Looks like it's time to actually start this GB. You fine people voted for the Das Werk 1/72 U-boat.
First off, this kit is huge. Definitely the largest kit I've ever attempted. Thankfully, I do already have storage space available for it. The Lego Saturn V will have to be relocated; but, it can live in the guest room next to the Lego Millennium Falcon.
As for the kit. I bought a first edition when they first came out. Which is cool because it comes with an extra book about the ship.
From their website:
There wasn't much info about this ship. However, U-12 was sunk off the coast of the UK, so the company paid some divers to go look at the wreck and assist with getting accurate measurements and such. Very cool stuff. I can really tell this company really cared about getting this kit correct.SM U9 (Seiner Majestät U-Boot) was a petroleum-electric submarine of the German Imperial Navy of WW1.
The double hulled U-Boat was 57.38 m long, 6.00 m wide, had a draft of 3.13 m and a displacement of 493 tons above and 611 tons under water. It could dive to a maximum of 50 m in about 50–90 seconds.
It was powered by 1000 HP petroleum motors on the surface and by 1160 HP electric motors while submerged. With these U9 can speed up to 14.2 knots above water and 8.1 knots under water.
Armament consisted of six torpedoes that could be fired through two bow and two stern tubes.
The U9 was commissioned as the first ship in its class in July 1908 and launched in February 1910.On September 22nd, 1914 U9 sank the three British armored cruisers HMS Aboukir, HMS Hogue and HMS Cressy one after the other and on October 15th the British armored cruiser HMS Hawke under the command of Kapitänleutnant Otto Weddigen. After that the boat U9 was allowed to carry an Iron Cross on the tower. Apart from U9, only the small cruiser SMS Emden received this honor during the WW1.
U9 undertook a total of seven combat cruises and sank five warships with 44,173 tons and 13 merchant ships with 8,636 GRT.
No other boat sank more warships during the First World War.
After the war the boat was delivered on November 26, 1918 to Great Britain and in 1919 it was scrapped in Morecambe,
Lancashire.
Storage shelf:
The old storage spot for when it was actively a part of the collection and not building part of the hobby.
Please disregard that small portion of the back log.
This forced me to actually clean off my bench. This is the cleanest it has been in months.
Box on the bench with one of my minis from the 3D printer thread for scale.
The box is of very sturdy construction and has some good info.
My wife always gets a kick out of every kit that says "Not a toy" on the box.
The molds look fantastic and the hull is VERY sturdy. Honestly it was surprising how beefy the two hull halves are.
Some of the smaller sprues.
The book that came with the kit is in both English and German. Lots of good info.
I'm thinking the best way to attack this kit is to build the stand first so I have a way to stabilize the kit when working on it.
This kit will also take a ton of TET for the two hull halves.
out and ready to go.
