Building a 1/35 Stormy Sea Diorama: Type VII-C U-Boat Scale Model | Part 3

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[@GhostRider247]

😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲 no words , i litrally have no words ....well apart from one " STUNNING " and that doesnt cut it !!!!

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Thank you very much for your nice comment. Glad you liked it :)

[@l.m.iniowa3983]

Remarkable!

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

@@l.m.iniowa3983 thank you very much :)

[@davidlongley534]

Love the narrative even the music which I'm not normally a fan of I found somewhat motivating. Fantastic work stunning model

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Thank you very much. It’s actually also not the kind of music that I normally listen to, but I found it somehow matching to scale modeling, calm and relaxing :)

[@dkart1841]

Have order this off of ebay, coming in April. Just watched all three videos once again. Brilliant patience! And you have achieved a masterpiece!!!

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Oh that is nice, it’s actually quite a unique kit. Thanks for watching and your compliments. Happy building :)

[@rrl4245]

Brilliant tutorial,. And your narration is artistic in its own right. I did expect taller wave action in a stormy scene from the North Atlantic - not only roiling water. Thanks for this.

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Thank you very much, glad you liked it. Yeah, taller waves wouldn’t probably match the stances of the figures, which are of course given by the creators.

[@rrl4245]

@@GeneralPelleScaleModels Ah, good point. In any case, Great work -a beauty...

[@DavidRLentz-b7i]

David R Lentz, USA Oh, absolutely masterful in your artistry, sir! Your knowledge of your subject matter shows. You ought to be earning well into six figures professionally doing displays and dioramas such as these. Another treat is the elegant manner and the polished diction of the narrator. Not till well into your presentation had I learnt you were one and the same! Well, then, a professional twice over, you are! In a very general sense have I had aspirations to displays much as this. Another way one might simulate lightning’s occurrence is through using any of the phosphorescent or photo-electric materials in rod form that 1) when an electric current passes through it (possibly attenuated with a rheostat), it incandesces white, process blue, yellow, red, green, and possibly other bright hues, depending upon the type one acquires, 2) one can bend the supporting wire in various positions, which the material will hold, 3) it is a thermically cool medium, avoiding the risk of combustion. In them, I also would use translucent plastic panelling that one can 1) form in a gentle curve, 2) stain into an assortment of colours, 3) paint to suggest an overcast sky, or 4) perhaps even display a photographic backdrop (in this case, a dynamic sunset with slate grey clouds limned in bright oranges, simmering vermilions, cooler magentas, all blending into one another) . . . . Behind this one could set one’s simulated lightning, masking their appearance.

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Hi David, first of all thank you very much for your nice comment and your interesting ideas on how to create thunderstorms for dioramas. That are some great tips i probably gonna try out in the future :) I added at least a high quality photographic backdrop to my diorama, which isn't visibile in the video. Well, i don't know if somebody on this planets earns six figures doing dioramas, i honestly doubt it. I already would be pretty happy if my channel had a six figures subscriber count, but even that is probably unreachable for me. Five figures seams much more reasable, but well, maybe next year ;)

[@michaeldean1289]

Hi mate That would have to be the best diorama build series that I can ever remember seeing! I’m a 1/35 armour modeller and I have the kit in my stash, with the intention of a dockside diorama, but won’t be building it for a while yet. I was pretty well blown away by the AI, with such an incredible well pronounced vocabulary that highlighted the narration with only a few hiccups. Your techniques were extremely well done and obviously detailed, and a pleasure to watch with soothing background music that wasn’t too overwhelming. The addition of the shapeways rigging update was very interesting and yet informative as I haven’t really seen of any aftermarket kits for Border models U-boat as yet. The only minor thing I could add is that the hull lacked a glossy wet surface that would be typical in a choppy ocean surface with sea spray and runoff. But then again I wouldn’t like to spoil the brilliant work that you did 😊 Overall it was a fantastic experience and I would like to thank you for sharing your amazing work and effort ❤😊 Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Thank you very much. I’m really glad you liked it. Oh I would love to turn it into a harbor diorama, but after the long running post apocalyptic diorama I didn’t want to do another long run project again. If you want, you can check the store of rt-diorama, they have some great harbor releated stuff in 1/35 that would really match this u-boat (but they are located in Germany, shipping is worldwide but probably not cheap). I’m also glad you liked the voiceover. AI is a controversial topic, but I can tell you it’s better than my voice (which has a aweful German accent) or even the subtitle approach I did in older videos. I tried to minimize the hiccups, but as non-native speaker, that sometimes more difficult to spot them (and even then, sometimes they can’t be erased). The critic on the matt surface is indeed valid. I honestly thought about that I’ve no explanation why I didn’t do it. Maybe next time. That said, looking at my stash, future builds will be mostly 1/48 aircrafts. I don’t have much left in 1/35 scale (well, I’m currently building a Tiger I….). Again, thank you very much for your nice comment. Greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭

[@craigmurrayauthor]

fantastic work and possibly the only AI voice that isn't horrible, made so much better by obviously excellent writing to make it work

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Thank you very much. Indeed, it took me some time to find it, and it’s quite expensive for what it is, some effort needs to be put into it to make it sound like this (even some artifacts remained), but I’m glad most people enjoy it (including myself). It’s definitely miles better then my own voice :)

[@craigmurrayauthor]

@@GeneralPelleScaleModels as a writer, what impressed me was not just the quality of the voice but the quality of the writing behind it. Well done.

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

@craigmurrayauthor Thanks again, I’ve to admit, English isn’t my native language, so that’s a huge compliment for me. Might I ask you what you are writing?

[@DavidRLentz-b7i]

An AI voice narrates this? Are you certain of that?

[@craigmurrayauthor]

@@DavidRLentz-b7i yes, first because it is too perfect and secondly because he said so afterwards :)

[@t.j.lemaster8653]

Very cool and I bet oddly relaxing to sit and stare at .🤔👍❤️

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Kind of. I actually got an lumbago from carrying it. So painful. So the diorama and me have now a love and hate relationship… 😂

[@DavidRLentz-b7i]

David R Lentz, USA Oh, absolutely masterful in your artistry, sir! Your knowledge of your subject matter shows. You ought to be earning well into six figures professionally doing displays and dioramas such as these.

[@joselito3530]

Impressive!

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Thanks :)

[@heikoplotner2636]

Vielen Dank für die Mühe !

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Gerne :)

[@SisoBoadaClotas]

Freaking awesome mate!!!! What a work!!! Congrats

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Hehe, thank you my friend

[@londonleedsfan]

Absolutely magnificent!

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Thank you very much 🙏

[@Skazi-mt9ns]

Thats a Masterpiece 🫡

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Thank you very much 🙏

[@colinkavanagh7625]

STUNNING !!!!!!!!!!!!👍

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Thanks mate, glad you liked it :)

[@minjongkim-u6n]

멋진 디오라마 입니다. 나의 작품에 그 도움이 되겠습니다. 감사합니다.😊😊

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

말씀해 주셔서 감사합니다! 제 작품이 도움이 될 수 있다니 정말 기쁩니다. 앞으로도 좋은 작품 만들기를 계속 지원하겠습니다. 언제든지 필요하시면 도움을 요청해 주세요.

[@leeprior-rr2jb]

Jurgan proctnow wud be very proud.well done

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Hehe, thank you :)

[@christiantanguy698]

magnifique , excellent !!!!!!!👌👌👌👌👌👌❤❤

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Thanks, glad you liked it :)

[@davidebianco3857]

Amazing

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@telescopereplicator]

The boat remains completely dry in a rough sea.... How is this possible ? ;-) Maybe use a lot of clear acrylic....? Tamiya X-22 ? Wonderful diorama, great build. That is true !

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Yeah, you’re honestly not the first one mentioned that. I regret not doing that, but hey, we are all here to learn ;)

[@telescopereplicator]

It's still not too late. Just add it, now. It can be done without damaging or negatively altering any part of the ship. Adding a wet layer should be done last, anyway. Wet or dry, it is still a very good diorama. But a wet submarine looks more convincing than a dry one. I understand your hesitation because you spent SO much time building and weathering the model. Adding a wet layer may seem like you damage the model, but the opposite is true. Simulating flowing water on a model is not easy. I admit. But there are plenty of photos on internet. Looking at your model, understanding your skills, I am sure you can do it.

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

@@telescopereplicator I’ll look into it, but the whole thing is now encapsulated in the wooden frame, which makes it kind of hard to reach. I still give it a try and keep you updated. Thanks for the tip.

[@modelandtoyworkshop]

That looks great!!!!!

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Thanks :)

[@christianrudolph1138]

Good evening Modelcomrade. Breathtaking Diorama. Only wow. The clouds with Sound and Flashligts.. Exelent work The ocean,, without words😊😊 Great build. Realy💪⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐from me for this Diorama Greets from Christian at Germany

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Hi Christian, vielen lieben Dank, freut mich, dass es dir gefallen hat. Liebe Grüsse aus der Schweiz.

[@christianrudolph1138]

@@GeneralPelleScaleModels Guten Abend. Oh sehr schön,, ich kann auf Deutsch schreiben, weil mein Englisch etwas eingerostet ist.. Ich habe eine Frage zu der Atlantik Paste. . Hast du die einfach aus dem Becher aufgetragen oder etwas mit Wasser angerührt..? Deine Wassergestaltung ist wirklich genial und das mit den Gewitterwolken ist der Oberhammer Ich wünsche dir einen schönen Abend und in der nächsten Woche ein schönes Osterfest Gruß von Christian

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

@@christianrudolph1138 Ja, die habe ich direkt aus dem Behälter unverdünnt aufgetragen. Vallejo empfiehlt die eher zu streichen, aber ich finde da bleiben zu viele sichtbare Pinselstriche übrig, daher tupfe ich die lieber auf. Die Farbe ist am Anfang nicht wirklich transparent, aber nachdem die Paste trocknet ist sie schön durchsichtig. Je nach Bedarf dann einfach 1-2 weitere Schichten auftragen. Wenn du auch das „Still Water“ von Vallejo danach verwendest, dann nicht erschrecken, dies reaktiviert die Paste darunter und es sieht erst total schrecklich aus. Sobald das getrocknet ist sieht es aber wieder normal aus. Vielen Dank nochmals für dein Kompliment. Ich wünsche dir ebenfalls einen schönen Abend und ein frohes Osterfest.

[@christianrudolph1138]

@@GeneralPelleScaleModels Super. Ich danke Dir.🤗🤗🤗⭐ Für die vielen Hinweise zur Verarbeitung.. Sehr sehr schön.

[@paulvanappeven3340]

Fantastic Greetings from Belgium 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Thank you, Paul. Greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭

[@pierrelebelgeapau.1175]

What's a amazing project. I love since the beginning from the end of your video. Sorry but my english is not good. I'm from France. I will try to do one diorama cause I have never made one. I'm just doing maquettisme modélisme? ww2, car, bike etc.... Thank you for this really beautiful work. And for sharing this 👍🏼 beautiful model. Big up to you. pierrelebelgeapau.

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Merci beaucoup for your nice comment. I’m really glad you watched the whole video (that’s something not a lot of people doing, to be honest, it’s also really long) and I’m glad you enjoyed it. Don’t worry, your English is pretty good, mine isn’t perfect either. Happy building :)

[@crisslastname9417]

Wow! 👍

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Thank you :)

[@highboy6859]

Very CooooooooL. I Like it.

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Thanks mate, glad you liked it :)

[@brockbeckstedt6483]

Fantastic a definite eye candy and a daydreamers delight! It's one product art work that never loses its monetary value. Art is one investment that never goes down where as other man made items do, but created by an individual craftsman is a guaranteed income investment! Would you or would you give a list of aftermarket parts used?

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Thank you very much :) I really wish more people, especially outside this hobby, would see it as an form of art. Normally I use a lot of aftermarket stuff on my builds, but this one is actually build out of the box, beside the extra stuff for the rigging, which is 3d printed and can be found here: www.shapeways.com/product/EESC7QUH5/1-35-dkm-rigging-isolator-set?optionId=300556992&li=marketplace

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

And I forgot the figures of course, you’ll can find them here: www.scalemates.com/kits/border-model-br-002-submariners-and-commanders--1448752 -> there is also a different set with the crew loading a torpedo (the torpedo itself is included with the kit)

[@brockbeckstedt6483]

@GeneralPelleScaleModels "I wish more people would see this as a art form" my answer is most people are under the influence and can't see much of anything they are often focused on getting high and drunk but many of us use this art form to figure out solutions to our living situations and arts and crafts allow us to do so and just for awhile our escape is often found in our creativity winding up with results like you post and video which often ends up on a shelf or a free standing enclosed cased diorama or sold for someone else's house or work office, keep it up there is so many stories to build and show and the highs and other wonderful feeling come from these completed model stories which both sex make and females enjoy!

[@goforitpainting]

Looks cool.

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Thanks :)

[@goforitpainting]

@@GeneralPelleScaleModels Check out my projects you too. Have a great day.

[@nickbroekhuizen8858]

excellent build ... are you the narrator ? .. well done

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Thank you. No, I wrote the script, but the voice is AI generated.

[@nickbroekhuizen8858]

@@GeneralPelleScaleModels Excellent voice tone ... brilliant sounds very professional.

[@pavlosmylonas585]

Speechless,I almost wore my wet suit.Absolutely great!

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Hehe, thank you mate :)

[@kevinfutter]

Nice work. Thanks for the tip about the Master Tools cutter! I take it the strange, slightly over-the-top narration is AI-generated?

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Thanks. Indeed it is. I wrote the script, so the over-the-top narration is intentionally, I think it somehow matches scale modeling art.

[@westerwald_scale_modeling]

Awesome 👍🏻

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Thanks mate, glad you liked it :)

[@АндрейЮрченко-я6р]

Bravo👏

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Thank you :)

[@bjw4859]

very good.

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Thanks mate :)

[@ModeliteDiorama]

Liebe es! Absolut Hammer geil

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Oh vielen Dank. Deine Ozean dioramas können sich aber auch sehen lassen 👍

[@DavidRLentz-b7i]

David R Lentz, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Sunday, 23 June, 2024). Updated I take delight in watching your video build of the Border Model 1:35th-scale plastic model kit of the conning tower and a 66-cm segment of the hull of a Deutsche Krieksmarine Typ VIIc Unterseeboot (U-Boat). Had I the resources, I would do similarly, except that I would display as it succumbs to the fearsome blast of a pair of 160-kg U.S. Navy air-dropped depth charges. These would descend from the forward bomb bay of the Hong Kong Models 1:32nd-scale kit of Consolidated’s B-24D Liberator USAAF Heavy Bomber, which I would convert to a replica of a Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator U.S. Navy Maritime Convoy Patrol Bomber, positioned airborne, its four propellers spinning, the aeroplane painted in the USN tri-colour camouflage scheme of gloss dark sea blue on the upper wings, flat dark sea blue on the upper fuselage, intermediate blue on the vertical surfaces, and gloss white on the ventral surfaces; it might have some minor alterations in electrical equipment here and there, as well. I also would endeavour to extend the submarine’s submerged hull sufficiently enough to equal the wingspan of the formidable bomber: 33.528 metres, which in 1:32nd-scale would be 104.775 cm, and in 1:35th-scale 95.794 cm. (As I am a word nerd, though NOT a maths whiz, I cannot infer which would have a more realistic appearance.) I would include the deck figures, adding a second set posed in recoil from the explosion washing away some of them. If you would like, you could use my idea herein for a future project. I suggest an aircraft because I doubt if a destroyer escort or similar in 1:35th-scale would be affordable or physically practical; the full hull of this Typ VIIc U-Boat would be nearly two metres in length! Revell Germany makes this submarine in 1:144th-scale e (05100). The company had produced a U.S. Navy Fletcher-class destroyer (over 114.6 metres in the actual), in this scale a significant 79.58 cm (05150)! The sub, 67.056 metres in the actual, and 46.567 cm in 1:144th-scale. The pair in combination would make for a dramatic display. I would create displays of aircraft, ships, vehicles, figures, buildings, etc., in different scales for an immensely intriguing forced perspective diorama. A half metre or so behind that USN destroyer and DKM U-boat combination-one would have to look at the completed models to evaluate the actual placement-one could place Liberty ship replicas and models of their escorts in 1:700th-, 1:500th-, 1:350th-, 1:200th-, and other scales, the larger reproductions to the fore. Matchbox made a 1:72nd-scale kit of a Flower-class Corvette (PK-901) that one could set in the fore of the USN destroyer, itself contesting a Revell Germany model in the same proportion of a DKM Typ VIIc “Wolf Pack” U-Boat (05015). The following is my reply to your recent response to an earlier comment of mine: Oh, some certainly do earn significant incomes with 1) model-making, dioramas, figurines, buildings (some of historical interest, others of prospective designs for architects and their clients), most scratch-building in very large scales replicas of ships, aircraft, etc., on the staff of historical museums; 2) European miniatures that professional artisans long have crafted to astounding precision and fidelity; these miniaturists live and work at the beating heart of a centuries-old tradition in France, Italy, Germany, etc., extending back into the High Middle Ages; 3) motion picture productions of highly intricate settings, three-dimensional backdrops, etc. If you have The Lord of the Rings trilogy Extended Edition Blu-ray set, some of the discs present these very processes video recorded in progress; the staff had built some “miniatures” that were so ornate or intricate, so huge, that one senior designer-builder, Mary MacLachlan (if I recall correctly that spelling), called two statues fashioned of ceramic towering an actual seven feet “bigatures”! Hogwarts Castle is over fifteen metres across, much of it lit internally. Thank you also for appreciating my brainstorming. I have lots of ideas, though no means to implement them. Had I great wealth, I would plan them, hiring talented modellers to execute the projects. Shortly after the Second World War one foggy morning, a North American Aviation B-25 Mitchell USAAF Medium Bomber crashed into an upper storey of the Empire State Building. To reproduce that with a Hong Kong Models 1:32nd-scale kit would require a replica of the iconic edifice over 14 metres tall!

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Hi David, that’s sounds like a nice idea. I doubt the size difference matters that much in that case, you could please the bomber more far away for a forced perspective. Would love to build something like this, but i honestly don’t have the space for it. There would also be a 1/72 variant (full uboat model), which maybe a better choice considering the size of such a project. Anyway, if you build it, make sure to send me some pictures please :) Greetings from Switzerland.

[@peterhanton2236]

I'd commission you to do my kit for this wonderful piece!

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Hehe, I won’t touch that kit ever again :)

[@historex54tamiya]

All that nice work and you didn’t put a background in, even painted in a light blue or gray would look better than the wood!

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Indeed… I already ordered a high quality print of a matching horizon. Unfortunately, to late for the video, but I might share some pictures soon ;)

[@Cold_War-66]

Посмеялся... людей на верхней вахте недостаточно. Как и в расчете орудия. Наводчика должно быть два. А яшик просто вызвал дикий смех. Автор в курсе,что снаряды хранились внутри лодки в артиллерийском погребе,и подавались вручную по цепочке?

[@johnjozifek7910]

Commentary/narration sucks

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Feedback on the narration has been overwhelming positive. Tipp: you can mute the video and play your own music ;)

[@pietjepuk9575]

I know what you wanted to do with that sky , but for me it looks waaaaay to low , sorry 🙄👎

[@GeneralPelleScaleModels]

Hi @pietjepuk9575, thanks for the feedback! You’re right, the sky does look a bit too low in this model. In a 1/35 scale, for it to look realistic, the sky would actually have to be a few meters above the model-much higher than the 10-15 cm I used. Unfortunately, creating a diorama with the sky at a realistic distance would make it impractical in terms of size and space, but I appreciate your observation! 👍