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Offline falo

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U boat VII C in 1/87 Scale (H0)
« on: 05 Oct , 2016, 12:41 »
Hi Gents,


don't know if this kit was mentioned before here:


http://www.artitecshop.com/de/u-boot-vii-c-wasserlinie.html


Scale is 1/87 – the classic model railway size H0. Pity that Artitec offers only a waterline version of the boat. I like the scale, smaller than 1/72 but big enough for details. IMO a good choice between 1/72 and 1/100 (the classic paper model scale for ships). Artitec is a company based in the Netherlands well known for their fine resin kits and completed models.


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falo

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Re: U boat VII C in 1/87 Scale (H0)
« Reply #1 on: 05 Oct , 2016, 13:03 »
Very nice!
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Re: U boat VII C in 1/87 Scale (H0)
« Reply #2 on: 05 Oct , 2016, 15:13 »
Hi Falo,

Thanks for posting this, I haven't seen it before.

The fact they have gone for a planked deck with a Turm 0 tower is disappointing to say the least. Only one boat had this combination that I know of. That was U 235 in December 1942 and that was a test boat. The problem is that U 235 had an Atlantic bow at that time rather than the standard bow which is on the kit. So the modeller who wishes to make it U 235 would have to remove the net cutter, change the standard bow to Atlantic bow, remove the deck gun and add a FuMO 30 box.

I think I'll give this one a miss.

Cheers,

Dougie

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Re: U boat VII C in 1/87 Scale (H0)
« Reply #3 on: 05 Oct , 2016, 23:55 »
Hi Dougie,

thanks for your technical review and for sharing your knowledge.
A little bit disappointing how sloppy Artitec has researched.

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falo