by Guillermo Martinez
1/125 Type VII-C (Revell Germany)
The model is the old Revell 1/125, extensively modified to make it a standard U-boot in March-April 1943, at the peak of the Battle of the Atlantic, before the 88mm. was removed from all units in June of that same year.
All hull holes were drilled from the inside.
The Wintergarten was made with a box of Ferrero-Roche chocolates, the Windabweiser (or wind deflector) is made with the border of a common plastic picnic plate.
The steps in the tower scales are made with metal staples and the aerials isolation balls are glass beads. The aerials themselves are made with fishing nylon thread.
The Flaks are the most complicated pieces. The 20 mm. mechanism boxes are made with oblong Mc.Donaldīs coffee spoons, the shields are made with yogourt glasses, and the conical Laffetten L-38 are simply the points of standard BIC ball-pens.
Again I used no foto-etched parts, and no Evergreen stuff. No money to spend on it :-)
