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    March 2007
Revell VIIc German submarine
Posted by spuds 1 on Saturday, September 20, 2008 9:01 AM
Many thanks for your help.  Did you or anyone you might know use the Wintergarden Set for the "early" version?   I did review the after market product & the model& kit review of the VIIc, looks like a good kit when completed.   
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  • From: Mansfield, TX
Posted by EdGrune on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:57 AM

Go to Uboat.net

http://uboat.net/

IIRC, there are some minor dimension issues 

The quickest & simplest difference I've found between the basic -B and the basic -C (before the additional guns & expanded wintergarten) is that the aft edge of the conning tower slants forward (top to bottom) on the -B while it slants aft on the -C.   Otherwise the conning tower layouts were similar

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Posted by spuds 1 on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 10:06 AM

YEP, YOU'RE RIGHT, EGG ON MY FACE.  MY RESEARCH REVEALED THAT LAST NIGHT. i WAS CONSIDERING DOING PRIEN'S BOAT.  I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE VIIB & VIIC.  I'VE FOUND SEVERAL WEB SITES ON U-BOATS ATLANTIC, BUT NO INFO AS I WRITE THIS, THAT SHOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE B & C VERSIONS. 

MANY THANKS FOR THE FEED BACK.....CHEERS....SPUDS 1 

 

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    March 2007
  • From: Portsmouth, RI
Posted by searat12 on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 12:19 PM
I think I saw a review of the Special Navy type II over on the Model Shipwrights website.  Looked like an excellent model, if a bit pricey..... But of course, if you want to do U-47, that was a much larger Type VIIC, and the best bet is the Revell version in 1/72....
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    August 2005
  • From: Mansfield, TX
Posted by EdGrune on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 12:07 PM

Are you talking about Gunter Prien's U-47?  

If so, it was a Type VIIB, not a IIB.  Type IIs were vastly different from a Type VII.   You can't get there (easily) from here. 

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    March 2007
SPECIAL NAVY KIT
Posted by spuds 1 on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 11:26 AM

I'M CONSIDERING BUILDING A MODEL OF U-47 TYPE IIB.  THIS SPECIAL NAVY KIT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD WORK WITH SOME MODS APPLIED.  HAS ANYONE ANY FIRST HAND INFO ON THIS KIT, OR MAYBE SEEN A KIT REVIEW? 

MANY THANKS.....SPUDS 1

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