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Kit ref: TSM-6801 1/48 German Type VIIC U552 U-Boat
Transparent starboard side to display the interior detail
48 figures included
Length: 1398.3mm
Width: 136.9mm
0ver 1,100 parts
RRP £399
August 2016 release
Looks an amazing kit that seems to knock socks off the partwork version, just wait until the aftermarket guy's get their hands on it and would also look great with interior lighting!
U-552 was a Type VIIC U-Boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. She was laid down on 1 December 1939 at Blohm & Voss in Hamburg as yard number 528, launched on 14 September 1940 and went into service on 4 December 1940. U-552 was nicknamed the Roter Teufel ("Red Devil") after its mascot of a grinning devil which was painted on the conning tower. She was one of the more successful of her class, operating for over three years of continual service and sinking or damaging 30 Allied ships and was a member of 21 wolf packs.
U-552 was involved in two controversial actions: in October 1941 she sank the USS Reuben James, the first US Navy warship to be lost in World War II; this was at a time when the US was still officially neutral, and caused a diplomatic row. In April 1942 she sank the freighter SS David H. Atwiter off the US seaboard in a particularly brutal attack, characterized as a naval atrocity. U-552 had an unusually long service life, surviving to the end of World War II; after evacuating from her French base during the spring of 1944 she operated on training duties in the Baltic Sea until 2 May 1945, when her crew scuttled her in Helgoland Bight, to prevent her falling into enemy hands.
The most famous VIIc U-Boat was U-96, which featured in the movie "Das Boot"
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Very nice, and with interior lighting its going to be a special kit.
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Thats a model and a half , that will make an impact Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Really nice looking kit. Really finished off by the interior lighting. Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
Finished Builds Corel HMS Victory cross section.
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Now that is nice, I haven't got a sub in the stash, looks like another wish list addition lol Jase “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Kit review..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PDKi7ML8Us
Avail in the UK in Nov, already being discounted to around £360 
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Very nice but unfortunately I'm already committed to the partwork plus it's outside my price range just now but who knows what the future holds.
Graeme
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Looks like a nice kit, except that the transparent part of the tower is on the wrong side.
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pemberg wrote:Very nice but unfortunately I'm already committed to the partwork plus it's outside my price range just now but who knows what the future holds.
Graeme Yep me too, only 40 more issues left  Al
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Spal wrote:pemberg wrote:Very nice but unfortunately I'm already committed to the partwork plus it's outside my price range just now but who knows what the future holds.
Graeme Yep me too, only 40 more issues left Al And its been interesting to see what parts come with each issue. http://www.u96-bauen.de/vorschau/
Is now up to the full 150 issues and if you click on the blue rectangles you get the build instructions for that edition. All in German but pictures make up for my lack of understanding of the text. Cannot remember were the link came from but could have been from a post on here so if it was  and sorry for repeating Happy Modelling
BUILDING: Hachette Spitfire Mk 1A, Constructo Mayflower
SUBSCRIPTION COMPLETE (Awaiting building): USS Constitution, Sovereign of the Seas, 1:200 Bismarck (Hachette)
COMPLETED: Porsche 911, E-Type Jaguar, Lam Countach
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Looks a very nice and comprehensive kit that I can see being on the wish I had got that when it came out list as I can see this kits selling fast.  Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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That's insane so who's going to be the first one to buy one
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