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PostPosted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:21 pm 
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Starting to read 'British Submarines of the Great War' by Edwyn Gray and wondering what's actually out there kit wise - HP Models do a couple of K Boats and M class Submarines, but are there any others out there, especially the E Class Submarine?


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:48 am 
Seeming as there doesn't appear to be much out there - any interest in a 1/350 or 1/700 E class Submarine, resin with photo etch?


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Both scales for me...preferably 1-350 given the small size of the sub in reality.

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Regarding the existence of models of RN subs in WWI. Yes, HP does some K and M class subs but sadly I can't seem to find any indication of any other of the servicing types in WWI. And it's not the lack of documentation/plans....most likely the lack of interest among modellers for such submarines. I for once find them most interesting and even more their battle reports during the WWI. The book you mentioned is quite good....I've read it a couple of years ago.

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Sorry, above was me - any preferences as to full-hull or waterline? I know a couple of resin and metal kit manufacturers and considering either seeing if they're interested, or using their contacts for myself


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1/700 - Waterline
1/350 - Full Hull

Let me know if you need plans for the E class.

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Filipe Ramires wrote:
1/700 - Waterline
1/350 - Full Hull

Let me know if you need plans for the E class.


Hi Filipe,

I just found this message thread from last year. As it happens, I am looking for plans of the WW1 RN E Class submarine, can you help please?

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Hi Filipe,

I just found this message thread from last year. As it happens, I am looking for plans of the WW1 RN E Class submarine, can you help please?

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Filipe Ramires wrote:
mikedora wrote:
Hi Filipe,

I just found this message thread from last year. As it happens, I am looking for plans of the WW1 RN E Class submarine, can you help please?

Thanks

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Many thanks Filipe,

That was _very_ quick! It looks like there is enough there for the basis of a 1/700 scale model, and a good start for drawings for a 1/350 scale model.

I've also just ordered a copy of the 60's book "The Most Formidable Thing", which as I recall also has sketch drawings of an E-class. Somewhere in storage I have a notebook of scale drawings of various subjects I made as a young teenager in the late 60's, I know that the E-class was one of them, based on the sketch in that book.

I'm especially inspired just now to look at this class as a modelling subject, because I just spent 3 days in Istanbul on the way home from a long overseas trip. It was interesting to actually see the places that Nasmith got into with his E-11!

Thanks again

Mike


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Hello Mike,

Glad the information I passed was useful. The all report is most useful for those interested in RN subs from Holland to the early S-class.
If you have a keen interest on the E-class or the WWI RN submarines then I advise you the get the following books:

Royal Navy Submarines - 1901 to the Present - Maurice Cocker (very good photos and decent plans).
HM Submarines - P K Kemp - basically it's the service History (foreword by Nasmith himself)
British Submarines in the Great War - Edwyn Gray - The title says it all....History of HM Submarines in WWI...a must have.
A Century of Submarines - Peter Lawrence - Basically a photo album of submarine History in the 20th Century but mostly concentrated on HM Submarines.
HM Submarines in Camera - Paul Kemp - Another very decent photo album of HM Submarines.

In all these books you will find quite a bit of information, photos and records for the E-class. I have a keen interested in the E-class myself but have been dedicating myself lately to the X-1, M class and building at the moment one of the K-class steam submarines.

Best regards and good luck with the E-class model. You can also do a model either of Nasmith or Horton's boat.

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Amazing image of the wreck of the E14 here http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... holed.html


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I have a 1/350 kit of the Australian HMAS AE-1/AE-2 subs which I plan to get to one day. Just not sure when.

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I have a 1/350 kit of the Australian HMAS AE-1/AE-2 subs which I plan to get to one day. Just not sure when.


Which company builds the AE-1/2 if I may ask?

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It's a Fleetline resin kit, Filipe.

They're an Australian outfit who do limited run kits of some unusual Australian items.

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brad wrote:
It's a Fleetline resin kit, Filipe.

They're an Australian outfit who do limited run kits of some unusual Australian items.

cheers,

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Thanks Brad. Going to mail them. Found their site but it seems the AE's are no longer in stock. Let's see what they say about my inquiry. Thanks again.
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If you contact me on my PM with your E-mail address I will send you a set of plans plus a number of photographs of the AE-1 & AE-2 total size 10.9mb :smallsmile: :smallsmile:


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Hello all,

Although it isn't a WWII RN submarine CASF I find that we should generalize the topic a bit further (mods can do something about it?).
Currently almost done with Tim Clayton's book Sea Wolves - The extraordinary story of Britain's WW2 Submarines, and I am finding the book quite good. At least gives a different point of view of the normal testimonial and technical books over the last 70 years. Gives a more human insight and at the same time a neutral perspective from a proper historian....and it's a recent work (2011). Highly recommended. Any thoughts?
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Maybe with the centenary someone will do a 1/700 or 1/350 WW1 British submarine? Hopefully...


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HMS Zulu wrote:
Maybe with the centenary someone will do a 1/700 or 1/350 WW1 British submarine? Hopefully...


Not sure if it will actually take place. An E class would be a good one...specially at 350 scale. One day perhaps...

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Hi all

Just discovered this thread and I read it with interest. I am considering building one of the British C class subs (either first or second type) at 1/48th scale. Of the books mentioned can anyone suggest the most useful for this proposed build? Plans and photos giving external hull detail is what I'm looking for.
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