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Hi Aup & Aur, I just come across this nice build. Congrats!

Good to see you two still find some time for modelling, in between all your studies.

Maarten

Nice work. I really like the weathering.

Are you guys still working on Bismarck?

Cheers

Very nicely done, i am finishing my 1/350 U.96 from AFV club and their offerings are very decent. You did a great jon on the i.58!

Very nice! I love those kits. Built I-27 awhile ago. Yours looks great.

:thumbs_up_1: Great work! :thumbs_up_1:

Scott

Well done !! The weathering looks so natural...

Nice work.

Hi Aop & Aur, great project, must feel good to have finally finished her. The antique look of the paint work is excellent.
Congratulations guys!
Regards,
Phil

Hello all :wave_1: :wave_1:

This build has been going on for a few years, and it never seemed to get done. We recently decided to finish it, and now it is our first completed model. :big_grin:
The kit is AFV club at completion version, and includes a small sheet of PE. Unfortunately, the set doesn't include PE supports for the floatplane (like the I-19 kit), so we cut spare railings into correct lengthes and painstakingly constructed it. The plane had been through numerous falls, so it looks a bit sick with all the repair works.[url=http://www.britmodeller.com/reviews/wem/Misc350/Aerial%20spreaders.jpg]The cage aerial antenna spacers are PE from White Ensign Models[/url] with Uni Caenis 20 denier thread for all the riggings.
Not very enjoyable to do...and not to mention the number of times things got accidentally torn apart. :mad_1: But we think it's worth the effort. The rest of the ship's rigging was based mostly on the kit's box art and pictures of 1/100 scale models of similar I submarines at Kure museum. Information of the I-58 is extremely hard to find on the internet.
The weathering is entirely handbrushed with Tamiya paints and a little use of wash.

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Aop & Aur