![]() ![]() To make the basic shape I used metal tubes sleeved to give an approximate shape, glued together and then covered with filler and sanded. The problem with this item is it's very fiddly, with lots of parts that could be damaged when in use, the challenge is to make it tough, and also insure the periscope will function out of the top. Next up is the attack periscope base, the rear of one is below. so it's mostly parts acquisition and research for the moment!!!! Secondly, as no good deed goes unpunished I recently fractured my hand helping my niece fix up her new house. I expect I will need 18 months to 2 years to complete this project. Using this source and other material I will narrow the choice over the next few weeks based on the available research and hopefully some good images of my chosen boat if discovered. Two major hurdles have to be crossed before I can begin, firstly choosing a boat from over 700 examples at an exact time period and trying to get a handle on the details contained in the above book. So I will be disarding the Robbe decks, tower, flooding slots, props, prop shafts, tech rack and other parts for better commercially available versions or scratchbuilt items. Also, this is the only large scale U-Boat I can get into my vehicle as it breaks into two smaller parts. This is a harsh and mostly accurate verdict, however having built one of these kits into a fairly decent U-203 in 2006/2007, time has moved on and we have a huge amount of assistance from small suppliers with accurate upgrade parts. This effectively precludes the building of an accurate Inaccurate in almost every respect to the real boat. It bears a passing resemblance to its intended subject – the VIIB U 47 – but is ''This semi-scale kit is an ideal starter kit for radio-controlled submarine modellers, and fulfils this Now before anyone chimes in with the comments about the Robbe U47 kit and it's flaws, let me quote from the staggeringly researched work 'The Wolf Pack: A Collection Of U-Boat Modelling Articles' free to download from:. which includes scale decks, flood/drainage holes, conning tower, railings (Wintergarden), scopes, and a 'Tech Rack' designed for Engel internals (total 320 Euro). long out of production, I found this perfect example on Ebay for 380 Euro.Ĭombined with a 900ml Engel Piston Tank and their Bayonet Lock with Accurate Model Parts decals and the Modellbau-Wikinger upgrade parts. This build thread will detail the building of a R/C static diving 1/40 scale U-Boat with working lights and sound.įollowing my build and test bed for ideas detailed in my 'A Skipjack in Ireland' thread, I'm commencing a 1/40 (ish) U-Boat build using the old warhorse of a Robbe 1/40 'semi-scale' kit. ![]()
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