early u 33 radiator fill ins

[garys]

Hi , I'm working on a early u 33 c using a atlas unit Does any one make the radiator flair section that the early u 33s had ?

Thanks ....................................................................Gary

[stillbre]

You're looking at a scratch build job there. Atlas never did the early U33/36 flairs.

[garys]

shoot fire that's what I was thinking, Time to get the sheet plastic out !! Thanks for your help !
Gary

[jmlaboda]

The early U33Cs had a taper ahead of the radiator bat wings...

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Its worth noting that if you are doing this phase of U-boats that the grills were flat wire mess and not the corrugated grills that later units had.

Athearn U-boats had the flair (not sure of the grill type)... you might be able to take these from one of their shells.

[roadkill]

I know this is an old thread but... I have packed away an Atlas U33C phase 1 that I built from an Atlas U30C phase 2 (that's the one with the flat grilles and the flare at the front edge of the radiators). Anyhow, I built it by chopping off the U30C radiators at the lower edge where the slight edge ends, then chopped off the long hood end. Replace both with the radiators and long hood end chopped from an Atlas U33C/U36C shell, then fabricated the flare from Evergreen strip. I'll try to dig it up and post some pics soon.