Hello All !

I am trying to research a new project. I want to do a diorama of a Type VIIC U-boat under attack from an Allied Flying Boat, maybe an early Catalina. British, of course.  Does anyone have a photo of a U-Boat under attack like this?  It does not have to be a VIIC. I need this to get some ideas of how to do this. I will be using the 1/72 Revell Type VII C Boot.

As usual , any help is nice !

Best Regards,

  Hi Dan

      I've tried a couple of times to upload a pic for you but don't seem to be able to. Just out of curiosity how are you going to pull this off?? I mean mainly the "plane in flight", pretty tricky isn't it? As for the boat you going to waterline it and put it in a celluclay sea with a gel medium for the actual water?

Hello Panther!

Yes, I do have some things to iron out for this project.  I will use a gel medium as the ocean. I have found this to be the easiest way to do that.  As far as the support I am leaning toward a wire going up thru the spout of water from a depth charge explosion beside the hull of the U-boat.  I am still researching the means to do the water spouts, I plan to do two. one on each side of the Boot. I am thinking I will use the Woodland Scenes  method of making fast moving water. They have a system that model railroaders use to make waterfalls etc...

The boat I will depict will be U-452. A type VIIC which was attacked and sunk by a British Catalina in 1941. So it should be interesting.....

I will start a new fourm of this project on the Modeling site of this Fourm.

Any ideas let me know. I am still thinking about placing a few U-boat crewman on the deck of the u-boat. as well.

Regards,

Hi Dougie!

Thanks for the help in the research! I will model U-452 as a waterline, also for artisic impact I plant to have the U-Boat at an angle as if just surfacing from a depth-charge attack.  The British Catalina will be over front section above . I plan to have two explosions/ water spouts, one on each side of the Boot.  I am also thinking of having some crew on the bridge with life apparatus on. The Germans did not call them "life preservers" or "Mae Wests" as the Allies.

So if I can't get any more info on the paint scheme of  U-452, I plan to paint the Boot a standard Dunkelgrau 51 upper hull/tower, Schiffgrau III lower hull.  I need to do more research on the date when U-452 was sunk to try to determine an educated quess as to if the Boot had its net cutter or not.

Thanks again my Friend,

Hello ALL!

I have just researched the career of my subject U-452 for my attack dio.

U-452 was only on one active patrol. It started out from Trondheim on the 19th of August 1941. The U-Boot was sunk 6 days later on 25th August 1941.  The Boot was assigned to the 3rd U-Flottile, Kiel.  So with that late a date, I am thinking  U-452 was not likely to have a net-cutter.  Can anyone give me an educated guess on this series of boats as to the Tower arrangment?  (Built  mid- 41 Kiel)

Again thanks for any help.

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     Doesn't show the plane but does show the deck watch wishing they had seen the approaching plane a few minutes earlier.

      This is a type IX boat is it not? What type of tower is this?