88mm Schiffskanone C/35

[Date Yukiie]

Guten Tag,
I am new to this forum and to the Third Reich list in general. I know there is a modeling section, and I have posted this there, but want to poke around to see if others might have what I am looking for.
I sometimes build German armor miniatures, but am looking to do a fine scale Type VIIB/C variant Uboat. I am tracking down drawings, plans, pics and such.
I want to render this project in 1/35 scale, which will make this a large project, but I might start out with the bridge tower and possibly the foredeck.
With that in mind, I am trying to find details on the 88mm Schiffskanone C/35 in a naval mount. It is related to the Pak/Flak versions only in that it is firing the same nominal caliber round. The actual rounds for the field pieces do not even fit the C/35. I therefore cannot use any of the excelent models of the .88s that are out there.
Do any of you have info? Thanks.

Christopher
(former) U.S.M.C.
http://www.kabutographics.com

[Xavier]

Verlinden carries a full kit of a U-boat in 1/35, it may help..

Xavier

[Xavier]

specially the first one:

http://uboat.net/technical/guns.htm

http://www.uboatarchive.net/

http://www.uboatwar.net/VII.htm

http://www.u-boot-greywolf.de/

"the crew of U124 during a drill (from uboat.net)




Xavier

[Date Yukiie]

Xavier,
Thanks for the info. Would you happen to have the Verlinden Miniatures website URL? A quick search turned up a racing electronics site.
Christopher
(former) U.S.M.C.
http://www.kabutographics.com

[Xavier]

http://www.modelmecca.com/

and since you are interested in 1/35th scale:

http://uboat.net/special/models/kits.ht ... =Verlinden

the andrea miniatures are actually 1/32th scale, but no major problem here:

http://www.iespana.es/omn24flotilla/est ... fig_03.htm



I think the sub is also carried by squadron.com

enjoy!!!

Xavier

[Xavier]

how much have you saved?

http://www.squadron.com/ItemDetails.asp?item=AELP02

could not paste the image, as is copyrighted, but there is a close up of the model gun in the page.

it retails for aroud 1800 usd...! (the complete sub in 1/32)

for blueprints go to:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... egory=4078

and

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... egory=4078

Xavier

[Date Yukiie]

Thank you very much Xavier.
These are fine refs - and some are very expensive! One could reserect a real U-boot for about the same cost!
Christopher
(former) U.S.M.C.
http://www.kabutographics.com

[Xavier]

from http://www.u35.com


also pic from same site about a freak accident:



seems the Graf Spee ran over the uboat!!!!

Xavier

[Date Yukiie]

Xavier,
Thanks very much for these...they are great! I really smiled at the pic of the Graf Spee damage! It looks like the screw chopped it up good! Can you imagine what that sounded like to her crew inside!
When I was in the first Gulf War with Iraq, my fighting hole got run over by an American M1A1...I was not hurt but it sure woke me up! The poor crew in the u-boat must have been scared whitless!

- Christopher

[Xavier]

Just found this site:

your only stop for submarine modelling...

http://www.subcommittee.com/SubVendors/

best regards

Xavier
the link scrounger