elmarriachi Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Hi U-Boat fans... some good news for all fans of German U-Boats. I was in contact with Revell Germany today regarding U-Boat kits in 1/72 scale. Great news: They confirmed that the Type XXI, such as U-Boat "Wilhelm Bauer" will come in scale 1/72 for 100%! The bad news.... it will be not before end 2016, maybe in 2017. But it will come definitly !!!!! A dream is coming true.... one more "monster" ....:!!!!!! Cheers Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Vor!!! Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 While this is great news I feel Revell missing a massive oppunity not doing a Brit sub in this scale The U class were used by different nations I'll buy one but missed chance again guys 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 (edited) This will be a huge model. I'm thinking 4ft long and pretty chunky. I can't wait!!!!! EDIT: 3 1/2 ft long Edited December 17, 2015 by Alan P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarriachi Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 They said that there is no market for British, Russian or Japanese U-Boats in this scale.... therefore it is a logical consequence doing the XXI as next one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 They said that there is no market for British, Russian or Japanese U-Boats in this scale.... therefore it is a logical consequence doing the XXI as next one Sad as it seems, this is quite true.It would be a nice option for 1/350, or even 1/144. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Batt Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 (edited) They said that there is no market for British, Russian or Japanese U-Boats in this scale.... therefore it is a logical consequence doing the XXI as next one Which British ones are available in this scale? Zero availability tends to lead to very low sales figures. (Mind you, maybe I've missed the point of your .smiley'!) Edited December 17, 2015 by Dave Batt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Nice as it is, their attitude over British subs is rather sad. Doubt they've done any real market research on the subject, but there are a lot of sub builders who would love to build at least one. Poor show in my opinion. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestar12chris Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I agree if theres no market how come mikromir are releasing British subs in 1/350? so far we have had a K class, M1 has just been released with the promise of M2 & M3 to follow, A Resolution class is in production, with the possible promise of an A class (HMS Alliance) plus T Class, both modified in the near future. Revell seem to be missing the mark, the larger 1/72 are great but sadly there are no type IX's in 1/144, a British submarine in this scale would be a dream. It will be great to get a 1/72 type XX1, when i last looked the U Class was well up on there poll? for future builds go figure. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Hmmmm.....Bit like a kit of the Maus really, interesting but not entirely relevant to WWII as it actually happened. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJ Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Another release that is of no interest to me! I wonder who does their market research? I have built the 1/72 Pit-Road X-Craft midget submarine and it's an excellent kit. However, I can't believe that the X-Craft hasn't been produced as an injection moulded 1/72 scale kit. As Dave Batt said, zero availability of 1/72 scale RN submarines will inevitably result in low sales figures. However, I wonder if low sales figures for the Type XXI will lead Revell to conclude that the demand for 1/72 submarines has plateaued. Cheers David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I remember the U class ranging pretty high on the defunct Revell "Share your dream" page. IIRC it had many more votes than the XXI. Would be nice if Revell would include a complete interior ;-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNoob Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 This is great News! With regard the British subs, although I'm in the US, i REALLY wish someone would release a 1:72 British T- class group III. They are such unique looking subs. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Perhaps ICM might be persuaded to produce 1/144 or even 1/72 British submarines, if Revell don't feel it worth their time. This has the whiff of "we're tired of telling people there's no demand for Royal Navy submarines". While they're (ICM, Revell, whoever) are at it, some of the USN Pacific subs could be of interest. Sorry to be cynical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrzeM Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Or maybe someone in Poland will release U-class - Polish Navy had two of them: ORP Sokol (ex HMS Urchin) and ORP Dzik (ex P.52) - quite successful on Mediterranean and North Sea. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestar12chris Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Got Mirage Hobbys, 1/400 offerings, orp Sokol and HMS Undine Be nice to see in 1/144 or 1/72 even better, we can live in hope. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sithman Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 you could buy the type XXI and depict it as the Royal Navy's HMS N41 (originally U-3017) used until the ship being scrapped in November of 1949. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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