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What (cheapish!) U boat kits would you recommend for a newbie? I've been thinking of getting my dad one for Xmas, and I don't think he's built a kit since he was a kid many years ago! 

 

It doesn't have to be a perfect kit. I was initially looking for the Airfix U boat starter kit, and  but that seems to have been out of print for years. That would have been ideal as he'd have had a few paints and stuff to start with, and if he got into it he could get more paints, etc.

 

Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

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Sadly the 1/72 Revell one is well out of my price range for this, which is a shame, as it looks very nice.

 

This is the Airfix one I was looking for, but is out of stock everywhere.

 

https://www.airfix.com/uk-en/das-boot-u-boat-type-viic-starter-set-1-400.html

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1 hour ago, custardchris said:

This is the Airfix one I was looking for, but is out of stock everywhere.

 

https://www.airfix.com/uk-en/das-boot-u-boat-type-viic-starter-set-1-400.html

Ah, I don't think I saw that.  Presumably like the other 1/400 subjects (HMS Montgomery?  St. Albans?) this was an Eastern European tooling which only saw a brief period under the Airfix name.  It might still be available under the Heller name, as Heller were the only other regular producer of 1/400 kits, but probably not in the UK

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Kingkit has the Heller issue in stock, and cheap

 

https://www.kingkit.co.uk/product/heller-ships-1-400-81002-u-boot-type-viic

 

All the same parts as the Airfix issue. But be warned, lots of those parts are really, really small. Tweezers are recommended

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1 hour ago, Harry Callahan said:

I can highly recommended the Revell 1/144 U-Boat kits, easy to build and nice details so far, and not expensive also.

Seconded, great little kits and a good scale for balance between display size and details. 

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