Who Makes the Best German UBoat Model?

How big in cm/in are the Mirage kits? Obviously 1/400th is bigger than 1/700th, and the latter has a few submarines available, so why the claim that Mirage kits are "very" small? (Small is relative.)

The Nichimo 1:200 Type IXC makes a decent sort of model too.  It has parts for motorisation but these can be left out and not compromise the model at all.  It even has a couple of crew figures.  Usually available on eBay.

Michael 

Thanks.  Yeah, I may have problems trying to send it via the USPS or any other package delivery company.  I have read a couple articles describing ways to pack finished models for transit, so I will give it a try and see what happens.  Again, thanks for giving me some ideas.

Russ

Revell 1/125 early war VII type. (A VIIC I think) There is a resin conning tower available from Nautilus and I believe PE as well. Nice display size. 

Ex-Gulfstream, ex-BWN, now YKM 1/350 U-boats. Resin with PE. Both early war and late war types.-very small kit.

Mirage 1/400. Many available with PE+ U-boat pen diorama available. -very small kit.

Avoid Asian 1/150 U-boat. Usually kitted as U-581. Available from Academy and others. Designed for motorized and porpoising action. Single propeller.

Aurora/Monogram 1/209 U-505 model which is an IXC type. Very old school. Can use generic 1/200 PE to dress up the kit. This kit is still available at the U-505 museum for about $13/$14. A bit on the smallish side for lone display.

I think just about any assembled and detailed model will likely suffer damage during transit.

Here is a nice 1/125

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