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HMS Storm. One of our Submarines,

As I finished the model of “Sterlet” the model of the S Class sub I had sent for turned up, so I had to continue building “unterwasserboots” and boy what a model it is. The 3D printing on it is something to behold. “Fantastic”. To get started I masked off the cutting points for removing the moulding plinths from the hull sections and very carefully removed them and the moulding scaffolding with a razor saw. (I have saved the scaffolding pieces for a diorama someday). I added some pieces of 20 thou plasti-card into one of the hull sections to help with alignment and also to add a bit of reinforcement to the hull joint. Cleaning up the hull joint was very easy as the joint was almost perfect. I added the other parts to the hull. Now that sounds easy but it's NOT as the 3D printed parts are in protective frames and on a forest of moulding plinths/sprues. It took me an hour to remove the conning tower from it frame as it's like a stick tower game as you must decide which is something you need, and which is part of the supports and boy are they small and close together but when it's out its loverly. (I needed a head magnifier). I did not remove the conning tower completely form its plinth until I had painted it and the hull was ready to take it to minimise any chance of damaging it, even so I managed to lose one of the small aerial bits. Tricky to fix. Apart from the Oerlikon cannon that's a one-piece moulding!
Decided to build “HMS Storm” as like “Tally-Ho” there is a book telling the story of the boat “One of Our Submarines” Edward Young. Both books cost a total of £8. Second hand. (Less than the cost of most magazines now-a-days.) Now to the colour! I think I had a chose of 3 different colour schemes. IE: -1. Dark grey (with its fleet No. P233.) 2, slime green/shredded lettuce (See Tally-Ho build) and 3, the one I chose, off white/green as photos show it a lot better. (and it's a bit different). After mounting to a suitable base, I added the conning tower and then the details to complete. These British WW2 submarine kits are a tad expensive, but they are very good and where else are you going to find them. It's certainly been fun and educational building these submarines and as Lonnie Donegan sings “It Helps to Pass the Time” The fun certainly continues.