MPM 1/72 U-Boat kits for 2007!! Achtung, Herr Larue!

[tom dougherty]

Six U-boat kits from MPM are listed on their web site. Includes Type II, Type XXIII, and Biber. Looks also like a conversion kit for the 1/72 Revell to a Type VII-D minelayer.

Click on the link, scroll a bit past halfway down, ignoring all the winged items that preceed the really important stuff.
http://www.modelforum.cz/web/view.php?n ... 2007010011

[JWLaRue]

All right! That Type IIA

All right! That Type IIA is one for me!

Tom, many thanks for the link.

-Jeff

[hakkikt]

But you will not be

But you will not be the first to get it.
Neighbour country :>

MPM have had that Typ XXIII for some time, nice that they offer the "Hai" and "Hecht" after-war conversions.

[captain nemo12]

Yep, 1/72 sure is a

Yep, 1/72 sure is a nice size for the Type II. It might be a little on the "thin" side but overall it should be a nice kit.

Anybody has screenshots of the kit's contents?

[mylo]

Love the IIA.

Love the IIA.

[sam reichart]

is MPM = "Special Navy"?

I

is MPM = "Special Navy"?

I hope they took our advice and added alignment pins to their hulls, and that these hulls aren't banana shaped.

Either way, a 1/72 Type II is on my list to have.

[raalst]

is MPM = "Special Navy"?

yes.

is MPM = "Special Navy"?

yes.

[JWLaRue]

Anyone have an idea when

Anyone have an idea when the Type IIA kit will be released?

-Jeff

[pirate]

What's the difference between the

What's the difference between the CV 707 Vesikko and the Type U-IIA? They look the same.

Pete

[captain nemo12]

The Vessiko was the prototype

The Vessiko was the prototype for the Type II U-boats. The hull designs are practically the same, the only difference I can see is the conning tower design.

[JWLaRue]

The CV707 was built by

The CV707 was built by the Germans before WW2 as part of a clandestine effort to retain their ship design and building expertise. It represents the immediate predecessor to the Type IIA.

The changes made going to the Type IIA, which appear to be minor, were the result of the other clandestine activity where the Germans operated the various U-boats in order to retain naval experience.

-Jeff

[raalst]

spotted on the Neurenberg toy

spotted on the Neurenberg toy fair