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revell 1/72 IXc u-boat

do out in Nov. almost 42 inches long. ordered mine:cool:

http://www.nauticalarts.de/u-505_EN.php

Should be one sweet kit for a conversion. I see David's already working his SD & fitting kit with Revell's blessing.

http://forum.sub-driver.com/showthre...pe-9-It-Starts!

David was kind enough some photos today on his work. As mentioned earlier, Revell gave them their blessings for a conversion kit & even provided samples for prototyping. David's comments below:

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I'm now in a made scramble to get the 1/72 Revell of Germany Type-9 fittings kit and SD ready for sale. The very, very low slung shafts require a specialized motor-bulkhead -- I'm working on that master right now.

This kit seems to be engineered for r/c -- the strut bearings, stern tubes and such can be used as-is. We secured written permission from Revell of Germany to use kit parts as masters, so that will save many hours of master making. A wonderful kit!

I'll be starting a WIP on this puppy as soon as I have a fittings kit in hand. A few weeks from now

You can follow his work over at SD forum.

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=1946350 http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=1946358 http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=1946357 http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=1946356 http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=1946355 http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=1946354 http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=1946352 http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=1946351

I'm considering an RC conversion of this kit.

I've seen the Sub Driver kits for the type IIV, Skipjack, etc., does the above mean that he's working on a commercial release of a kit for the new IX? I was looking through the thread and it had torpedo tubes, etc and it's an incredible build thread.