Hi guys,

Recently discovered this site, I know few sites that are dedicated to a specific U-boat....this would be one!  Currently scratchbuilding the U-47's sister ship the U-52.  This model is RC and is equipped with working miniature torpedoes!  I will post pictures of the progress as I build it.  Visit my homepage for more sub-related stuff!!

Best,

Xiao He (greetings from Canada!) 

Thanks Rick,

The sky is clearing up today, I will have some pics tommorow!

Here are some pictures of the boat, the extreme aft section is not complete yet because I still have some propulsion bugs to fix, in the meantime, enjoy!

Thanks guys, I'll be working on the propulsion untit soon, post more pictures as I build.   The boat is done in a 1/52 scale (coincidence....? The plans I found on the net were of a 1/52 version and the boat's designation number is U-52...hum)

Looks great! I'll be watching this for more pictures as you proceed!

Thanks guys,

Good news, one of my relatives living in the city got their printer broken, and is buying a new one. So the they are giving me the broken one which I'm planning to take apart (ok fine maybe not such good news for the printer!).  This means new parts such as motors, wires, gears, and anything you can imagine that has to do with electronics!  Stay tuned for pics over the weekend!   

Well I thought in the meantime I might list the currents leads I have on this boat.

-The boat was completed and commissioned in the earlier months of 1939 (commission date: Feb 4th) so it makes one of the earlier U-boats built. 

-U-52, of type VIIb, was sailed by commanders Oblt Wolfgang Barten, Kptlt Otto Salman and Kptlt Helmut Mohlman. 

-Number of ships sunk: 13, all by Kptlt Otto Salman who took the boat for its first war partol.

-U-52 was stricken in October of 1943 and unlilke other boats, it was scuttled in Danzig and later broken up. 

The boat also sailed along U-47 in one of Prien wolfpacks along with U-101.

As for additional information such as the boat emblem, one of the folks at the Uboat.net forum found a picture of the boat with an emblem of a "red shield" with sword surrounded by a "wedding ring"  I found that this emblem was also used by U-81 (?) but with a black shield instead of red.

                         U-81?                                                   U-52

Now here is where it gets confusing, if the picture of the boat found showing this emblem was black and white, must have been quite hard to distinguish the red colour in b/w because red and black almost have the same shading and darkness when showed in b/w.  

Hopefully this provides more info!