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Revell 1/72 U-Boat VII-C - Which Photoetch Set?

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  • Member since
    November 2005
  • From: St. Louis, Missouri
Revell 1/72 U-Boat VII-C - Which Photoetch Set?
Posted by stevedb227 on Monday, August 6, 2007 9:56 AM

Greetings!

I just re-purchased the Revell 1/72 U-Boat VII-C (to replace the one my cat decided she didn't like) along with the Yankee Modelworks Pressure Hull.   I wanted to buy a Photoetch set for the kit but while looking on various sites I see Yankee, Eduard, White Ensign and Modelbrass all have sets available.   I would appreciate opinions on which one to buy (and why) since the small online pictures are not too detail oriented and I wanted to do this kit right.

Thanks

Steve 

 

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  • Member since
    February 2005
  • From: Australia
Posted by rokket on Wednesday, August 8, 2007 7:45 AM

They all have good and bad points. I tried to just stick with one or two and ended up buying them all! (Have spent too much on this kit! IMHO:

Modelbrass - good, mostly just for the under flood vents, tho some folks love the metal deck

Eduard - excellent quality, has fore and aft metal deck bits and numerous details

White Ensign - orig kit is excellent, many wide variety of details, and the extra "U-Brass" kit is also excellent, tho I am biased. It has replacement torpedo doors and surrounding flood vents with variations available, templates and such for all floods, shackles for rigging and more. Available at WEM, but check out more info at:

http://www.rokket.biz/models/modelsweb/rokket/u557/ubrass.shtml

Yankee P-Hull - I found it dissapointing: bad fit, bad 3 part match up, innaccurate, wrong radius, waaaay too expensive, poorly made. But that's me.

Save up becasue it's all going to be tempting!

 

 

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