Revell 1/350 Type VIIC U-boat

[BradG]

These Revell u boats have really nice detail and are pretty easy to put together. I'm sure you could go nuts with photoetch, but this is straight out of the box. My only complaint is there is no swastika on the flag (as usual), but I'm sure replacements can be found. I was just too lazy to go looking. I used White Ensign Models Kreigsmarine paints, which are fantastic.

 

U-81 had a reasonably long and successful career in WW2, going on 17 patrols and sinking 24 ships including HMS Ark Royal while deployed in the Meditarranean. No U boat would survive the war in that theatre and U-81 met her fate on January 9th 1944, when a US bombing raid on Pola sank her, killing two crew members. U-81 was raised and broken up several months later.

 

 

 

 

Edited September 8, 2012 by BradG