ME to Revell GmbH Germany:
Happy (belated) New Year to you and everyone at Revell GbmH Germany. :)
I understand that you are developing a 1/72 Type XXI... that's great news!
Will you please confirm that the new model will be a wartime XXI,
and NOT be the 'Wilhelm Bauer' boat.
(If the latter, apparently a lot of effort would be required to convert it into a wartime boat.)
Reply from Revell GmbH Germany:
Hi, Glenn, many thanks for your mail, but what you say is not quite correct:
Correct is, if we develop the next 1/72 scale sub, then it´s only the XXI, nothing else.
This is the only one missing but important type we have to do.
And also right now for sure, to increase the sales numbers, we have to come out
also with the actual "Wilhelm Bauer", not for your market, but for the German market
the actual museum version is very important. And in general we have to create as many as possible
versions out of the basic mold of a new item to make the investment significant.
Otherwise - no chance. It´s nearly impossible to calculate any new project with one version only.