Thank you for your very kind comments on both models. Working on models only when having some free time it feels good. Thinking of starting the bismarck over the winter. Say hi to USA. Studied in michigan (upper peninsula) many many moons ago.
Looks great mate. I just bought one for my 4 weeks quarantine. Never tried anything so ambitious before. Any tips on the weathering painting techniques. Cheers
thank you......slow and easy with the weathering... layered it... what i did was after i painted it and weathered white i sprayed it with matt varnish and then did the black and rust... of course now I can say that some things i would have done differently but isnt this the reason for trying things out? :) it takes time probably more than painting the sub. when finished drop a line so i can see it. The white washing of mine hmmmmm too bright...do not care for it.... part i would have done differently more subtle.
@@bnocelli did you ever finish yours? Mine is still sitting in its box lol, the hull is assembled along with one of the guns but for now until my other projects are done it’s paused
@@lukaszahra9959 I paused mine for nine years. I thought my experience wasnt enough for such a challenging paint work. Im currently working on it. Im glad I waited.
Thank you. Do it now and as long as it takes. Who knows what the future has in store for us. Just bought the revell manowar. My wife said “ and when are you planning of doing this?” Dont know dont care. Aim high! 😀 the eduard weekend boxes take me a month but so what… when you do it share it with me.
Thank you. Honored that you think is good enough to buy. Not for sale. Even if i was to consider it by the time it got to your hands the sub would be 1000 pieces! 🤪
Revell Uboat Type IX C (U67/U154) Box: 05166 Scale: 1/72 Length: 106.3 Width: 9.5cm, Height 22.5cm Number of Pieces: 170 Level of Difficulty: 4 First, I would like to say once again “Thank You” to Revell. As always, I had to destroy something. Once again, a decal was “removed” during the washing process. I sent an email to Revell asking for an extra sheet of decals, willing to pay for it, and in 10 days, it was in my hand. Even during the COVID pandemic. Awesome. Sincerely thank you. This time there is not much to say about the box because it is a fantastic model. Everything fitted perfectly. Ok 99.5%! Instructions in color and very well laid out. What I will complain about, and has nothing to do with Revell, is the habit by the large retailer to send orders in the original packaging. The box came torn, speed fix on one end and a large hole at the other. In addition, it looked like it was thrown a couple hundred times. Why nothing broke, I do not know. First time I tried washing and rust techniques. Some worked, some did not but what the hey!!! Not bad. Tips and what to pay attention: Step 1: Make sure you drill all the holes as listed so as not to run into trouble after closing the hull. Step 1a: Decide which version of the sub you will so as not to drill unnecessary holes. Steps 7 and 8: Went with the open version. What is the point of closing everything for no one to see? Step 11: Pay attention to place pieces C14 the correct way. No glue so the propellers turn. Step 16: The only part that for the life of me could not fit the three pieces 87, 88, 89. I had to trim piece 89 at the front so as to sit in place. Other than this everything else just perfect. I did not glue the model to the stand. I had to pick it up so many times. Up to you. Step 37: Now this is very important. Piece K121 if you look close at each end it supposed to have two small holes for the rigging. Did not have and did not notice. When the time came to do the rigging I glued the string. No big deal but if you make two tiny holes it will look better. Step 44: Do not glue pieces B136 and B137so as to move up and down. The rest is straightforward. Rigging is easy the pieces are delicate so handle with love.
Thanks for the quik awnser its a bit more expencive in my area I just wanted to make sure as I don't have a good experience with revell When I started making dioramas/models I had a few bad revell kits and now I am reluctand to make revell kits.
@@theodorostzitzimbourounis Theodorus I think I am going to look for another kit maybe the ww1 german U boat of das werk I just have a fear with revell.
Good morning, thank you so much for your comment. You are absolutely right. It is all done by brush. Never used a spray gun for any of my models. Prefer to use the brush even if it means that the model doesn't look painted perfect. Have more fun with it. :) Kind of Donatello's non-finito applied to models. :)
@@theodorostzitzimbourounis Hello, yes, I prefer to use the airbrush for priming and painting. I use brushes for individual parts and to age the model. Best regards condock24
Hello, congratulations, it was very nice- I have the same Revell kit but I have not started it yet. Could you tell me how you painted it? Did you use an airbrush? or did you paint it all by hand? Did you use acrylic paint or did you use oil paint?
Good morning. It is all painted by hand. Never used airbrush. Used revell enamel in this case except for the platform for which i used vallejo dark blue gray instead of black
Hi Sergei. In all honesty it was one of the easiest models I completed. Compare this to the 800 and more pieces of the pirate ship. Easy to assemble and paint. The weathering takes most of the time. No rigging too. So give it a go and do not worry about the size. Anytime you need help drop a line. I just purchased the english man o war. When i will start it i do not know cause its huge but we can still dream and hope in this world.
Hello bro I hope you are well I have the same submarine model but my instructions were lost or destroyed where we kept it. Could you send me photos of the instructions?
Goodmorning, I have something better for you than pictures. Revell has in pdf all the instructions. So go to downloads.revell.de/?dir=Manuals-Modelkits and search 05166.
Good work! but can i add just a comment please. I see a lot of model ships and subs all well done but with one glaring mistake, being an ex paint inspector and seeing lots of drydocking of ships i can tell you not one of them weathers vertically underwater its all horizontal.They do rust along vertical welds though but not general weathing. Anti fouling wears off horizontally and algae sea life follows the sunlight, barnacles are everywhere even on the props! Hope this helps some ship builders!
Good evening from Cyprus. Thank you for the comment about the work and thank you for the info. Did not know this. In fact if next year there is a competition and decide to enter it with the sub i will try to correct it. Algae i knew but did not have the right weathering items. No clue about horizontal anti-fouling. I will google it. Thank you for the tip. Never stop from learning something new.
Hello and thank you for the nice comment. The swastika is illegal in germany so revell does not include it in any of its boxes. That is the original flag included in the box. You can find from other sides but i never add additional parts to my models. I work with what is included. Again thank you.
@@theodorostzitzimbourounis Ah, I see; Thanks! Also, real quickly, if I may ask.. What type of adhesive did you use for this model and did you hand paint? Thanks, XX121XI
Regular revell adhesive no need for anything else. Yes it is handpainted. I prefer it even though it is harder takes longer and strokes might not look perfect. I like the process.
@@theodorostzitzimbourounis Thanks for the information, this was essential for me, even though I read the kit manual for my Unterseeboot, may God bless you.
I'm actually looking to get this kit, even though it's so big that I have no room for it once built. I'd probably leave it in the box as a dream build later on when I have more room.
Go for it...You never know. Bought Revell's Man O'War. Its so big I dont have space for the box closed!! Probably I will never get around it before retirement but I have it. :)
@@theodorostzitzimbourounis sorry but i am absolute perfectionist for myself and otherself work... good work continue in your work and be better and better...NO HATE...
@@sluncevitislunce6619 No prob... we agree. I always want to do my best....could i have done it better? of course..still as long as i tried then i am happy. Have a nice weekend
Good morning, thank you for your comments. The flags used are the flags included in the box. I never add pieces or decals to upgrade. I do all models with the items provided in the box. You can download the instructions from Revell and see the decals. Of course Revell as some other companies never included flags or decals with the swastika that is why is just a a white circle.
Thank you so much. Always felt bad about the sub cause i lost first place due to one glaring mistake which was the black i used for the tower. It came out shiny compared to the flat paints i used for the rest. On the other hand a few years ago i would not have even thought of taking part to competitions. Learning never stops. :). Give it a go. Great kit
WAY TOO MANY so called judges at model contest's get super uptight about the shade of color or the actual coloer or whatever. AND THEY ARE ALL WRONG. In a combat environment, plane ship, armor-whatever they used the paint they had. SOMETIMES, enemy paint was used. This subject about "The Wrong Color" turns me completely off. You did a great job, period.@@theodorostzitzimbourounis
Excellent! Magnificent weathering. 👍👍
Thank you for your very kind comments on both models. Working on models only when having some free time it feels good. Thinking of starting the bismarck over the winter. Say hi to USA. Studied in michigan (upper peninsula) many many moons ago.
Nice build 🙌👌
Nice 👍 work. Well done.
Omg best on TH-cam, love the weathering, what's the music please?
Good morning and thank you so much for your comments. The music was taken from the music library of youtube. In my comments i wrote the title of it.
Looks great mate. I just bought one for my 4 weeks quarantine.
Never tried anything so ambitious before.
Any tips on the weathering painting techniques.
Cheers
thank you......slow and easy with the weathering... layered it... what i did was after i painted it and weathered white i sprayed it with matt varnish and then did the black and rust... of course now I can say that some things i would have done differently but isnt this the reason for trying things out? :) it takes time probably more than painting the sub. when finished drop a line so i can see it. The white washing of mine hmmmmm too bright...do not care for it.... part i would have done differently more subtle.
@@theodorostzitzimbourounis thanks for the tips
@@bnocelli did you ever finish yours? Mine is still sitting in its box lol, the hull is assembled along with one of the guns but for now until my other projects are done it’s paused
@@lukaszahra9959 I paused mine for nine years. I thought my experience wasnt enough for such a challenging paint work. Im currently working on it. Im glad I waited.
Very nice! What a monster of a kit. Want to do it some day myself
Thank you. Do it now and as long as it takes. Who knows what the future has in store for us. Just bought the revell manowar. My wife said “ and when are you planning of doing this?” Dont know dont care. Aim high! 😀 the eduard weekend boxes take me a month but so what… when you do it share it with me.
@@theodorostzitzimbourounis LOL! Will do. Funny my wife says the same thing......more models? You haven't made half of the ones you have. 🤣
Thank you… if you are planning of building the model… i am here
Excellent! Would this piece be for sale?
Thank you. Honored that you think is good enough to buy. Not for sale. Even if i was to consider it by the time it got to your hands the sub would be 1000 pieces! 🤪
Revell Uboat Type IX C (U67/U154)
Box: 05166
Scale: 1/72
Length: 106.3 Width: 9.5cm, Height 22.5cm
Number of Pieces: 170
Level of Difficulty: 4
First, I would like to say once again “Thank You” to Revell. As always, I had to destroy something. Once again, a decal was “removed” during the washing process. I sent an email to Revell asking for an extra sheet of decals, willing to pay for it, and in 10 days, it was in my hand. Even during the COVID pandemic. Awesome. Sincerely thank you.
This time there is not much to say about the box because it is a fantastic model. Everything fitted perfectly. Ok 99.5%! Instructions in color and very well laid out. What I will complain about, and has nothing to do with Revell, is the habit by the large retailer to send orders in the original packaging. The box came torn, speed fix on one end and a large hole at the other. In addition, it looked like it was thrown a couple hundred times. Why nothing broke, I do not know.
First time I tried washing and rust techniques. Some worked, some did not but what the hey!!! Not bad.
Tips and what to pay attention:
Step 1: Make sure you drill all the holes as listed so as not to run into trouble after closing the hull.
Step 1a: Decide which version of the sub you will so as not to drill unnecessary holes.
Steps 7 and 8: Went with the open version. What is the point of closing everything for no one to see?
Step 11: Pay attention to place pieces C14 the correct way. No glue so the propellers turn.
Step 16: The only part that for the life of me could not fit the three pieces 87, 88, 89. I had to trim piece 89 at the front so as to sit in place. Other than this everything else just perfect. I did not glue the model to the stand. I had to pick it up so many times. Up to you.
Step 37: Now this is very important. Piece K121 if you look close at each end it supposed to have two small holes for the rigging. Did not have and did not notice. When the time came to do the rigging I glued the string. No big deal but if you make two tiny holes it will look better.
Step 44: Do not glue pieces B136 and B137so as to move up and down.
The rest is straightforward. Rigging is easy the pieces are delicate so handle with love.
Hey Theodoros I am reseaching for a good U boat kit and wanted to know if you reccomend this one?
@@Hikieblitz yes and amazon.de has it at a very good price, 76 euro. Just checked for you if you are eu. Compared to others i think is pretty good.
Thanks for the quik awnser its a bit more expencive in my area I just wanted to make sure as I don't have a good experience with revell When I started making dioramas/models I had a few bad revell kits and now I am reluctand to make revell kits.
@@Hikieblitz good luck and send me a link when you finish it.
@@theodorostzitzimbourounis Theodorus I think I am going to look for another kit maybe the ww1 german U boat of das werk I just have a fear with revell.
Great version of U 154! And that with a brush. Very good! Greetings condock24
Good morning, thank you so much for your comment. You are absolutely right. It is all done by brush. Never used a spray gun for any of my models. Prefer to use the brush even if it means that the model doesn't look painted perfect. Have more fun with it. :) Kind of Donatello's non-finito applied to models. :)
@@theodorostzitzimbourounis Hello, yes, I prefer to use the airbrush for priming and painting. I use brushes for individual parts and to age the model.
Best regards
condock24
Hello, congratulations, it was very nice- I have the same Revell kit but I have not started it yet. Could you tell me how you painted it? Did you use an airbrush? or did you paint it all by hand? Did you use acrylic paint or did you use oil paint?
Good morning. It is all painted by hand. Never used airbrush. Used revell enamel in this case except for the platform for which i used vallejo dark blue gray instead of black
Is it a little easier to do because the pieces are bigger and not so tiny
Hi Sergei. In all honesty it was one of the easiest models I completed. Compare this to the 800 and more pieces of the pirate ship. Easy to assemble and paint. The weathering takes most of the time. No rigging too. So give it a go and do not worry about the size. Anytime you need help drop a line. I just purchased the english man o war. When i will start it i do not know cause its huge but we can still dream and hope in this world.
It looks too much like a 9b. 9c had the 3rd periscope removed
Hello bro I hope you are well I have the same submarine model but my instructions were lost or destroyed where we kept it. Could you send me photos of the instructions?
Goodmorning, I have something better for you than pictures. Revell has in pdf all the instructions. So go to downloads.revell.de/?dir=Manuals-Modelkits and search 05166.
Tanks
Good work! but can i add just a comment please.
I see a lot of model ships and subs all well done but with one glaring mistake, being an ex paint inspector and seeing lots of drydocking of ships i can tell you not one of them weathers vertically underwater its all horizontal.They do rust along vertical welds though but not general weathing.
Anti fouling wears off horizontally and algae sea life follows the sunlight, barnacles are everywhere even on the props!
Hope this helps some ship builders!
Good evening from Cyprus. Thank you for the comment about the work and thank you for the info. Did not know this. In fact if next year there is a competition and decide to enter it with the sub i will try to correct it. Algae i knew but did not have the right weathering items. No clue about horizontal anti-fouling. I will google it. Thank you for the tip. Never stop from learning something new.
I'm assuming the Swastika is illegal in your nation since it was not on the Kriegsmarine flag, but other than that, looks efficiently done and amazing
Hello and thank you for the nice comment. The swastika is illegal in germany so revell does not include it in any of its boxes. That is the original flag included in the box. You can find from other sides but i never add additional parts to my models. I work with what is included. Again thank you.
@@theodorostzitzimbourounis Ah, I see; Thanks! Also, real quickly, if I may ask.. What type of adhesive did you use for this model and did you hand paint? Thanks, XX121XI
Regular revell adhesive no need for anything else. Yes it is handpainted. I prefer it even though it is harder takes longer and strokes might not look perfect. I like the process.
@@theodorostzitzimbourounis Thanks for the information, this was essential for me, even though I read the kit manual for my Unterseeboot, may God bless you.
I'm actually looking to get this kit, even though it's so big that I have no room for it once built. I'd probably leave it in the box as a dream build later on when I have more room.
Go for it...You never know. Bought Revell's Man O'War. Its so big I dont have space for the box closed!! Probably I will never get around it before retirement but I have it. :)
not so bad work...
thanks... as long as I know i tried my best. :)
@@theodorostzitzimbourounis sorry but i am absolute perfectionist for myself and otherself work... good work continue in your work and be better and better...NO HATE...
@@sluncevitislunce6619 No prob... we agree. I always want to do my best....could i have done it better? of course..still as long as i tried then i am happy. Have a nice weekend
NICE BOAT ... HOWEVER ,I CO NOT RECOGNIZE THE FLAG ISITTHE NATION OF ASNOWIA ? ? SURE ISN'T THE D K M FLAG :-[
Good morning, thank you for your comments. The flags used are the flags included in the box. I never add pieces or decals to upgrade. I do all models with the items provided in the box. You can download the instructions from Revell and see the decals. Of course Revell as some other companies never included flags or decals with the swastika that is why is just a a white circle.
AWESOME !
Thank you so much. Always felt bad about the sub cause i lost first place due to one glaring mistake which was the black i used for the tower. It came out shiny compared to the flat paints i used for the rest. On the other hand a few years ago i would not have even thought of taking part to competitions. Learning never stops. :). Give it a go. Great kit
WAY TOO MANY so called judges at model contest's get super uptight about the shade of color or the actual coloer or whatever. AND THEY ARE ALL WRONG. In a combat environment, plane ship, armor-whatever they used the paint they had. SOMETIMES, enemy paint was used. This subject about "The Wrong Color" turns me completely off. You did a great job, period.@@theodorostzitzimbourounis