Hi All,
Thankyou for your comments, much appreciated.
Well todays rain put paid to anything outside, so it was time to get to the bench.
Today I have managed to paint all the crew I will using. Some of these will be in the life rafts, so will be surgically altered.
The conning tower now attached and the guns, and periscopes fitted. The periscopes are shown in a stowed condition, so were shortened to fit. A small attachment point for main aerial on the bow added.
I also created some life rafts from 0.5mm lead wire, rolled around the tip of a cocktail stick, cut and flattened, then added to the seascape. Whilst at it, I added some debris from plastic scraps and rod.
In answer to Zak's question about an oil slick, I misted a brown colour at the rear of the submarine to depict 'something' leaking into the sea, hopefully it can be seen in one of the pictures.
The life rafts were painted a pale buff colour, and the debris various browns, silver, black.
Next up the aerials and crew in position.
Some pictures follow. Sorry a couple are a bit dark.
Cheers,
Bigkev