![]() ![]() I also created rust stains with pastel chalks. The dancing devil decals on the conning tower were put down over a Testor Metalizer sealer gloss coat. I painted my model with Humbrol matte light gray (64), satin blue (134), and Floquil weathered black. U-552's end came when it was scuttled in May 1945. It sank 32 ships, including the destroyer USS Reuben James. I made my model as U-552 early in its long 15-patrol career. I left off the life preservers shown in step 39 because they were rarely stowed on the conning tower during operational runs. I had to fill a sink mark on the front of the lower section (part 74). The conning tower would also have been challenging to paint after assembly, so I made several subassemblies, painted, then carefully joined them. The deck sections were a tight fit on the hull, and I used small bar clamps to hold the decking down while the glue set. The instructions advise gluing the center deck section and its supports to the hull before adding the fore and aft sections. ![]() I glued the long hull seam together in short stretches to ensure a good fit and a smooth seam. All the small add-on parts for the lower-hull were painted separately for better coverage. I had to fill sink holes on the dive planes and rudders with gap-filling super glue. The torpedo tube assembly (parts 14, 15, and 16) did not fit between the hull halves without a lot of reshaping. Building the model was easy, but there were a few snags. I started the project by studying the detailed 28-page instruction book and making notes on which steps pertained to the particular sub I chose to build. The decal sheet has markings for U-69, U-82, U-202, and U-552. Optional parts are provided for five different configurations, and a display stand is included. The hull exhibits raised weld lines, recessed flow-through vents, and a 16-piece deck gun. Inside the box are light-green sprues and large hull halves packaged in separate bags, along with string and paper flags and pennants. The large box displays an attractive painting of a U-boat cutting through stormy Atlantic waves. Revell Germany's 1/72 scale U-boat Type VIIC breaks new ground. Eventually, escort carriers and long-range patrol aircraft introduced effective countermeasures, and most of the German U-boats ordered to the North Atlantic never returned. "Wolf packs" of U-boats were the main threat to the Allied convoys, and without the supplies coming from North America, England might not have withstood Germany's onslaught. The most potent weapon of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during World War II was the submarine, or "unterseeboot." Britain's prime minister, Winston Churchill, confessed it was his deepest worry. ![]()
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