Hobby Boss French Submarine Surcouf 1/350

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Hobby Boss French Submarine Surcouf 1/350

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I decided to tackle this as a fill-in between GBs; I started it on Monday evening and finished it this afternoon (apart from it still needing a light dusting of matt varnish).
It is a lovely little kit to make, with enough PE to make it look that bit smarter but without going over the top as some PE sets can do.
Brush painted with a mixture of Revell aqua (Anthracite for the dark grey) and AK Interactive light ship grey. Weathering is home made rust (ground pastel chalk in Tamiya thinner) and Flory washes.
The aircraft are included in the kit, moulded in clear and go together beautifully

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Excellent work, I like they way you have broken the grey with weathering.

Seeing you work has made me hunt down and buy a soviet 1/320 HobbyBoss submarine on eBay.
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
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Odd duck, but it looks good !
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Cheers Alan & John, it was an enjoyable build and now I've had a chance to give it a light matt varnish it has toned down the weathering a fraction
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A really interesting boat.
I wish, that I knew what was doing!
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Well done. Great weathering.

I just finished reading Douglas Reeman's 'Strike from the Sea' that centres on a fictional RN use of a French submarine like Surcouf.

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dwomby wrote:Well done. Great weathering.

I just finished reading Douglas Reeman's 'Strike from the Sea' that centres on a fictional RN use of a French submarine like Surcouf.

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That'll be Soufriere if I remember correctly?
Apparently he based his fictional sub on Surcouf. I always enjoyed Reeman's books but most of all his ones involving submarines
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iggie wrote: That'll be Soufriere if I remember correctly?
That's her.

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Iggie, having been so impressed with your build I ordered a HobbyBoss Romeo class submarine and it turned up in the post today, after a quick look at the parts I can see me getting more of these detailed little kits.
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
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splash wrote:Iggie, having been so impressed with your build I ordered a HobbyBoss Romeo class submarine and it turned up in the post today, after a quick look at the parts I can see me getting more of these detailed little kits.
Excellent! They are nice little kits, and make rewarding builds without being too fiddly. I hope you enjoy your Romeo :-D
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Excellent build, nice to see this sub. Remember thinking of buying one myself, reading the history, but sold out before I could order.
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Now that's what I call a sub,lovely job.BTW,I too have read that book about the Sourfriere,a great read.
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Really nice iggie 8-)
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