TRUMPETER 1/350 S-100 Class German Schnellboot - A Building Review

[agwhitaker]

Is not the submerged hull to be done in very dark grey ?

[BasicModelling]

@agwhitaker Possibly... I was only following the painting instructions as shown with the kit, so have to blame Trumpeter if it is wrong.. :) No excuse for not doing research, I know.. but then again I'm not really that bothered in this scale. I have a 1/72 scale kit of this boat as well, which I bought dirt cheap as it was partly started and came without a box... and when I get round to building that I will make sure to research properly.. :)

[optimus240299]

Do a model on the PT 117

[BasicModelling]

@optimus240299 Please post any requests on my 'Request' video, as that's where I'll go now and again to get ideas.. :) Thank you.. :)

[HeartGoldMVP]

How long is it in centimeters? Im contemplating getting the Bronco kit (it has the same sprue but it comes with 32 (!!! :O !!! ) photo etched parts but doesnt have a photoetched stand.

[BasicModelling]

@HeartGoldMVP It's about 10 cm I think.. I have it packed away at the moment so I can't measure it.. :) I also have a 1/72 scale version I bought very cheap as it was started by somebody else.. That kit is considerably LARGER... :) :)

[blahblah48856]

Nice,cant wait for airfix club kit and the new airfix valient

[BasicModelling]

@blahblah48856 ..which reminds me yet again that I MUST renew my club member ship.. :)

[MrJezza31]

very nice well done

[BasicModelling]

@MrJezza31 Thank you.. I did it with a club competition in mind.. but it turned out 2 other club members had the same idea.. :)

[2002And]

Great kit :) Love the music by the way :) I like the etched brass stand with the name-plate engraved :) Another tiny model! Fitting those tiny propellers must have been very fiddly!

[spetsnaz97]

WHAT IS FLASHFREE PLASTIC

[BasicModelling]

@spetsnaz97 It's plastic that is free from flash! :) Seriously though, 'flash' is any excess plastic that sits on the parts or sprues, and that has to be removed before you can join the bits together. Older kits often has a lot of 'flash', giving the modelbuilder a lot more work.. so flashfree is best.. :)

[888HamilkarBarkas888]

wow thats a small one @.@ i think there is a magnifier needed.

i´ve build revells s100 boat in 1:72 many years ago and at the moment i´m thinking about getting italeri´s 1/35 s100 boat. it´s quite expensive but it would be just awesome to build it :)

[BasicModelling]

@888HamilkarBarkas888 It must be absolutely massive.. :) I have seen the 1/72 kit built, and if I can find one I will definetely buy it.. pending budget allowance.. :)

[tankman13p66]

Nice boat in the future I will build it from wood to!

[BasicModelling]

@tankman13p66 Looking forward to it.. :) And to see your Panther.. :)

[tankman13p66]

@BasicModelling what panter?

[BasicModelling]

@tankman13p66 Sorry.. I got confused.. :)

[mrunalize]

yeah i love

WAR SHIPSS

this ones coolest so far the hull and the deck aassembly was cool and detailing of guns wrere also cool mann

[BasicModelling]

Thank you.. I hope to build something a bit larger in the way of ships and boats later in the year.. :0)

[Mecha999x]

wow :) that is a cool boat!!

[BasicModelling]

I'd love to make a bigger one some day.. :)

[ThePlasticModeller]

Holy cr*p thats small!

[BasicModelling]

That's what you get for 1/350 scale.. :)

[CTspeedshop]

Have you lost it yet? LOL!!!! Kool Kit!!!

[BasicModelling]

It's safely on the shelf.. but in the model shop today I saw a BEAUTIFUL 1/72 scale diorama, featuring a S-100 Class Schnellboot, some German horsedrawn artillery and lots of figures.. really excellent!! Now I want to build one of these in 1/72 too.. but the kit is too dear..

[AlanMartinNala]

Hehe! X) It´s so small that you can take it in your pocket if there´s a plastic models show next to your home...

[BasicModelling]

It's going to be packed very carefully in a box and brought to the club next month.. :) Won't be going to many shows this spring, as I just won't be able to... :)

[holtrax2009]

thats very small. Great job man.

[BasicModelling]

Thank you.. :) I really enjoyed making it.. :0

[MayfieldRandyj]

That's my size model. lol

I like the looks of that ship. Very nice design in the bow area. Going to look for a model today just for fun and a video.

[BasicModelling]

..and I will watch your Sunday vlog tomorrow! Just haven't had the time to watch any videos today! And now I'm on my way to the clubmeeting, just packing my Spifire for the competition.. :) Looking forward to see what model you will chose, and the resulting video... :)

[FrenchBullDogAPPLE]

I would like to have this as my new toy

Big Big hug from apple the french bull dog

[BasicModelling]

They're very chewy.. but they don't squeak!! I will squeak though, if you run off with it.. :)

[FrenchBullDogAPPLE]

@BasicModelling

hehehe when you are sleeping I will take it....WATCH OUT

I love new thing

I always shopping with my mama in pet toy shop I never see it before

I like it because it is long

I can play with my little brother Pie

[myhuxpo]

I'd like to get my hands on this kit myself.. Really nice one! But I'd also like to get my hands on the 1/35 S-boot.. The Schnellboot is by far my absolute favorite WWII vessel. Next comes the MTB.. Well, above all those is a Norwegian steamtrawler steaming the north sea, hunting German ships with a 75mm!!

I read a comment about a surrendering S-boot. I'd like to see this?

Great build as usual. I am impressed! and the black strip is decal? Nice!

[BasicModelling]

Yes, I'd love to make a larger version too.. but the one in 1/35 scale (!!) is something like £99, and I would never spend that much on a single kit... :( The photo of the surrendering 'boot' is on Wikipedia, and it's taken in Harwich harbour I think, only a short distance from here.. I wonder if there's a preserved Schnellboot anywhere today?? And yes, definetely decal, I'm far too wobbly and shaky these days to paint such a thin line straight!! But decal worked fine... :)

[myhuxpo]

I'd pay that much for the kit.. Hehe.. But then again - I'm crazy.. Viking blood!

I'll look the photo up for sure.. And about a preserved one, yeah. I read aobut just one, which I read was the only one left in the world (But can't trust those news agencies on such facts!) that a british millionaire bought it for £1, and was going to spend a couple of hundred thousands £££ preserving it. :) That particular 'boot' had a very extrodinary history aswell.! I think you can search the article?

[BasicModelling]

Well, I'm a Viking too.. but after our ancestors looted Britain there's no money left over here.. :) But you being a Norewgian oil Baron no doubt have plenty.. :) The most I have ever paid for an individual kit is about £50 for the resin Saab B18, which I will definetely build! Just need some more resin experience first.. :) Will search for the article later, re. the millionaire and the schnellboot.. :)

[fehquig]

Oh Yeah, Great music!!! :) :)

[BasicModelling]

As usual I try and put something suitable on, and I believe this piece to be noy only fitting, but a bit on the comic side too.. :)

[fehquig]

I didn't know they came quite that small... 1:1 is more my scale :)

[BasicModelling]

Oh, I wish.. The King of Sweden has an ex-Navy MTB as his personal speed boat, or at least he used to.. He served on one when he did his military service, and just loved it soo much! But I guess you and I can only dream..

[WEGIVEAFUCK]

wow . beautiful work on such small scale . i'll have to look for one of those . thanks

[BasicModelling]

Thank you.. I like te smaller scale, but one of my current projects is a bit larger, it's a plane in 1/48 scale.. plus a tiny heli in 1/72! It'll be interesting to see which one I complete first, but it'll probably be the heli.. :)

[MisplacedTexan4]

Very nice boat you have, I have never attempted to build one but I think I might try one.

Have you seen the ocean dioramas with the boats in the water that is something else I would really like to learn how to make.

Great work look forward to your next video..

[BasicModelling]

Yes, I'd love to know how to make a 'seascape' too.. We have a shipbuilder in our club, ranking in the top 10 in the world and he regularly brings his ships to the club! But he scratchbuilds them, never builds them from a kit.. I'd really like to be able to do that too.. :) My next build will eeither be a 1/48 P-39 Airacobra, or a 1/72 Cayuse.. both are currently on the building table.. :) Thank you.. :)

[CapLAGOS]

very nice ! full points!

[BasicModelling]

Thank you.. and a song in German too.. :)

[theanimator08]

how much did it cost?

[BasicModelling]

I state the price at the end.. I always give all the neccesary info there! :)

[theanimator08]

oh sorry i have a habit of switching to another video when the cretits start:)

[BasicModelling]

Fair enough.. I guess I'm sometime guilty of that as well! But info re. where bought and how much for is always stated at the end, should you ever be curious.. anyway, it was just under £7 at the time.. :)

[ToppervisionEnt]

That's awesome Robert. Incredibly good photography here as well for such a small subject. And amazingly good build for the same reason. Looks really clean

[BasicModelling]

Thank you.. I guess I could have weathered it as such, but this is how it looked fresh from the manufacturers dock.. :)

[MrRandomWritings]

Bit too small for me I would think but the brass wotsits are cool. If you turn it round would that make it a U turn boat?

[LeSaMilano]

@MrRandomWritings I knew I could Schnell a pun going on over here!x

[BradThunder]

See, I was being conservative and didn't want to be liberal with my puns over here, but I'm starting to labour my point. Oh lord! I'm screaming my point. As sutch.

[MrRandomWritings]

Well that was a monster of a rave!

[BradThunder]

Yes, it was quite a Party - stirred up a lot of opposition though.

[MrRandomWritings]

you know when they had a cabinet reshuffle they used Pickfords

[GerbilEssences]

I had one in my front room, the big cabinet predictably got promoted to minister of holding up the widescreen panasonic, while the small pine cabinet was given his old job as chief DVD indexer. A young hopefull Mr Coffee Table now takes central place on the floor.

[MrRandomWritings]

I see. Was the other side bored?

[GerbilEssences]

board ;)

[BasicModelling]

Din't know you were into bras.. erh, brass! Thought you were more into string instruments.. :)

[MrRandomWritings]

they both twang!

[U48]

damn rob.. youve made me want to build one in a large scale now.. git ;) but like you said "but probably too small for some!" yup, that sounds like me.. great vid man, the ferrari is coming along quite well, did the engine and fitted it yesterday, working on interior in about an hour. :)

[BasicModelling]

I think Italeri has made one in 1/35 scale!! A bargain at £99... :) Large size, large price..

But I sure wouldn't mind a slightly larger version than this one.. :) It's a very attractive design.. :)

[terminator363]

Your close up photos make this model seem like it's a bigger scale, well done! And sadly I have a lot of school work to do so I never come across posting the video of the audi I JUST NEED TO PUT THE REAR VIEW MIRRORS ON ITS DRIVING ME CRAZY at how close I've come! 5/5

[BasicModelling]

I know the feeling.. the neccesities of life has this irritating habit of interferring with the hobby.. :)

[terminator363]

Really sucks does'nt it! Well I found a time next week (hopefully).

[DoctorTankEngine]

great video bud.... I was never good with painting them, so is great to see a lovely finsihed plastic kit... even if it is tiny lol

Great work

[BasicModelling]

Lot's of trainmodellers do paint their stuff too.. or at least attempt to weather the running stock..

Not sure what I will do when I eventually get round to setting something up.. :)

[DoctorTankEngine]

@BasicModelling

Indeed, the weathering side I have done alot of with tamiya weathering powders, which i have used on my locos to make them look 'un cared for'

Painting is still a week point im afraid lol

[BasicModelling]

I like the Tamiya 'make up' boxes.. and yes, weathering and painting are two separate things.. ;0) I just wish I could airbrush.. :)

[DoctorTankEngine]

@BasicModelling

yeah they are good little kits the tamiya 'make up' boxes lol

I too wish I could airbrush, for locos, it's the best way to weather in many ways as you can really get to the motion and wheels better, and have an equal spread :-)

[BasicModelling]

Agreed.. :)

Now I'm off to paint the interior parts of a 1/48 scale P-39 Airacobra.. :)

[grummeper]

You have done it again - 5 *****

[BasicModelling]

I deny all knowledge.. :)

[Zjwaamseliedjes]

Nice work Rob.

[BasicModelling]

Thank you very much.. :)

[BradThunder]

'Ell's Bells! That was a tiny one - and a damn fine job too, sir!

Speaking of loosing things in the carpet - if I've been on my knees once since starting the Spit, I've been on them a hundred times - and I've only just finished the cockpit!

[BasicModelling]

Tell me about it.. I have created a NO GO zone for the hoover around the immediate area surrounding the modelling table.. :)

Some lessons are hard learnt, but I now know to make sure I always put a finger on the part I'm cutting, if using a knife.. spruecutters are better, but not always practical!

Working on a little US Vietnam era helicopter gunship right now, in 1/72 scale!

[BasicModelling]

Then I'll most likely get going on a 1/48 P-39 Airacobra! It will take a while though, as I intend to make that model properly, i.e take my time and don't rush! I just wish I still wasn't waiting for my drill.. aaarrgghh..

[BradThunder]

Haha, I bought a set of Rolson Micro drills from Machine Mart (less than a fiver) that range from 0.3 - 1.6mm. I used them for drilling out the lightening holes on the cockpit frames and for some custom 'wiring'! The smallest bit I inadvertently bent with my fingers just by removing it from the box! Anyway, what drill did I use...? My Makita 12V power drill!!!! Subtle...NOT! Worked though! :) Looking forward to seeing that Airacobra!

[BasicModelling]

It may be a 1/48 Spitfire yet.. All I know is that after this ship and the not much larger heli, (in spite of it being 1/72 it is still small) I want to tackle something a bit bigger! Variety is the spice of modelling.. :) But its VERY likely to be the Airacobra, it is one of my favourite planes after all.. :)

I would cause more damage than good with a big drill, that's why I want this little one.. I hope to invest in some more tools for it later on, for sanding down rivets and such.. :)

[BerndenLivien]

the guns and details are not in scale with the bigger version of my boat :(

[BasicModelling]

I guess thay have to allow for some minor adjustments in a scale as small as this. :)

[BerndenLivien]

Any way, nice model :) :)

[BasicModelling]

Thank you kindly.. :)

[BerndenLivien]

And also you, for your (all ways & all days) attention

[BerndenLivien]

That image @ 0:16

That is also a decal-version for my revell 1:72 Schnellboot S-100 mit Flakvierling :) :)

Panther-decal and L

And the trumpetter decals are also in my box

Der S-188, commanded by Kapitänleutnant Karl-Erhard Karcher, 8th flotilla, based in Boulonge/ France, 1944

[BasicModelling]

There's a photo of this boat, surrendering in the Harwich harbour (only a few miles up the road from where I live) and I guess that's the photo most model makers must have used when deciding the decals.. :)

[GerbilEssences]

Goodness me that is tiny yet beautifully formed! That brass etched cannon shield looks brilliant :D Took me a long time to work out those '3 balls' were props...

This will keep der bathroom under control of the fatherland ;p

[BasicModelling]

If I had owned a pair of tweezers fine enough I probably could have shaped the propellers.. but I didn't want to risk losing them forever in the carpet.. :)

I do not intend to find out if this model floats.. :)

[GerbilEssences]

Hahaha! I heard rumours of brass etch parts being spring AND breakable, so your edcision seems most wise ;)

[BasicModelling]

Somebody told me to bend it on the IPMS Stockholm website too.. :) But I gave the same excuse.. :)

[v1r1now]

nice :D

[BasicModelling]

Thank you.. :)

[tankman13p66]

Ye nice boat!

[BasicModelling]

Ye nice comment! :)

[Bikim1996]

:-o really great monster:) for how much you bought this kit? The stand looks nice, but it is a small work with tweezers ... incidentally also own one of this magnitude is from Bismarck Revel

[BasicModelling]

It cost me just under £7.. :) Expensive for such a small kt.. but I liked it!! I have a few Revell ships to build too.. :)

[Bikim1996]

It is quite expensive but nice, the price is probably the resin

[BasicModelling]

No resin included, but a nice fret of etched brass.. and yes, that's probably making the price higher.. :)

[NaturalTwentyFilms]

I love it. It's so small, you could build a hundred of them... and I think you should. Nice work on the paint and deals. I would have made a mess of it.

[BasicModelling]

I did a mess of the decals.. well, one of them.. it stuck to my finger, and once I noticed (finally) that it was missing off the boat, it was already dried up and shrivelled, and beyond rescue.. so it happens to us all!! Glad you liked it.. :)

[Blargaldalien]

Wow.That is small. Of course,aftermarket companies will come out with cast resin or metal guns,and other details.

I do have the Liberty ship in the same scale,i ought to work on that after my latest project...

[BasicModelling]

The etched stuff included with the kit is not too bad, actually.. :) But I wouldn't mind if anyone makes a kit of this particular S-Boot in a scale 3 times the size of this one.. or so.. :)

[Blargaldalien]

I am thinking Revell / Italeri does it in 72 or 35th.

[BasicModelling]

I think Italeri makes one in 1/35, yes.. but it is NOT cheap! Revell has made a 1/144 scale kit.. and Bronco has made a kit tis scale too.. I think it's possibly the same kit, reboxed.. :)

[dangerousprimate]

i dont think i've seen such a small boat kit.. and i am impressed how good it looks finished, nice one!

[BasicModelling]

Thank you very much.. I like the small scales because you get a reasonably good model, and save a lot of space.. but this one in particular I would have liked to have done in a bigger scale.. :)

[dangerousprimate]

my friend did a large scale MTB years back, it was ssooo cool! i cant remember the company who made it though.

[BasicModelling]

I have a Royal Navy 'Vosper' in 1/72.. made by Revell! I did a US Torpedo boat a few years back too, also made by Revell.. but I no longer have that model, it went in the first cull of 'rubbish models to do better another time'.. But I may get round to do the Vosper sometime this year.. :)

[dangerousprimate]

you know its odd but i cannot bring myself to throw out any kits i make ,i try to give them to the kids that live in our square.. then its up to them to decide the fate!

[BasicModelling]

Most of the very first ones I ever made, back when the dinosaurs roamed earth, got shot to pieces with an airgun..

I just happened to look at the early models I made when starting up the hobby again, compared with the models I did a bit later, and thought the first ones rubbish! I have kept some of them though.. The only thing I wish is that I had not wasted some kits and decals back then, like some rare Boxted P-47 M's, because you can't buy the kits now.. and I could make them better!

[dangerousprimate]

yeah i feel the same, i remember now one of the very first kits i made . it was a T rex dinosaur oh yeh and a triceratops ,airfix i think?

[BasicModelling]

Most likely.. They have made models of everything.. :) :)

[dangerousprimate]

I made a wonderful kit once it was a huge old American fire truck, again i think it was airfix. i would love to make another ...but can i find the same kit? no.

[BasicModelling]

I recommend going to model shows and browse under the tables of the model clubs, as well as the professional second hand dealers.. Mind you, kits like that are sought after (which is why you can't find them easily) and WILL fetch a high price...

[dangerousprimate]

im sure if i found it, it would cost an arm and a leg, it was BIG. i never see anything to do with modelling in Liverpool..as far as i know there are no hobby shops at all ! we did have a really cool one but it shut down a few years back,i was gutted.

[BasicModelling]

You do have a Model Railway Society!! :) But for what it's worth, London only have ONE modelshop (proper) and it's in Hendon, just by the RAF Museum.. :)

[dangerousprimate]

its annoying cos i like to browse,I like trains but its not my thing, im very impressed by what people do with them though. I think im just moaning cos id like to start a new kit right now ; )

[BasicModelling]

Me too..I had an acute, but brief, period of 'Modellers Cramp' today, I couldn't make up my mind what to do next.. but now I have started a small US Helicopter gunship! And after that I may possibly do a 1/48 P-39 Airacobra.. if I don't find anything else in my stash that I fancy doing more.. I need lots of time and 2 or 3 desks, so I can build 3 or 4 things at once, yet keep them well separate.. :)

[dangerousprimate]

I was thinking of buying a really good car kit and spraying every single bit gold !(not the wind shield)

[BasicModelling]

By all means.. :)

[dangerousprimate]

So be it.. my girl has agreed to photograph the build...now i have to go and choose a car, speak again some other time buddy. nice chat.

[BasicModelling]

Always nice.. enjoy the build!! Now I'm off to cook tea.. burger and chips for the missus, pizza or possibly pasta for me.. and whatever son wants.. :)

[BerndenLivien]

Something like my S-100?

[BasicModelling]

Possibly.. Do you have a video of it?? :)

[BerndenLivien]

@BasicModelling

Yes, you can see it possibly in Update! Update!

But not completed :(

It's too late to make a building-review about it :(

But, he's great :) :)

huge

and beautifull :)

Like him

[ppp123fg]

ooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhhhh very nice, brass it like it

[BasicModelling]

Yes, it does add a nice touch!! Thanks.. :)

[tenka45623]

wery nice and SMALL! :) 5/5

[BasicModelling]

..and that's how I like my models!! Mind you, I would have liked to have made this boat in 1/72 scale.. :0)

[tenka45623]

i thin revell makes one in some bigger scale! :) seen it tn the catalog!

:D

[BasicModelling]

Perhaps they do.. if so I'm tempted.. :)

[granskare]

This is a nice boat, and painted salmon pink as well :) For me the background was gray and the boat pinkish :)

[BasicModelling]

You definetely need to adjust your computer settings, or visit an opthmologist.. or both.. :)

[granskare]

someone else said to me they also had the same colour perceptions...so I guess it's off to the place to get coke bottle glasses :)

[C2010BI100]

a finest work with good details ;)

[BasicModelling]

Yes, it's quite detailed, for such a small kit.. :) Thank you..

[svinehunden]

very nice and very small...

[BasicModelling]

..and I have weathered it too! I gave it a wet look! :)

[svinehunden]

wow :)

[BasicModelling]

I know.. :)

[leokimvideo]

rarely do I get a first comment on your fine works..!

[BasicModelling]

By a margin of seconds... :) Now I'm stuck for ideas though.. I have got 'modellers cramp', so to speak.. haven't got a clue what to build next.. :)

[leokimvideo]

on your channel there is the quick and the dead.

very soon I will have a video up which explains my little tricks with shellac.

[BasicModelling]

Please be so kind and send it to me when posted, as I have been missing far too many interesting videos lately..

I'm sort of leaning towards a small 1/72 US helicopter gunship from the Vietnam war.. an era in time I don't normally do.. :)

[leokimvideo]

I will.

Right now I am in two minds weather to have a hidden feature at the end, some (2 all up) subscribers complained to me they did not like how I have hidden content at the end. I dare say all it does is it proved they watched the whole video, then again who really knows.

[BasicModelling]

Sneaky.. :) I have done that on the odd occasion.. put a hidden thing in, or a message.. very rarely do I get comments on it! So I stopped.. When moving on to another video before watching the whole of the first one, you do risk missing content! But I try and mention in a comment, if I haven't seen the whole video..

[EmCSpiteri1]

May I suggest you build a world where everyone agrees. But I think it was done before and failed.

[leokimvideo]

Gave me a laugh..I totally agree..!

[BasicModelling]

Ha ha ha.. well, shouldn't really laugh, because what you say is true.. but yes, if only I could.. :)

[solverh]

Graf Zeppelin, (the carrier)?!

[BasicModelling]

Eh?? :)

[solverh]

A suggested remedy for a 'modellers cramp' as you called it. Graf Zeppelin the German aircraft carrier that almost got finished twice. A case in point of decision makers from a generation too old building a weapon of the future with a mindset from the days gone by. Can picture it now, Graf Zeppelin with a few Fi 167s, Ju-87Cs and Bf-109Ts, and even a couple of helicopters too like Fa-223 and a Fi-282. Just a bit of diminutive ponder and a poke. :)

[BasicModelling]

Aha, now I'm with you.. and thanks, but I very rarely build to models of a similar thing twice in a row.. unless it's aeroplanes! And as I have just completed a German boat, another German ship is not in tghe plans for quite a while... tempting as it is!! But I have started a little helicopter in 1/72 scale.. Just to get over my helicopter fobia.. :)

[solverh]

Good luck with the heli, will look fwd to seeing a Vpost of that, as well as another ship project. Hope the suggestive Kriegsmarine "diorama" of ww2 planes, helicopters and planes on a Graf Zeppelin will bare fruit someday. Well good luck with your 1/72 heliproject. Keep up the good work. :)

P.s. Very early chopper carrots on Youtube: "Where Eagles Dare part 2 Real German WW2 Helicopters"

[BasicModelling]

Yes, I have seen some footage on YouTube.. ;0) Thanks..