Trumpeter has announced the September 2016 release of TRP06801, a Massive 1/48 version of the German Type VIIC U-Boat in 1/48 scale.

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That's going to be huge! Something like 4'-6". And at $600 I don't see them selling many, of course at $600 they don't have to sell many!

Jim

Now, if someone would just produce a 1/48 Flower class corvette......

A 1/48 Flower-class would be almost as big (4'-3"), and probably just as expensive. But at that size, both could probably be converted to R/C.

Revell already has a 1/72 Flower-class, right? And didn't they just issue a 1/144 Flower-class?

Jim

Well, this is about the same size than those big 1:200 battleships (esp. Hood), so hopefully the price would be about the same around 300$?

Jimb - yes, Revell has a 1/72 Flower (to Royal Navy specifications) and a recent 1/144 release seems to be a scaled down version of that.

I've seen RC'd versions of the 1/72 flower. No doubt at all that there'll be RC'd versions done for this big VIIC.

Might be interested in the 1/144 Flower-class. I'm sure the AM crowd will be making replacement detail pieces for it eventually. Maybe even crew.

Jim

1:48... Great!... it is time for me start planning an extension to my house.

This may come with an interior as per pictures shown
earlier this year.

And at that price, I would expect so.

Cheers,
Joe

Thanks for the update Tim.

"Wow" is certainly the word.

This is exciting and within reason I reckon this will still be a popular seller with both static modelers and RC modelers.

Cheers


Sean

Only $349.95 at Mega Hobbies (pre-order).
https://www.megahobby.com/products/dkm-uboat-typeviic-trumpeter.html

Looks like an amazing kit. I do wish they'd do a modern sub in 1/48th-like a German type 214.

The question is whether the saddle tanks and pressure hull are detailed enough to open the drain holes. The Revell kits are not detailed like that, so it's a TON of work making it right.

The 1/72 Flower class is plenty big enough for RC, I did it when I was in senior high school. The Tamiya PT-15 in 1/72 is barely bigh enough for RC (needs some tricks and tweaking to get it all into the weight budget).
RC with forward/backward, starboard/port requires a little less than half a pound. The 1/144 Flower would also be possible to run with RC, the budget is around 0.3 kg (two thirds of a pound).
The biggest problem is actually to get small propellers, 1/144 Flower should be easy but getting one for the 1/72 PT-15 was impossible 25 years ago. Now there is this manufacturer
http://www.prop-shop.co.uk/
Could be useful for static models too ....
/ Robin