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A GLIMPSE OF SOME OF MY COMPLETED MODELS
Type 38 Schnellboot
After building the MTB and MGB, I thought is would be worth finding out more about the opposition. This study process lead to the construction of the first of my two Kriegsmarine models, a Type 38 schnellboot.
I arrived at the type 38 by studying the 5 broad types of s-boots….
HMS Grey Fox S304
S304 was one of the 7 steam gunboats built to the Denny & Sons design, hence the common designation Denny Steam Gunboats. They were intended to counter the S-boot threat in the channel and were the smallest RN vessels equipped with steam turbines. Initially only carrying pennant numbers, the Admiralty later realised that they were large enough to warrant names and so they were all given names beginning with “Grey” . The example I built was HMS Grey Fox.
Vosper 70ft MTB
MTB 34 was one of the first batch of 70ft MTB's built by Vosper's as part of the 1939 contract, completed in August 1940. She was converted to a target tug (CT23) in 1943 and sold in 1945.
British Powerboats MGB75
My photography is equal to my rigging skills, i.e. not great.
Still for this post I've made a little effort to show the boat clearly without distractions.
Type 25 classe Räumboote
In May 2022 I decided to build a companion model for the s-boot I had built in 2021. I like companion models, they make great comparisons. It also fits with my small WW2 coastal forces navy that I've been constructing for a few years.
There were only two problems:
My almost complete lack of knowledge or reference material for the Kriegsmarine; and
A total lack of commercially available plans.