Airfix German Torpedo E-Boat

Hi Garth

If you have an original version of the kit as opposed to a recent reissue (Made in France) I may also be interested in purchasing the kit you have. 

Please let me/us know once you have discussed it with your family.

My one (being a recent reissue ) has arrived and I am picking it up from the Courier Base on my way home from work today.

Regards

Sean

  They are going for between 25 and 35 bucks out here, depending on the condition of the box...I'm still waiting for a review kit to show up, if I buy another one, my wife will kill me.  

                  greg

PTConsultingNHR wrote:

What would any of you pay for an unbuilt Airfix E-boat kit?   Garth

How much you want for it?

  Awesome books, with incredible information...PTboatConsulting opened up new vistas in my pt models.

   MM refers to Modeling Madness. com , a great site with another bunch of fun modeling fanatics, as well as a ton of reviews.

Sean,

I'll be more than happy to help. 

Garth

Hi Garth

Great to see you over here on this site.

I am awaiting an Airfix kit at the moment and will be in contact in due course.

Your input here and in the past is greatly valued.

Greg what is"MM" please.

FYI there is a build up of the kit on the Internet Modeller website.

Regards

Sean 

...and, of course, there is the fantastic website :

http://www.prinzeugen.com/SBOATIND.htm

    It would be wonderful if either Airfix redid the kit, or if Revell popped out an early S class boat...since the 72nd scale ships seem to be selling rather well, maybe they will ?  I guess we can only hope.

To discover the differences between the actual vessel and the model, get a copy of Harold Fock's Fast Fighting Boats 1870-1945.  On pp. 116-117 are copies of the original Lurssen drawings for S7-S9.   While long out of print, you can get copies of this book through interlibrary loan.

Al Ross

  Well, you have to remember that they are different boats, from the hull up !  The early S-1 and S-10's were chunky and full of unnecessary items, but still neat looking...like the Olympia looks good next to the much sleeker Missouri.  I really enjoyed building the airfix kit, and would heavily recommend it to those with a 72nd scale collection.

                         greg

  I think it's a great kit, having built several. It is more like building a rigged ship in it's complexity, but as long as you take your time, it comes out very, very well.  There is going to be a build up on MM sometime soon,  I would also heavily recommend picking up Squadron's " Schnellboot in Action", there is a ton of data in it.

  The kit depicts the early version of the S-Boat, and certainly looks a little clunkier than the sleek S-100 series, but is full of more gadgetry and fine parts, making for a neat model in the end.

              greg

Thank you.

Do you or anyone here know of one that has been build, and are there any pictures of it?