Another feature of these submarines was a snorkel mast that could be brought up from the deck when surfaced to take in fresh air and let out the waste air. Thus the accumulators could also be operated at higher speed under water and with a full load in daytime. There were 5-man life rafts stored in four water-tight containers on the fore-deck. Thanks to the improvements to structural steel, submarine VII C/41 could dive down to 250 m. With losses of 44 submarines, by the end of the Battle of the Atlantic, type VII C/41 submarines had damaged or sunk 38 Allied ships with a total GRT of 138,622. 1444 members of VII C/41 crews were killed in battle or in accidents. Many details on this kit! Colors: 46 57 69 76 77 78 84 93

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Modelling U-625 by Glenn Cauley

In 2007, the Revell model of U-625 has won the following awards in the model competitions it has participated in:

* CAPCON 2007 (September 15, 2007) — Ottawa, ON
o 1st place in Submarine category
o Best Ship (overall)

* Gryffon 2007 (September 30, 2007) — Vaudreuil, QC
o 1st place in Submarine category
o Best Ship (overall)

* AJAX 27 (October 27, 2007) — Ajax, ON
o 1st place in Submarine/Torpedo-Boat category
o Best in Show - People’s Choice

Read the full story of the model’s construction

A VIIC WAS CAPTURED BY THE BRITISH AND FLEW THE WHITE ENSIGN. See the article on Wikipedia
(Makes a great addition to your collection of British boats)

Now Available - Revell VII Sub-Driver In Kit Form

Now you can purchase the D&E Revell VII Sub-Driver in kit form, rather than pre-assembled. This will save you $100 over the pre-assembled price.

This is the most complete WTC kit on the market today. Save money by doing the simple assembly work yourself without having to worry about the more tricky parts of the system, because they are already done! The rear motor housing assembly comes with motors, servos, pushrods, seals, and even the Mtroniks MicroViper Electronic Speed Control already installed. The Lexan cylinder has the holes drilled ready for assembly.

	The Sub-Driver Kit contains: Motor Housing Assembly Power Cable Gas Tank Interconnecting Tube Lexan Cylinder – pre-drilled 2 x Bulkheads O Rings Gas blow/vent system with servo Gas Bottle Adapter Kli-cons Gas Tube Assorted screws CD
The Gas system comprises a copper Gas reservoir with a safety tube connecting to the blow/vent mechanism. This is operated by the installed servo. The vent valve is the small rectangular item – top center. Here (right) is the rear motor housing with ESC, servos, motors, gearbox, Dog-bone couplers, seals, pushrods, and even the antenna – all installed! The system has the Snort Low Pressure Blower outlets installed. They are blanked off with the looped tube.
	All you have to do is drop in the Radio Receiver of your choice, an ADF pitch Controller with ballast blow failsafe, LiPo batteries and a Snort Low Pressure Blower and you are ready to go on patrol, using the Snort system for most diving, and the Gas Ballast system for deep dives. The Snort system will allow you to run with virtually no consumption of gas, relegating its use for emergencies only. More experienced model builders can easily convert the ballast system to a bladder system such as RCABS if they require.

Revell VII Parts Kit

Parts Kit and Sub-Driver Required For R/C Conversion

Parts Kit Includes:

1. Propellers
   • R176-39 .79" diam 1/8" shaft Right 13000 max rpm Revell U-Boat VIIC & D
   • R176-40 .79" diam 1/8" shaft Left 13000 max rpm Revell U-Boat VIIC & D
2. SSS1 Stainless Steel Shaft - 1/8" Diameter x 24" Long 303 Stainless
3. DUM2013 1/8" Propeller coupling socket and nylon coupling rod
4. DUM2017 Drive Coupling Socket 1/8"
5. SUBES1 ES1 Switch
6. GSV1412N6V Micro Air Pump For Subs
7. AK1 Angle Driver With Failsafe

Special Navy Conversion Kit

Convert the VIIC to the VIID Minelayer

The type VIID boats, designed in 1939 and 1940, were a longer version of the VIIC with three banks of five vertical tubes just aft of the conning tower, rather like a modern ballistic missile submarine, except that these tubes ejected mines rather than missiles. This kit adds the extra length to the VIIC Revell model by cutting the hul and inserting the Special Navy panels. Additional resin pieces add the minelaying hatches. These need to be hollowed out to reduce their weight if converting to R/C.

German Type VIIC or HMS Graph

Our 64” long model can be completed as either the Royal Navies HMS/M Graph ( Captured vessel) or any one of the German boats. Two type of Conning Towers are supplied, the one shown on the boat here is from the CIIc/42, the other is from the VIIC.

The German type VII "U boat" was a single hull ocean-going boat of medium displacement, she was fitted with external ballast tanks and main negative tank inside the pressure hull. With its various variants (VIIa, b, c, c-41, c-42 d & f) they formed the backbone of the German submarine fleet for over 10 years.

The design of the ‘Type VII’ was developed from the UB III boats of WWI and the Finnish ‘Vetehinen’ class built between 1926 and 1932. The design sought to build a boat with high strength, good sea-keeping, surface and underwater handling, good surface speed and large torpedo capacity. Construction had to be straightforward and maintenance was fairly simple, all this resulted in a boat 218ft long displacing just under 915 tons.

The submarine was easy to mass produce, stable, well armed and popular with its crews. The prototype ‘Type VII’ was built in 1935 at Deschimag AG Weser, Bremen, launched on 24/6/36 and numbered U27 (lost to Naval action in the North Sea in 1939). In the following 10 years 704 boats of this general design were built, thus making them the largest class of submarine ever built. Of the "Type VIIc" variant 661 boats were ordered (U69 on.).

Our model is of the ‘Type VIIc’, U-570 built by Krupp Germania, Kiel. Launched March 1941.
Whilst on patrol off Iceland on the 25th. August 1941 she was attacked and disabled by aircraft of RAF Coastal command, the aircraft then watched her in succession until a Royal Navy ship arrived on the scene and took her over, this after her crew had unsuccessfully tried to scuttle her. Crucially her ‘enigma’ code-making machine was captured, (the first of only a few) and this single act of possession of this machine probably saved millions of lives and shortened the duration of the war. After repairs she served in the Royal Navy under the name of HMS/M Graph. She was eventually lost on the 20th March 1944 on the west coast of Islay.

The ‘Type VII’ was also the class to sustained the most losses of WWII, of the 704 boats built, 437 were lost to Allied action a further 165 were scuttled by their crews to either avoid capture or at the end of the war.

Photo showing completed Type VIIc "U-570" submarine.

• 1 No. Hull.
• 1 No. Casing
• 1 No. Conning tower - VIIc and 1 No. VIIc/42
• 1 No. Set rudders/vanes.
• Scale = 1 to 48
• Model Length = 64"
• Hull Beam = 5 5/8"

05009 U-Boot Type VII D One of the most important weapons used in marine warfare was the mine. In order to bring this weapon close to the enemy shipping lanes, the German Navy used special submarines. The type VII D was a lengthened sub-variant of the successful type VII C battle submarine. To enable it to transport and lay type SMA moored mines a section with five mine silos each holding 3 SMA mines was incorporated behind the conning tower. This extended the overall length by 9.80 m. As these submarines were otherwise the same as the type VIIC, unlike the large mine layers, they could be used against enemy vessels in the Battle of the Atlantic. The six subs (U-213 - U-218) were built at the Germania shipyard at Kiel and engaged in a total of 31 operations against the enemy, in which they sank 10 ships with a total of 42,622 GRT. By the end of the war five of these submarines had been sunk and became iron coffins for 241 submariners. Only U-218 survived the war and arrived in Bergen, Norway on 8.5.1945. This one finally sank during Operation Deadlight on 4.12.1945 while towing HMS Southdown. Model-details: New mould Detailed conning tower Mine silo section behind tower Highly detailed hull with representations of with rivets and welds Long hull version with mine throwing area Imitation flooding vents Detailed deck Detailed rudder and propellers Periscope can be extended and retracted into different positions Detailed tower bridge and side walls Decals for 6 submarines Colors: 57 69 77 92 Model details Scale 1:144 No. of parts 85 Length 531 mm Skill Level 3 Original details Type description minelaying U-boat Year/Period 1939-1944 Origin D Engine capacity 2355 kW Speed 31 kph