Revell VIIc shipping in holland

[Guest]

Just got the call to

Just got the call to pick up my VIIc from my local Hobbytown.

BIG JOHN

[raalst]

Congrats ! good news indeed.

I

Congrats ! good news indeed.

I assume you live in the US, right ?

[JWLaRue]

....John lives in Pennsylvania and

....John lives in Pennsylvania and hangs out with our SubComEast local chapter.

Hey, John...how about calling your hobby shop and finding out how many they have? They're some SubComEast folks who'd like to get one of these kits!

-Jeff

[fung pang]

going to try my luck

going to try my luck at the east coast hobby show this week end.

www.hobbyshow.com

plant to build it as is, and rc it.

fung pang

[sam reichart]

GreatModels (www.greatmodels.com) tells me it

GreatModels (www.greatmodels.com) tells me it will be in "anyday now...", Squadron still shows it as a preorder.

Like I said...6 months later....

[safrole]

Hobbyland in Mishawaka, IN, US

Hobbyland in Mishawaka, IN, US called. They came in late Friday.

[raalst]

I need help !

I am

I need help !

I am amazed to learn that at some boats
the forward part of the railings (near the 8.8 gun)
had a man-sized bent in it, curving outward.
anybody know the reason/function
for that feature ? (see "type VII u boats" by Robert Stern,
page 52 left and p 98 lower)

for a diorama, check out this link ]www.artitec.nl[/url].
for instance this steel quayside.
(they also have a nice Seehund,
also available in waterline. note scale is 1/87, not 1/72)

There might be other sources of quays and harbours
hidden among HO train scenery in your local shop.

For the quay parts the scale difference can be
ignored, since there are no "human related" artifacts
present (like doors etc.).

The quays are reasonably priced at about 15 euros.
they are sold on the web by www.hobbyworld.nl.



Edited By raalst on 1080573898

[raalst]

just to show I make

[color=#000000]just to show I make marginal progress now ]have a look[/url]

these patterns seem to vary, particularly in how far the
circles are removed from the center, and how the
pattern looked in front of the gun.
I even read that later in the war only the aft half of
this pattern was laid out.
It's quite fun to check your books and photo's for
evidence of "how it looked"

Now that the US has some kits as well ]

[koeze]

A bit more expensive but

A bit more expensive but many times better looking than the steel and concrete quay's shown by Raalst. But more xpensive too
Pics

EJK

[safrole]

Ouch, I must be in

Ouch, I must be in the wrong line of work...

[koeze]

You thought so too huh?

I'd

You thought so too huh?

I'd really like to put mine in a diorama of that type but not at that price. I'm still looking for drawings of a u-boat pen so that I can make a section of a pen with the model in it.

EJK

[sam reichart]

Isn't it amazing what the

Isn't it amazing what the release of one model can do with in the vendor community?

scopes
bases
conning tower mods
crew
deck(?)
props

I continue to have the distinct feeling that Revell has hit a grand slam with this model, and they haven't even realized it yet.

I'm thinking of an at sea diorama with their 1/72 scale S boat...
or an at sea diorama of the Type VII and the Matchbox(Revell) Flower Class Corvette...

I really think this model has opened up some distinct possibilites

Now, someone get on their case and do a larger scale Fleet Boat...I'd buy one in a heartbeat.

[raalst]

I just bought Tamiya Modellers

I just bought Tamiya Modellers Magazine International
(TMMI) nr 104, and it does not contain the promised
review on the Revell kit.
Promiss now is that issue 105 will cover it.
this goes to print at 20th of May.

[wolf pack]

Hi Ronald,
Actually the magazine says

Hi Ronald,
Actually the magazine says that it have a review on next issue and im not sure if they are gonna have a construction article.Oneway or another my model is going to finish in early may due to ipms Greece show.What about you?have you made any progress?I receive last week the metal periscopes and gun barrels from Japan and they look great,i suggest to all of you to order them.

Thomas

[murraymcdonald]

Hello Ladies

I have news for

Hello Ladies

I have news for my fellow Canadians. I just picked up an Revell type VIIC from Udisco here in Montreal for $54.00 CDN plus taxes. Udisco received six kits on thursday. I think he has only two left. So, if you what one, better head on down now.

Murray McDonald