Model Boat Mayhem

The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Submarines => Topic started by: Dr.Schmidt on September 07, 2015, 01:38:32 pm

Title: S.M. U-1 - Germany's first military sub
Post by: Dr.Schmidt on September 07, 2015, 01:38:32 pm

That's a project I built before starting the Nautilus. Old petroleum powered boat from 1906 and actually the first military sub of the Kaiser's Navy. The U-1 was a small boat and today it's displayed Munich, in the Deutsches Museum. Its a large model, 180 cm long and it took me about 3 years to build it. It has movable snorkels, two 750 ml Engel piston tanks, and works quite nicely.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1uLFkOqd8Y

I won't go through all stages here, but I post some pictures of the CAD model and the finished thing. All photos of the build can be found here:

http://s1262.photobucket.com/user/MaschinenMusik/library/Modelsubmarine%20SM%20U-1?sort=4&page=1

(http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii604/MaschinenMusik/Modelsubmarine%20SM%20U-1/U-1.jpg)
(http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii604/MaschinenMusik/Modelsubmarine%20SM%20U-1/DSC01804_zps7caa21f1.jpg)
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(http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii604/MaschinenMusik/Modelsubmarine%20SM%20U-1/DSC01807_zpsf6fed298.jpg)
(http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii604/MaschinenMusik/Modelsubmarine%20SM%20U-1/DSC01811_zps98ab3d1a.jpg)
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Title: Re: S.M. U-1 - Germany's first military sub
Post by: TailUK on September 07, 2015, 02:24:34 pm

There's a nice piece of lateral thinking. "Why not put a rudder above the hull so it works when the boat submerges?"  Clever.

Title: Re: S.M. U-1 - Germany's first military sub
Post by: Dr.Schmidt on September 07, 2015, 05:03:50 pm

It still turns like a brick stone. The props are behind the rudders.....

Title: Re: S.M. U-1 - Germany's first military sub
Post by: TailUK on September 07, 2015, 06:12:59 pm

Still, we didn't see that again until USS Nautilas!

Title: Re: S.M. U-1 - Germany's first military sub
Post by: Subculture on September 07, 2015, 07:05:49 pm

I think these early German boats were heavily influenced by Simon Lake's designs.

Title: Re: S.M. U-1 - Germany's first military sub
Post by: ballastanksian on September 07, 2015, 08:24:10 pm

That is a lovely model enhanced with the schnorkels working! It already looks like a very effective naval weapon despite being the first of hundreds of U Boote.

Did you design this one to be a kit or just a well developed one off?

Title: Re: S.M. U-1 - Germany's first military sub
Post by: Dr.Schmidt on September 07, 2015, 09:54:49 pm

I have all the molds for the hull, the rudders, the conning tower an some additional parts, but nothing as comprehensive as for the Nautilus. So the stuff I could offer are much more rudimentary. But in theory it could be a kit.

Title: Re: S.M. U-1 - Germany's first military sub
Post by: Dr.Schmidt on September 07, 2015, 10:03:47 pm

The U-1 was a design based on boats delivered for Russia (Karp-class). The engineer in charge at Krupp actually was a Spanish guy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_U-1_%28Germany%29

Title: Re: S.M. U-1 - Germany's first military sub
Post by: ballastanksian on September 08, 2015, 09:27:48 pm

What a multi national event! I will look up the karp. I assume there were few differences but hey lets see what turns up.

Title: Re: S.M. U-1 - Germany's first military sub
Post by: TailUK on September 09, 2015, 09:47:37 am

Is there any books you could recommend or a open source for drawings?  I'm not a big fan of R/C submarines but this could make a nice static model or an attractive surface runner.

Title: Re: S.M. U-1 - Germany's first military sub
Post by: Dr.Schmidt on September 09, 2015, 10:21:10 am

Just the info on the web:
(http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/military_museum/68486218/166069/166069_original.gif)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z4KzPaNmR0A/TmSbdwLDm3I/AAAAAAAAADk/GbfIi6xKiyA/s1600/U1l.jpg)