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The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Submarines => Topic started by: roedj on November 11, 2010, 02:15:48 pm

Title: Hasse Schiffsmodellbau - anyone have experience?
Post by: roedj on November 11, 2010, 02:15:48 pm

To All,

Does anyone have any experience - good or bad - with the quality of product from Hasse Schiffsmodellbau in Germany? I know that the molds originally came from a company named Schaffer some time ago.

Thanks for your time,

Dan

Title: Re: Hasse Schiffsmodellbau - anyone have experience?
Post by: sunworksco on November 11, 2010, 10:10:08 pm

Very high quality and scale details, plus they have the Type XIc boat.
Here are some images. I do not have XIc images.
Regards,
John
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac335/sunworksco/U-552.jpg)
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac335/sunworksco/U-45.jpg)
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac335/sunworksco/U-995.jpg)

Title: Re: Hasse Schiffsmodellbau - anyone have experience?
Post by: gantu on November 12, 2010, 12:37:34 am

So far i know that some of the molds have to be retooled i don´t know if it made allready. I do have some pic´s of the type IX.

Title: Re: Hasse Schiffsmodellbau - anyone have experience?
Post by: sunworksco on November 12, 2010, 02:53:57 am

I just found this Type XIc in my files.
Regards,
John
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac335/sunworksco/wwwhassemodellde-1.jpg)

Title: Re: Hasse Schiffsmodellbau - anyone have experience?
Post by: roedj on November 12, 2010, 02:57:06 am

Quote from: gantu on November 12, 2010, 12:37:34 am

So far i know that some of the molds have to be retooled i don´t know if it made allready. I do have some pic´s of the type IX.

Gantu,

I would appreciate some pictures of the Hasse IXC if you have them.

Dan

P.S. Are you on every sub forum in the world? LOL

Title: Re: Hasse Schiffsmodellbau - anyone have experience?
Post by: RonP on November 25, 2010, 11:34:34 pm

I don't know if this is of any relevance today but 20 odd years ago I made the mistake of building a schafer type VII for someone and it was a real ball ache. The moulding were monstrously thick and the whole thing weighed a ton, it took me weeks to thin the thing down. It was a VERY detailed model of U995 but while the external finish was good the standard of GRP layup was very poor and upto 1" thick in places. Its a case of buyer beware.

Title: Re: Hasse Schiffsmodellbau - anyone have experience?
Post by: Subculture on November 26, 2010, 08:49:16 pm

1" thick!!!!! I think the laminator must have had too much polyester fumes!