I’d like to touch on this as I know the manufacturers check this site and others re. future projects: What do we want as our next 1:72nd Submarine? For me it is a Type IXc U-Boat,as it is my favorite re. sleek lines,great service record,interesting prototypes to model,and a well preserved U505 for an unmodified example for the toolmakers.Plus,say if it is kitted by ROG,with their experience re. the Type VIIc,and the “Gato”,it would sell very well ,kowing it is well molded,etc,with a potentialy great buyers response world-wide!!! What say y"all???Best Regards, Mike
I’d also like to see a Type XXI, and maybe one of the Nautilus (original atomic sub). Lindburg is comming out was a Japanese fleet sub in 1/72 very soon. A Type VIID would be nice too, instead of cutting up a TypeVIIC to make one.
gary
The Scale Shipyard has the following 1:72 scale subs listed in their catalog:
USS BLUEFISH SS-222, 52" loa
USS HARDHEAD SS-365, 52" loa
USS PERMIT SSN-594, 46.5" loa
USS STURGEON SSN-637, 48" loa
USS ARCHERFISH SSN-678, 50" loa
USS LOS ANGELES SSN-688, 59" loa
USS SKIPJACK SSN-585, 42"
Fiberglass hulls with cast resin control surfaces, and some white metal castings.
Yup, the Type IX might make an interesting model, if there weren’t so many versions of it in other scales! The upcoming Lindberg IJN subs look pretty good (which is almost a complete contradiction, considering they are coming from Lindberg!), but I would also like to see something like an Italian sub in this scale, or to be REALLY interesting, a couple subs from WWI!! Sure would like to see one of the ‘U-Cruisers’ like U-139!
I agree with searat. The German submarine of World War I was one of the most important warships in history. (One statistic that always impresses me: the U-boats of WWI sank more Allied merchant ships than the U-boats of WWII did. The total tonnage of the WWII merchant ship losses was higher, but that was because so many of the merchant ships were bigger. Considering the relative crudity of the WWI equipment, that’s quite a tribute to the men who operated those U-boats.) And a World War I sub in 1/72 scale would be of handy size.
Yup! What a remarkable series of different designs! Submarine minelayers, coastal boats in different sizes, submarine cruisers, and even submarine merchantmen! And when you figure that the UBIII class was the prototype for the Type VII in WW2, and the U-cruisers were the prototype for not only the big WW2 Japanese subs, but the Gato class as well, it seems to me only justice to crank out a couple! I mean, it is hard to realise, but way back in 1917, the U-Cruisers not only displaced 2,000 tons (A Type VII in WW2 only displaced around 600 tons) and had six torpedo tubes, but also TWO 150mm deck guns, PLUS two 88mm as well, and on top of that could travel 25,000 miles without refueling!!! A serious adversary in times of very limited airpower… Besides, I like all the radio masts, extra rudders and other features of these boats, as they make for a more interesting model as well…
I-400!!!
Oh and Typhoon!!!
[}:)]
Squadron has two different Lindberg subs listed in their new stuff. One has a kaiten, and the other one of the Ha-II(?) mini subs. Has any one seen any reviews of the Lindberg kits?
Henry
I saw some commentary about these new Lindberg Japanese subs that was pretty complementary (though they also said the examples at the show on display were painted badly…snobs!). That said, they weren’t what I would really call ‘reviews,’ as you can’t tell much by just a glance or two at a finished model at a show; you need to see inside the box, and Lindberg ain’t tellin’ yet!
Greetings!
COMBAT MODELS produces two 1/72 vacu-form kits of WWI U-boats.They are
the U-9,and the U-35.From what I’ve been able to gather,they’re pretty much
devoid of detail leaving it up to the builder to scratch-build,and raid after-market
detail sets.
I guess I’ll find out.In late Dec. or early Jan. I’ll be tackling the U-35,and my wife
will be working on their 1/72 “Old S-class” sub.I’ve spoken to the owner of ROBERTS/
COMBAT MODELS and he stated that he includes resin details with his kits.
Hopefully,photos of the finished products will appear in a future issue of FSM.
Until then…
Good luck and good hunting!
U-boater
Can you give me COMBAT MODELS web site? I have googled them but to no avail.
I have been looking for WWI sub kits for quite a while.
THanks
If it has to be another U-boat, I’d definitely like to see a Type II (There’s already a Type XXIII - from Special Navy; Alanger are also planning to release one of these). Apart from being a fairly numerically significant type, it’s a lot smaller than the VII and IX which would make both the size of the finished model and (hopefully) the cost of the kit more appealing to those put off by the size and/or price of the larger 1/72 subs.
I’d really like to see a British sub - after all there are German, US and Japanese ones already - but this might not have as much mass-market appeal as a U-boat.
Roberts/Combat Models
18 E.Clay St.
West Hazelton,PA 18201-3824
(570) 450-5647
They carry a variety of vacu-form subs including the Type XXI,Type IX U-boats.The “Old S-type” (US WWI sub),and many others.
Good luck and good hunting!
U-boater
the kit of the type XXIII from Special Navy is hot on my list. They had it for $68 at Hobby Town near me, and wish I’d have bought it. Hobby Lobby carrys the Gato, and I plan on using one of their 40% cupons for it (lists for $99). I got my WE 37mm flak gun yesterday in the mail, and will see me needing at least three more of them in the future. WE is a company of real quality.
You are right about the complete lack of a British Sub in 1/72. We could use one! The Japanese subs will be a nice addition, and they’re made several versions that are somewhat unique. I’d like to see a resin kit to build the one that housed the airplane.
gary
Would be nice if Combat models had a website or some pics to see what it’s about.
On another note, does anyone know who makes the wood deck for the revel V-IIC ?
I have a photo etch one but I am using it to convert one of the revel kits to a V-IIB, I have one of the 1:72 resin Amati kits, and instead of messing about with that I am taking all the parts and using the revel hull.
But I am making another V-IIC as a complete cut away front to back with a mix of the Czech masters and scratch building what’s not available using schematics from a book I bought. and I thought that I would rather use the wood decking rather than photo etch for this one.
Highly detailed laser cut wood decks and details for 1/72 subs.[tup]
I was extremely disappointed in this kit. The dive surfaces on the sprue were different sized from their twin on the other side of the hull; it was like they had two people make the masters and they never spoke to each other, or even compared their final product. There are parts in the model that are resin that seem to be resin just so they could say it was a “multimedia” kit; the hull halves are twisted and have no alignment keys at all.
For the money they charged, I really expected better. I love the XXIII (and the Type II, which they are supposed to produce as well), but I’m going to be very careful on that Type II based on the XXIII.
Take heart gentlemen!
CMK has announced plans to do a 1/72 TYPE II in both water-line and
full hull versions![bow]
Furthermore,the owner of NAUTILUS MODELS has informed me of plans to
do not only a wood deck,but the sea-plane carrying conversion (in resin) to
the aforementioned Japanese sub.[:O]
Just wanted to chuck in the thought that the Japanese built a number of different sub types that carried airplanes! I-400 was ‘merely’ the biggest to do so. Actually, the Japanese submarine fleet was remarkably diverse, with dozens of different designs… As for the German type II’s, while a 1/72nd scale might be really good, if you just can’t wait (or can’t afford!) one of the 1/72nd’s, there are several that are produced in 1/400 scale… In the meantime, keep voting for WW1 subs!
Where did you see this?