scratchbuilding an Elbing Class Torpedoboat

[ludwig]

Hi all,

I have been building a Flottentorpedoboot Typ 39 for some time now , here are some photo's of my build. This boat is in scale 1/35 , lenght nearly 3 meters ( 10 foot ) beam 28 cm ( + 11 inch) enjoy.



overall view of my boat.



front of the boat , with figure by Hecker & Görös scale 1/32 , notice the 'knick' , only the early models had these T-22 till T-30

[ludwig]

part 2, ( I pressed the submit button to soon)



still the front.



the stern , propeller struts , double rudder , and that typical stern for this kind of boats.



close-up of the rudder.



another stern shot , here you can see the stern clearly.

regards,

Ludwig

[ludwig]

part 3,

The hull completely primed , and the camouflage drawn.





drawing is how she will look like at the end.colours :Hell Grau 50 , Ultramarine Blau , Mittelgrau , Schwarzgrau , Weiss , Schiffsbodenfarbe Rot.





Port side , not the same as starboard side.







enjoy,

Ludwig

[ludwig]

part 4, colour photo's,



Port side of my build.









starboard side , not identical to the port side.







enjoy,

Ludwig

[ludwig]

Part 5, upper works,

The Flottentorpedoboot typ 39 had 3 seperate upper works , here are some photo's of the aft upperwork.







start of the aft upperwork with their 20mm Flak , Flak is by Tamiya with Jordi Rubio barrels and Eduard etch parts.





flakstand left , passageways for the lower quarters right , with carley float on top , figure Hecker & Görös , notice these parts were already made before completion off the paintwork.







centerpart of this upperwork , here is where the N°3 105mm gun was standing.



the bathtub put in place.



enjoy,

Ludwig

[ludwig]

part 6,

Some more photo's of the aft upper work.



watertight doors , hatches and handrails in place. Ammo locker in Flak tub.



G7e torpedo in front of the aft upper part.





One of many ammo lockers.





some vents in the passageway.



artillery platform N° 3.





vent hatches under the Flak tub.



10,5 cm pivot in the making.

enjoy,

Ludwig

[ludwig]

hallo all,

part 7 , torpedo tubes and turn table.



lower part of the turntable



lower and upper part.



under side of the upper part.



top side of the upper part



turn table temporarely put in place on center upper works.



electricity tube (3/4 inch) temporarely in place , simulation of the torpedo tubes.



again torpedo tubes turned to starboard.



tube cut in 4 pieces and glued some strip around the tubes.



close-up of the strip , with bolts and nuts in place.



the connections.



the complete tube.



front part of the tube with torpedo warhead in place.



complete tube with aft part of the torpedo ( loading the fish).

enjoy,

Ludwig

[Bgile]

wow, that's truly amazing work!

[ludwig]

hello all,

It has been a while since I have posted something here. The next photo's are of the aft superstructure.





on top off the hut some supports have been glued on , these supports where for the life rafts , which shows in photo 2.



etched screws are glued in the manholes.









supports for the folding tables





with the folding tables in place .

I haven't done much on my boat lately , I have been working on my own working space (wil show photo if you ask.) Have also been working on a harbour crane , some mines and on railway wagons. The next 2 photo's are of the mines.





top photo is of an EMC mine on its Ankerstuhl , the lower photo is of an EMF mine , the British Navy Sailor is in scale 1/35 , this figure gives some dimension.

enjoy,

Ludwig

[JtD]

Awesome! Excellent work.

[ludwig]

hello all,

I will post some photo's of how I build the mines.



I bought myself some spheres , filled them with plasticine and laid them on my forming table.



the spheres formed.



the spheres removed from the mould. notice the 5 different mines I will make.



the spheres carefully sanded out the form , ready to be detailed.



some detail added , left the bottom plate , right bases for the horns and access plate.



the 2 halves glued together , 2 lifting hooks and 1 securing hook added.



from another angle , the hook will be replaced later , I was not satisfied with this result.





with the horns added , 5 detonator horns on top , the lower horns are not detonators. These horns will also be replaced with more detailled ones.

enjoy ,

Ludwig

[ludwig]

hello all,

now some photo's of the so called 'Ankerstuhl';



a solid block of styrene.



the wheels , each disk is 5mm.



with the wheels temporarely added.





the table , lower and top view.



with the table installed.





this is the outside reel , for the so called 'Voreilanker'.



the reel installed on the Ankerstuhl.

enjoy

Ludwig

[ludwig]

hello all, some more photo's.



4 grab handless installed also 2 lifting hooks on each side. , the disk on top is an air valve.



these are all the parts which I have made until now.



the supports for the mine on top.



the mine on top off its supports. look at the horns they are detailled with small wire.



seen from behind.



in front.



seen on top off my boat.



some etched srews glued on the top hatch.



the lower horns ,which are not detonators, have a ring .



the aft mine supports have each a securing ring.



here you see how the mine was secured on its anker.



some more detail in front off the anker.The lower block on the right is the casing for the 'Voreilanker.

enjoy,

Ludwig

[ludwig]

helllo all,

have been working on the aft superstructure,



bought myself some very fine chain.



one platform with stanchions and chains.



top view , both platforms in place , also placed base plate for 10,5 cm gun , am working on the pivot for the 10,5 cm gun.



glueing etched screws in the bathtub.

enjoy

Ludwig

[ludwig]

hello all,

I have finally finished my EMC mine,



the complete anker and mine.



close-up of the Voreilanker case and reel.



all the parts to make an EMC mine and its anker.





started to detail my EMF mine , this mine had the same anker.



overall view of my boat.

regards,

Ludwig