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Friday, 28 September 2012

A Mine Laying U-Boat Whatever Next (Type VII D)

How about this for a dastardly and cunning idea, the Germans developed the Type VII D mine laying U-Boat. Longer than the Type VII C with a mid-section inserted carrying five static moored mine laying silos. This was a bit like modern ballistic SSBN's, except that they dropped out of the bottom of the hull and were permanently flooded being outside the pressure hull (see picture below): 


Another birthday present, stuck together and glued, I seem to be slipping into a "put it together" mode drifting away from painting and finishing things off.


North Atlantic rendezvous, a Type VII D, meets up with a Type VII C (see below):   


A game idea, a game idea, a kingdom for a decent game idea?


PS: There is no shortage of water where I live currently live as we've had above a months worth of "typical rainfall" for the season in just over twenty four hours (see above, there is usually a good two foot extra space beneath that footbridge).
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2 comments:

  1. Paul29 September 2012 at 03:45

    Game idea? The last picture shows a good place for a race!

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  2. Geordie an Exiled FoG29 September 2012 at 22:16

    lol

    I see your thinking a wargamers version of "Pooh Sticks"

    You could even chose side 1/350 scale German U-Boats being chased by 1/600 or 1/700 scale Allied escorts

    The waters have abated somewhat now but it would have been a very fast game at the time

    Something akin to one of Tim Gows mad CoW games perhaps ;)

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