Progress in Design and build of Vesikko

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Progress on the interior of the 1/72 scale Type II submarine Vesikko. The crew compartment in the bow torpedo room, just above the battery bunker. The crew lockers were painted white, the section for the officers had lockers clad in wooden veneer. The floor plates were removable and covered in green linoleum. 

Progress on my 1/72 scale Type II submarine Vesikko with interior. I finished the bow torpedo room today. I added the bunks and foldable tables between them. The officer section got cupboards broader beds. I added the torpedo loading hatch and allot of equipment below the pressure hull roof, such as support beams for the torpedo hoists, the housing of the optical path to the magnetic compass, the rudder transmission to the conning tower and a few switch boxes. I‘m very pleased with the outcome.  

 

 

 

 

 

Progress on my 1/72 scale Type II submarine Vesikko with interior. This section holds the control room (right) and the galley (left). The galley was surrounded by the middle ballast tank and therefore the pressure hull was substantially reduced in diameter. Below the floor plates of the control room was the regulation tank and some compressed air bottles on the port side. The small room on the port side of the control room contained the radios and the sonar equipment. Right to the radio room is the gyro compass and the navigation desk. 

Progress on my 1/72 scale Type II submarine Vesikko with interior. This section holds the control room (right) and the galley (left). The galley was surrounded by the middle ballast tank and therefore the pressure hull was substantially reduced in diameter. Below the floor plates of the control room was the regulation tank and some compressed air bottles on the port side. The small room on the port side of the control room contained the radios and the sonar equipment. Right to the radio room is the gyro compass and the navigation desk. 

Progress on my 1/72 scale Type II submarine Vesikko with interior. This section holds the control room (right) and the galley (left). The galley was surrounded by the middle ballast tank and therefore the pressure hull was substantially reduced in diameter. Below the floor plates of the control room was the regulation tank and some compressed air bottles on the port side. The small room on the port side of the control room contained the radios and the sonar equipment. Right to the radio room is the gyro compass and the navigation desk. 

Progress on my 1/72 scale Type II submarine Vesikko with interior. This section holds the control room (right) and the galley (left). The galley was surrounded by the middle ballast tank and therefore the pressure hull was substantially reduced in diameter. Below the floor plates of the control room was the regulation tank and some compressed air bottles on the port side. The small room on the port side of the control room contained the radios and the sonar equipment. Right to the radio room is the gyro compass and the navigation desk. 

Progress on my 1/72 scale Type II submarine Vesikko with interior. This section holds the control room (right) and the galley (left). The galley was surrounded by the middle ballast tank and therefore the pressure hull was substantially reduced in diameter. Below the floor plates of the control room was the regulation tank and some compressed air bottles on the port side. The small room on the port side of the control room contained the radios and the sonar equipment. Right to the radio room is the gyro compass and the navigation desk.