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It's all looking good, them mines are very detailed.

Thanks guys. The deck is almost fitted out now, looks a lot less sparse.

It’s looking great Bish! Are you going to add any stain to the bare wood planking areas? Or just leave them as you have them now?

Thanks Carlos. I have given them a light oil wash as i felt they were to clean. I was a bit wary but i tried it out on some of the off cut wood and it didn't cause any problems. Loks a lot better. Just going to start adding the final bits and should have this done tonight.

Sounds good Bish. I’m looking forward to seeing the beauty all done!

Got the S-Boat wrapped up last weekend and got the pics sorted today. At just over 3 months this is one of the longest builds i have done and was worth every minute. To finish it off i got the rest of the deck pieces fitted as well as the completed torpedo's and mines. The latter were a bit awkward as the trolleys were to wide for the raisl. I had to trim those down quite a bit but as the mines are on top of them you can't see the trolleys anyway.

I also added a rubber dinghy. This is not included in this kit but does come with the Flak 38 version. But the pics of this boat clearly show one. Fortunalty i have a set of Revell German assault engineer figures which come with a similar boat. So i dressed that up with some PE and fitted that.

I felt that the wood decks looked to clean. So after testing on some of the off cut wood, i used a light oil wash of raw umber and yellow orche mixed. Rather pleased with that. I added dodgers (i thinks thats the right term) with tissue soaked with white glue, and tied on with rigging thread. The final additions were the radio aerial cables, a fabric ensign from AMP and a ships bell. At 4mm its the smallest i could find, i think it rounds it off nicely.

I know there are some accuracy issues when compared to the real S-205. The torpedo rails were a simply wooded type, ammo lockers for the centre gun were bigger and some other differances but i can live with those. I do wish i had drilled out the underwater openings but it was to late by the time i realised. For my first 72nd boat, i am really chuffed with this. Now i am keen to start a 72nd U-Boat which i will be getting to later this year or early next. But for now i am looking forward to some aircraft and some heavy armour.

Now for the pics.























Thanks all for following alng.

Wow... that looks really nice! Glad to see it finished.

Outstanding work Bish! All the PE and aftermarket really bring this kit to life.

Top notch finish Bish! The raft tie down and mooring lines, the canvas railing covers, the brass bell and wood decking... all look perfect! What a splendid looking build!

Cheers guys. All the rope is ship rigging thread, i have several sizes.Its very lightly coloured so like the wood that gets a light oil wash. Come sin very handy in many scales, even use it for rope on 35th armour builds.