Engel U177

cplnobbie · 03-01-2006

Just about to start building this great looking kit, So will be posting pics as I make it or more to the point try to make it, anyone feel free to mail me with any help or tips on this kit and any pictures of it you would like to see.

yours

Anthony

**Bunkerbarge** · 03-01-2006

Anthony,

First of all welcome to the forum and good luck with the build. I have been toying with one of these for a while but whilst I prefer the standard of the Engles kit I prefer the look of a Type VII. I may try an Engles ballast tank in a Robbe hull, which has been done.

Anyway get as much reference material as you can, the Subcommittee web site is superb and well worth joining for a start, but there are a lot of other excellent U-Boat sites as well.

I have just finished a book called "Another Time Another Place" which has a lot of superb Type IX photos and is a very good read to boot.

Put plenty of pictures in the gallery where we can all refer to them in the future.

Best regards

Richard

Nigel.D · 03-01-2006

U177 a good choice cant wait to see what it looks like

Nigel.D · 03-01-2006

Oh sorry welcome to the forum Anthony !!!!!
What scale is she

**Bunkerbarge** · 04-01-2006

Nigel,

It is 1/45 th scale and 6 1/2 feet long. Stunning kit and excellent engineering but I just don't like the lines of a Type IX.

Nigel.D · 04-01-2006

I just love all the 2nd ww german stuff

cplnobbie · 09-01-2006

Here is first pics of wtc

cplnobbie · 28-05-2008

Just started back on building this kit more pictures in a few hours with luck

Mankster · 28-05-2008

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Originally Posted by cplnobbie

Just started back on building this kit more pictures in a few hours with luck

That was a long hiatus, nice to see that you didn't loose interest after such a long time. Looking forward to the build.

cplnobbie · 29-05-2008

Here i go with building the WTC and some pictures to show how I'm doing. It's abit messy on the glue side of things but with practice I'm getting better, Am using Pattex and Superglue.