Type XXIII

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Fun fact: This class was the smallest of the "real" German submarine types. A Type VII C was twice as long.

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Very nice Gary. The extra detailing will certainly pay off.

Like Woody I have been wanting to build a dock scene , but not with a monster like this. :D

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Justin Wooding wrote:GARY!! Glad you are still alive :D

Really great work on this. The extra scratch-building is taking it to a whole new level.

I am book marking this project, going to be very useful for my one. I am slowly collecting stuff for a dockside diorama. Italeri docksides (which are very nice), U-Models figures, a couple of AFV Club trucks, still looking for some buildings and a crane that will fit the scene.
Are you crazy. :?: :?: :lol: :lol:

This would work for a dock scene. Its discontinued on the Mina Art site, but you can still find them.

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Shawn Ramsey wrote:
Justin Wooding wrote:
Are you crazy. :?: :?: :lol: :lol:
Hi Shawn! :D Quite possibly i am. But mot half as crazy as i will appear when i start my 1/35 Dora, and i bought decals for it just this week :?

That Workshop looks good. I wasn't looking for something with that depth. But looking at it, i think it could be cut down the roof centre line and made into a longer building. Hmmmm.....the thought wheels are turning :P
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Which Dora kit did you get? Is it the SOAR ART kit?

If you don't want a full building just scratch one using cork. It really is not hard.

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Yeah, that big Soar Art kit. It weighs in at around 25kg's :shock: I had better start it soon if i want to finish it in my lifetime :lol:

Yeah, i should investigate scratchbuilding a building. I might be able to utilise some of the miniart kits that just have all the windows, doors and other building fixtures?
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We had better stop hijacking Garys thread :P
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Justin Wooding wrote:We had better stop hijacking Garys thread :P
Do carry on. It will distract from my lack of progress :lol: :lol:

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Having just seen this build in the flesh, the kit is a monster. A dockside scene with this as the centerpiece would need a room of its own for display!
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A 1/35 Dora :shock: :o

Did a crazy person say they had one, and was going to try and build it :?:

I always thought they were like vintage cars, you bought them, looked at them for a few years, then sold them on for massive profit 8-)

I don't know if this will be A HELP OR HINDRANCE :?

"Dora build"

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sorry Gary :oops:

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