Next 1:72 Sub...

  I-400!!!!

 Oh and Typhoon!!!

 

 

Yup!  What a remarkable series of different designs!  Submarine minelayers, coastal boats in different sizes, submarine cruisers, and even submarine merchantmen!  And when you figure that the UBIII class was the prototype for the Type VII in WW2, and the U-cruisers were the prototype for not only the big WW2 Japanese subs, but the Gato class as well, it seems to me only justice to crank out a couple!  I mean, it is hard to realise, but way back in 1917, the U-Cruisers not only displaced 2,000 tons (A Type VII in WW2 only displaced around 600 tons) and had six torpedo tubes, but also TWO 150mm deck guns, PLUS two 88mm as well, and on top of that could travel 25,000 miles without refueling!!!  A serious adversary in times of very limited airpower...... Besides, I like all the radio masts, extra rudders and other features of these boats, as they make for a more interesting model as well...

I agree with searat.  The German submarine of World War I was one of the most important warships in history.  (One statistic that always impresses me:  the U-boats of WWI sank more Allied merchant ships than the U-boats of WWII did.  The total tonnage of the WWII merchant ship losses was higher, but that was because so many of the merchant ships were bigger.  Considering the relative crudity of the WWI equipment, that's quite a tribute to the men who operated those U-boats.)  And a World War I sub in 1/72 scale would be of handy size.

Yup, the Type IX might make an interesting model, if there weren't so many versions of it in other scales!  The upcoming Lindberg IJN subs look pretty good (which is almost a complete contradiction, considering they are coming from Lindberg!), but I would also like to see something like an Italian sub in this scale, or to be REALLY interesting, a couple subs from WWI!!  Sure would like to see one of the 'U-Cruisers' like U-139! 

The Scale Shipyard has the following 1:72 scale subs listed in their catalog:

USS BLUEFISH SS-222, 52" loa

USS HARDHEAD SS-365, 52" loa

USS PERMIT SSN-594, 46.5" loa

USS STURGEON SSN-637, 48" loa

USS ARCHERFISH SSN-678, 50" loa

USS LOS ANGELES SSN-688, 59" loa

USS SKIPJACK SSN-585, 42"

Fiberglass hulls with cast resin control surfaces, and some white metal castings.

 

I'd also like to see a Type XXI, and maybe one of the Nautilus (original atomic sub). Lindburg is comming out was a Japanese fleet sub in 1/72 very soon. A Type VIID would be nice too, instead of cutting up a TypeVIIC to make one.

gary