72-501 Type VIIC Wood Deck for Revell-Germany #5015
The Type VIIC U-boat was built with a slotted wood deck. Why not replace the plastic part with a slotted wood deck in 1/72 scale? What represents wood better than wood? The decks can be painted and then worn down to represent the wear and tear these boats suffered during normal use.
The kit consists of a two-part main deck, with backing plates for the proper areas, the bridge deck and wood planks and some accessory parts. The slots in the decks are cut through. The main hatch recesses are etched into the wood, but the backing plates give the modeler the option of removing these to allow for an open hatch or to have the hatches lower below the deck line as suggested in some photos. The kit also comes with main deck hatches & bridge hatch.
Review by Len Roberto over on Modeling Madness Revell 1/72 Type VII U-boat
Turm II Wintergarten Conversion set
EARLY WINTERGARTEN CONVERSION FOR 1/72 TYPE VIIC REVELL-GERMANY #5015
TO SEE AN EXCELLENT IN PROGRESS BUILD UP OF THIS KIT, PLEASE VISIT GLENN
CAULEY'S U-625 PAGE
The lower sail assembly, the 3.7cm SKC-30U/LC-39 on the lower deck and a pair of 2.0cm Flak38/LM43U Zwilling on the early solid base mount and wood platforms for the gun decks.
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72-201 1/72 TYPE VIIC RADAR SET
FuMO-30/61 radar, FuMB-7 Naxos radar detector, and the FuMB-26 (telescopic mount that goes inside the RF Loop) for a future.
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The wood main deck and sail deck insert, very similar to the existing wood deck, but with the proper slot arrangement for the early Turm conversions. This deck is designed to be used with the resin conversion set only, and does not include the bridge deck.
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Combinations Sets Available:
Includes Sets 72-101 and 72-201
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Includes Sets 72-101, 72-201 and 72-502
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72-503 TYPE VIIC/41 WOOD DECK (For Revell-Germany #5045)
Wood deck for the new Type VIIC/41 kit from Revell (#5045). It features the planked decks of the late war boats, a cutout for the snorkel and life raft containers and a redesigned deck to fit the 5045 kit.
The same total set as before, but with the 72-503 wood deck to fit the new Revell kit
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Wood Deck for the early TurmII conversions. Essentially, this is the same deck as 72-502 designed to fit the new Type VIIC/41 kit from Revell. It features a cut-out for the life raft canisters, but is intended for the early conversion that did not have snorkels.
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The same total set as before, but with the 72-504 wood deck to fit the new Revell kit
Wood Deck for the mid-range TurmII conversions. Essentially, this is the same deck as 72-502 designed to fit the new Type VIIC/41 kit from Revell. It features a cut-out for the life raft canisters, but is intended for the early conversion that had fixed (raised) snorkels.
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The release of the Type VIID conversion set by Special Navy has raised the need
for a new deck to fit this longer boat. The conversion instructions are not
clear as to where the kit needs to be cut up, and there are other items they
have missed. Our instructions give a more detailed set of measurements based on
the conversion we used.
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ACCESSORY SETS
This set is the guns from the 72-001 resin set. It comes with one 3.7cm Flak42 LM42U single mount and two 2.0cm Flak38 LM43U twin mounts
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This set is a single 2.0cm Flak38 Vierling L38/43U mount
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TO SEE AN EXCELLENT IN PROGRESS BUILD UP OF THIS KIT, PLEASE VISIT GLENN CAULEY'S U-673 PAGE
This set consists of the forward platform found on the Turm VI conversions (U-675 & similar) The platform featured a single 3.7cm Flak42 mount forward and a single 2.0cm Flak38 Vierling on the aft platform. (some boats had a second Flak42 aft instead of the Flak Vierling) This set requires either the Revell 5045 kit or the Nautilus 72-001/72-901 kit to complete the model.