"German E Boat or similar 1/48 - 1/56 scale?" Topic
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| crazy cat | 08 Feb 2014 5:00 a.m. PST |
Does anybody make a 1/48 to 1/56 (28mm) scale model of a German E Boat or similar? Looking for something that would work alongside Bolt Action minis. |
| daubere | 08 Feb 2014 5:20 a.m. PST |
Check R/C boats. Like these link Gasp at the prices… |
| Gaz0045 | 08 Feb 2014 8:35 a.m. PST |
You might get an armed trawler or patrol vessel from one of these….. link |
| bsrlee | 08 Feb 2014 8:38 a.m. PST |
I think the closest you are going to find is the old Airfix E-boat that was 1/72nd. It appears to currently be in production & available. It shouldn't look too out of scale, specially if you replace any crew figures with some 28mm figures – for coastal or close in work you could probably get away with putting the neck kerchief (either putty or just paint)on regular German Heer troops with standard helmets which were worn by the Kreigsmarine, just adjust your colour scheme. |
| jpattern2 | 08 Feb 2014 9:45 a.m. PST |
Is this to game with, or just as an objective or scenery on the table?
E-boats were about 110 feet long, or about 2.3 feet in 1/48, 2 feet in 1/56. Pretty big for the tabletop.
The Revell Germany US Navy Swift Boat (Vietnam), on the other hand, is only 1 foot long and is fairly inexpensive: link auction
If you leave off the modern tech, like the advanced radar and comms, replace the US weapons with German WWII equivalents, and give it an appropriate Kriegsmarine paint job, decals, and flag, it should pass as a generic German WWII patrol boat on the tabletop. |
| daubere | 08 Feb 2014 10:03 a.m. PST |
Except that E-boats were sea going, rather than riverine vessels, had a completely different hull and bow deck and mounted torpedo tubes. |
| crazy cat | 08 Feb 2014 11:28 a.m. PST |
@jpattern2
I'm looking for something for gaming – and historical accuracy can give a little if it measn I can find something.
I've been googling away and have a couple of options (as well as the Airfix 1/72 and the Revell Vietnam era boat).
Both are US PT boats, but might be good proxy models – anybody able to comment on them in terms of quality and how they would scale with Warlord 1/56 Bolt Action figures….
Old Glory – MCL32 The Higgins 78' PT Boat – link
Lindgberg PT Boat – auction |
| Black Bull | 08 Feb 2014 5:25 p.m. PST |
Airfix make a 1/72 S-Boat link |
| Gaz0045 | 09 Feb 2014 12:32 a.m. PST |
The 1/72 boat fittings- doors and hatches will appear small but if you start with the hull and add a few fairings/coamings/gun tubs etc and refit 28mm scale cannon and mg's then they will give you what you need……the hardest part is the hull…….I have converted toys and even Lego ship hulls to 1/72 using my bits box….. |
| ptdockyard | 12 Feb 2014 10:59 a.m. PST |
There is a 1/72 Higgins boat???????????????????? |
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