I do like weird and wonderful (or not so wonderful, as it turns out!) subjects, and I do have a growing interest in submarines. Thus, it’s no surprise that when I saw the Biber from Italeri I was quite excited!

The Biber was one of those weapons that seemed so good on paper, but really didn’t work out in real life. It’s a lot like the naval version of an Me-163 Komet, but without the explosions. I’ve never seen a submarine kit in 1/35, either, so I knew the Biber had to be a REAL midget! It is!

The Biber wasn’t very successful; I think they only sank one transport for the loss of many of their own. It was a neat idea, though, that had it been better thought out, could have made a bit more of an impact.

Check out my Out of Box review for this dangerous little bathtub toy!

https://adamrehorn.wordpress.com/model-kits/out-of-box-reviews/italeri-135-biber-midget-sub-oob/

I have sent in a walk around of a Beaver Sub that is published on this site, you may find it of interest in relation to this model.

Well written review Adam! Thanks fo sharing! Like Darren mentioned, he provided some really nice walk around shots of the Biber from the Imperial War Museum here----> http://modelshipwrights.kitmaker.net/features/6436

Thanks for the review, Adam. That Biber was a crazy little monster!

(Is it just me, or do those Kriegsmarine guys on the Italeri box art look rather Italian...?)

Man, that walkaround is great!

Thanks for the link.

They might look a bit Italian, yeah... I can see that!