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It will be some day when the mines, the crane and the ship are all married up!

JIM B

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You never cease to amaze me!

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Hi Ludwig

I recently discovered a portuguese resin manufacturer (RMG resinas) that produce german mines in 1/35, as well as other accessories in that same scale. I know that they have a website, but couldn´t find the address. I´ll look it up for you, if interested.

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hello all ,
thanks for the kind replies ,
@ Jose Chaica , yes that would be fine.

Ludwig

Their site is http://rmgresinmodels.com/

Wonderful work Ludwig

Enjoy
João

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hello all,

have been working on my 'Ankerstuhl' .



a solid block of styrene



the 4 little wheels , diameter 6 mm



the wheels temporarely put in place.





the upper plate , lower and top view.



the plate on top of the anker



anker and mine together , the small disk on the right is were the chain comes , the larger one is detail for under the mine.



reel and supports , this reel is for the so called 'Voreilanker'







the reel complete and placed temporarely on the anker



and with top plate in place



the last 3 photo's are of the whole mine , Ankerstuhl and mine , the figure is a British Navy Sailor in scale 1/35 this is placed for dimentions. In the 1st and last photo , the mine is not placed in this manner , I still have to add some detail on the top plate.I also left out the horns and hook , these were not as I wanted it , I'll have to redo them







enjoy,

Ludwig

Hi Ludwig

One question : Why a solid block of styrene to build the main component ?

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hello Jose,

A solid block is used because when I make a mould , I put it in my vacuum chamber to suck out all the air ,so now traces of air bubbles . When a hollow part is made the vacuum pump will implode it.regards,

Ludwig

Same problem here, but when I built my 5´mounts, I decided to fill it with plaster of Paris, instead of a solid construction...

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Hello Ludwig

Great job as always

You can avoid that mould making problem by just simply make (if possible) some small holes on a not visible surface of the part. That would allow the air inside to come out and not damaging the master.

Happy modelling
João

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hello all,

@ softsea , I have bought myself a vacuum-chamber , I hope the air bubbles problem will be solved.

I am sorry not to place an up-date earlier , but I had to redo the anker because it was 3 mm to long.



this is how it looks now , 4 grabhandless in place , also 2 lifting hooks on each side , the disk on top is an air valve.



these are all the parts I have made untill now , some more have to be made.



this photo shows all the parts (which I have made allready) in place , sorry for the blurry photo.





with the mine in place.



with navy soldier , this is for dimensions.





the mine on my boat.

this is not the only mine I am making.



this is an EMF mine , same dimensions as EMC , NO horns.





on the anker , which is the same as for EMC mine.

enjoy ,

Ludwig

Ludwig this is outstanding work . and you are a mast of your craft
Dave Wooley

I agree, fantastic work. Thanks for sharing your work with us.

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EXCELLENT!

looking forward to seeing regular progress again on her!

JIM B

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This is my first time to this website and I have to say "Ludwig You are the best I have ever seen!" I have been building 1/35th scale German armor for a long time and started looking into building a diorama involving a port or harbor scene. I had Googled Torpedoboat, Harbor, Dock, U-Boat and a few other things, but your post came up on most of my searches. I have gotten plans for a type VII-c U-Boat that I want to build, and would give almost anything to get my hands on a set of plans for that very nice Flottentorpedoboot Typ 39 that you have there. If you could inform me on how I would accomplish such a feat I would be most appreciative. Again you are preforming a remarkable job. Keep up the good work!

Mark S. Vipond

U.S.A.

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hello Mark,

I bought my plans at www.christian-schmidt.com , they are in scale 1/100 ,4 plans, you could also buy a copy at www.ship-model-today.de these plans are in scale 1/75 , 2 plans . I must say they are detailed , but I would like to see some more photo's , which are not that plenty.

regards,

Ludwig

hello all,

some more photo's of my mine , the mine is almost complete now.



some etched screws glued on.



the lower horns have a ring at the end.



some more details added to the anker.



the mine on the anker , secured with 2 heavy rings on the back.



on the front side the mine is secured with a bar.

I have also worked on my aft superstructure, photo's will follow later.

enjoy,

Ludwig

Hi Ludwig Your attention to detail is inspirational . Question how many mines need to be made ?
Dave Wooley

breathtaking stuff- astonishing sharpness and detailing...

but I echo Dave Wooley--how many mines do you need...?

Regards

Jim Baumann

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hello jim , Dave,

a full load of mines is about 50 pieces .

Ludwig