Revell’s U-boat hull are nicely detailed with rivets, however during construction and improvements (improving flood/vents, tropedo panels, relocating of the anchor housing, etc ..) a large number of rivets would be removed with the hacking and the sanding process involved. Therefore i googgled around for solutions and i found this ….

ModelDesignConstruction (MDC) Rivet Maker

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Received these over the past  3 weeks (happy happy joy joy!!)

1) CMK – U-Boat Exterior Set (Part 1)
2) White Ensign Models – Flood / Vents  Photo Etch Set
3) Squadron Signal – U-Boat in Action
 
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This is a big project – not only i mean 93cm in length BIG, the improvements in line are BIG as well!! …. having said that, I have had this project on my shelf for almost 1.5 years now (hahah) …. never really did start building, all i did was more of researching and getting the related aftermarket stuff to create an improved version (okay .. i’m too chicken to start something that will torture myself with ) …..

Here’s Chris Wauchop’s boat (http://hsfeatures.com/features04/u552cw_1.htm) that got me started back then

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