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U-boat type IXc
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Posted: Monday, December 31, 2012 - 12:13 PM UTC
YES! Very good news for 2013:
U-boat type IXc in 1:72

http://www.plastik-modellbau.org/blog/revell-neuheiten-2013/2013/
Bad news: we have to wait 11 months!

and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Michael
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Posted: Monday, December 31, 2012 - 12:50 PM UTC
wow....a great kit to begin my sea trial back.... looking forward .. we got 11 months to save some $$

Thanks for the head up..

and Happy New Year
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Posted: Monday, December 31, 2012 - 07:47 PM UTC
Excellent News!!!

And if they follow in the steps of the type VII release,
I am sure we will see it in 1:144 scale as well.

Way to go Revell!
Cheers,
Joe
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Posted: Thursday, January 17, 2013 - 11:43 AM UTC
I hope the lack of a pressure hull will be addressed in this kit. It's one reason my 7 has stayed in the stash: too much AM work required.
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Posted: Monday, January 06, 2014 - 04:22 AM UTC
hehehe I picked up my kit last week and it is NICE. Based on U505 that is currently on display in Chicago.

Lots of discussions already underway for building this boat nicely:
http://models.rokket.biz/index.php?topic=1036.0

Eduard will have 3 PE sets for this boat (53106, 53107, 53108): 1st one is already available, the other 2 in February.
Someone is making a PE set with full decking, and it will be available very shortly: http://www.rcsubs.cz/index.php/models/models/69-typ-ix
And apparently CMK is up to something, but it's rumour at this point.

I haven't been this excited for a model release in a LONG time.
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Posted: Monday, January 06, 2014 - 05:18 AM UTC
Please oh, please! Someone release another IJN submarine in 1/72!
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Posted: Monday, January 06, 2014 - 10:02 AM UTC
Nice PE grates. But no way to purchase them. White Ensign Models have anything in the pipe on this?
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Posted: Monday, January 06, 2014 - 01:07 PM UTC
Got a notice from Freetime on Sat saw it...pre-ordered it..got news today (2 days later) that it had shipped. Zowie!!!! Hoping for an aftermarket deck gun for her, as looking at kit photos, it seems they aren't giving that option. I am sure CMK will come up with all sorts of goodies like they did when the VII was released. Oh lordy another round of drilling out limber holes.
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Posted: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - 09:00 AM UTC

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Please oh, please! Someone release another IJN submarine in 1/72!


Too bad Lindberg got burned by that awful I-53 release because their pics of the prototype I-20 kit looked darn good. Maybe RoG could buy their molds?

--Karl
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Posted: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - 09:44 AM UTC
From my understanding, the lines were all wrong and much of the
detail....out of scale. The bow was just a disaster.

Maybe RoG can bring a new mold to the market of a Japanese sub, properly designed, but first a Type XXI...

Cheers,
Joe
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Posted: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - 09:56 AM UTC
Due to the positions of the flood holes it's possible to build the following type IXc-boats:
U-68
U-125 - U-131
U-153 - U-158
U-503 - U-512

(VOZM Uboottyp IX c)

Therefore I'll check my "U-Boot im Focus"-booklets...


Michael
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Posted: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - 10:11 AM UTC

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Due to the positions of the flood holes it's possible to build the following type IXc-boats:
U-68
U-125 - U-131
U-153 - U-158
U-503 - U-512

Michael, are you saying that this kit could NOT be the 505? That would be most disappointing, as it's the most famous of the IXs.
Grauwolf
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Posted: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - 10:35 AM UTC
Hi Bill,

I interpret the previous post as U503 to U512.

I hope I am not wrong....besides, RoG had U505 in Chicago
to go by.

Hope they did not do such a goof.

Cheers,
Joe
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Posted: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - 03:40 PM UTC
...to correct my posting:

U-68
U-125 to U-131
U-153 to U-158
U-503 to U-512

all boats with the same position an number of flood holes, including U-505!


Michael
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Posted: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - 03:24 AM UTC
Thanks for clearing that up, I read it incorrectly, but wanted to make sure. It looks like a lovely kit, though the lack of a FULL pressure hull is the thing that has held me back from starting the VII in my stash.
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Posted: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - 11:26 AM UTC

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Thanks for clearing that up, I read it incorrectly, but wanted to make sure. It looks like a lovely kit, though the lack of a FULL pressure hull is the thing that has held me back from starting the VII in my stash.


I am pretty sure someone came out with one for the VII. Probably long out of production though. You could more than likely fabricate enough of one to show if you drill out the limber holes. I got a metal replacement deck for mine and chopped up the original part to give teh appearance. Probably not gonna fool around with all that on this one (IX)though.
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Posted: Thursday, January 09, 2014 - 05:02 AM UTC

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I am pretty sure someone came out with one for the VII.

It was a partial suitable only for a waterline build.

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You could more than likely fabricate enough of one to show if you drill out the limber holes.

Yes, there are instructions here about how to build one, but it's not a project for the faint-hearted.
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Posted: Thursday, January 09, 2014 - 11:06 PM UTC

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I am pretty sure someone came out with one for the VII.

It was a partial suitable only for a waterline build.

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You could more than likely fabricate enough of one to show if you drill out the limber holes.

Yes, there are instructions here about how to build one, but it's not a project for the faint-hearted.


Might I suggest you look through Daniel Moscatelli's thread on the U 552. He did a super job on building a nice partial pressure hull. You would not be able to see most of it and the detail he did doesn't look all that difficult
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Posted: Monday, January 13, 2014 - 06:55 AM UTC

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Might I suggest you look through Daniel Moscatelli's thread on the U 552. He did a super job on building a nice partial pressure hull. You would not be able to see most of it and the detail he did doesn't look all that difficult

I found it here. and it looks like a partial solution, but still very interesting.
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Posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 01:53 AM UTC
Nautilus makes an upper pressure hull for the type VII. Blue Ridge also has a type VII pressure hull and has announced a type IXC pressure hull and replacement wood deck. CMK has open sections for the type VII and has announced the same for the type IX Anything else is scratch work but I'm guessing you already know that.

I guess that's why it's modeling and not assembling.

Dave
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Posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 02:24 AM UTC
Je jeje is correct. All the modelers plough waiting for these announcements to start!!!! Jajjajaj
Also we will have to empty our wallets

Regards Daniel
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Posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 06:44 AM UTC

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Je jeje is correct. All the modelers plough waiting for these announcements to start!!!! Jajjajaj
Also we will have to empty our wallets

Regards Daniel


Especially the empty our wallet bit
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Posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 08:59 AM UTC

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Nautilus makes an upper pressure hull for the type VII.

Not that I can find on their website.

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Blue Ridge also has a type VII pressure hull and has announced a type IXC pressure hull and replacement wood deck.

It is, sadly, a partial solution and not cheap ($36).

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I guess that's why it's modeling and not assembling.

We all have our limits, especially for features that are mostly hidden by the model. But with so much visible once the drain holes are opened up, one has to do something. The most thorough solution is this one, but you could also call it the craziest.
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