection kit (like the SKIPJACK and Type-7) suitable for modification to r/c -- I would suck one of those up in a heart-beat!

But, Lindberg completely soured such possibilities with that awful I-53 abortion they marketed some ten years ago -- what a waste of perfectly good polystyrene!!!! What a screaming pile of shit that was!... who was the lead-man on that project, Elmer Fudd? Awful, simply awful.

Nice work... Lindberg! You muddied the waters for anyone who might think of investing in the production of a big scale WW2 Japanese submarine kit. Assholes!

Let's face it, Lindberg never was an icon of accuracy - I only like their B-70 kits for their what if potential, because their inaccuracies allow for credible deniability...

 

[merriman]

That's a shame about the Lindberg kit, but I'd always heard they were horrible.

And I see it's time for that Type XXI's injections.

The major culprit on the I-53 thing was the guy who did the research... he presented the wrong class of I-boat to the tool makers (the Chinese). I had the sad task of driving the last of several stakes through the heart of the kits introduction; I said in raw, unambiguous terms what the other critics of the time weakly couched in happy-babble, apologetic reviews.

I believe it was the failure of that product (and two still-born kits -- to hit the stores about the same time as the I-53 -- that never got past the trade-show circuit) that pushed the head guy at Lindberg (a division of Hawk) out of office.

Yeah. Making good use of Ellie's medical stuff. When life hands you lemons... make lemon-aid.

Let's face it, Lindberg never was an icon of accuracy - I only like their B-70 kits for their what if potential, because their inaccuracies allow for credible deniability...

LOL! Hell of a reason to buy a flawed kit. But... I get your point.

 

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[martinbayer]

Scrolling through your posts is like watching a silent movie without inter titles, or a French pantomime at work - oh, wait - is that why you wore that black/white striped T-Shirt in one of your recent posts??? It sure looks like you're just trying to dazzle/entice/impress fellow forum members without actually *documenting* any of your process in text form in order to share and advance the craft. Psychologically insecure much, maybe?