by Patrizio Carlucci
1/350 KUK Kriegsmarine SMU 12 (Hecker & Goros)
| Hello everybody,
This has been a two evenings build for a Christmas present that made
me notice how much pleasure such a small project can bring. I had this
beautiful "Natalini" hand made picture frame that I wanted to fill with
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The unit is a submarine type Holland of the k.u.k. Kriegsmarine, the SMU12, sunk in 1915 after hitting a mine in front of Venice. Nice to imagine this small units along the beautiful Croatian coast in those times. I have seen something similar to this subject on the website that Jim Baumann indicated on the message board. The kit visible at the bottom page of this address http://themodeller.toegels.at/de/ is very close to the one I have but they claim it to be 1/400. In my case, the box indicates 1/350th and from measurements it seems to be right. The model is very small measuring just over 8,5 cm (32 meters - 100 feet in reality). Hull is in white metal and is very nicely cast, surfaces are very smooth and needed almost no clean-up. Hecker&Goros are well known for their white metal figures and I am still wondering why they got in this field without even publishing it on their website. |
| To increase a little bit the level of detail, I have scribed panel
lines, very easy on metal and added some lengths of stretched sprues for
the periscope and snorkel supports and the safety lines' stanchions. Walkways
along the sail are PE parts from my spare box, appropriately trimmed. The
number twelve is a Delphis decal and is not present on all the shots because
pictures were taken in different steps of the construction.
Included in the kit are five plastic injected figures from Preiser (1/350), very impressive and incredibly hard to find. I will probably get some more boxes just for the figures. This website http://www.kuk-kriegsmarine.at/ and the one cited before have been my only references so far. Ciao a tutti, |
