Captain von Trapp's U-boat (SM U-14)

[rocketmantan]

Hey guys! Sorry for the REALLY long hiatus. It's been a long and tough journey already at the academy, but things are actually going really well! I've joined the academy's elite honor guard and drill team, and we recently took 2nd place at Cornell's Invitational Drill Competition (take that, West Point!).

Anyways, with the drill season over, I finally have some time between classwork and training, and am glad to be back to producing 'public' models, and I figured it's only fitting that I make a maritime-related model (granted, U-Boats are the Merchant Marine's arch nemesis to say the least...)

So without further ado, I present the SM U-14 (ex French 'Curie), the U-boat of Georg Ludwig von Trapp, best known as Fraulein Maria's love interest in 'The Sound of Music'.




Also, have a picture of my drill team! (I'm the middie flashing the thumbs-up):

[Paperwarrior]

This will be an interesting subject. I look forward to following it. Good luck at the Academy.

Jeff

[Vermin_King]

All the best, sir.

[rocketmantan]

Thanks for the support, guys!

I'm almost done with the model; just finished the model base! Might do the testbuild either later today, or tomorrow.

[rocketmantan]

Pages printed!

[rocketmantan]

Base is done:

[Beachead]

Model is looking great. Grats on the other news!

[rocketmantan]

Wellp, the model's done. Once I finish a term paper, I'll try to finish up the instructions and cover sheet before uploading the thing.

[Benihana]

Nice one Rocketmantan.

I've never really been excited by subs but this one looks kind of neat. I might have to give it a go. What scale is it in?

[Paperwarrior]

Agreed, this looks great. I'm looking forward to building it.

Jeff