Revell 05078 Type XXI U-Boat With Interior Plastic Kit

Name: Cheltenham Model Centre
Telephone: +44 (0)1242 523 117 or 234 644

Product Code: 31305078

Manufacturer Number: 05078
Condition: New
Category: Plastic Kits, Submarines
Brand: Revell
Range: Pre 2020
Era: 1940's, World War 2
Country: Germany
Military Service: Kriegsmarine
Construction: Plastic Kit
Scale: 1:144
Ship/Boat Type: U Boat

£22.50

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At the beginning of 1945, Germany had the most advanced submarine in the world at the time, the Type XXI. Thanks to numerous technical innovations, it was able to travel underwater without restriction, as the diesel engines sucked in the required fresh air through a special snorkel. The line shape designed for underwater travel and a three times larger battery capacity resulted in the sensational underwater speed of 17 knots. Other innovations included low-noise electric motors for crawling, highly sensitive tracking devices and 2 cm anti-aircraft turrets.

The model provides an authentic insight into this groundbreaking submarine through the separated left outer hull wall. Many rooms are recreated in great detail, including the diesel and electric engines. Insights into the command center and crew living quarters give an idea of life under water. The decal includes interior details and identifiers for U2540, which entered service on February 24, 1945. After a short training trip, U2540 was sunk by the crew in the Flensburg Fjord on May 4, 1945. Raised again in 1957, it served the German Navy as the Wilhelm Bauer test boat. Today U2540 can be visited as a museum boat.

- Separated left outer fuselage wall provides a view of the interior
- Detailed surface structures
- Detailed torpedo room
- Team living quarters
- Detailed command center
- Tower with interior structure
- Detailed diesel and electric engines
- Battery/rechargeable battery rooms
- Movable depth and rudder controls
- Rotating twin anti-aircraft towers
- Detailed tower structure with antennas, periscope and snorkel mast
- Authentic decal for U2540 with interior details

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We have been in business for over 40 with the shop located in a few different places around the town in that time. We are now located at the Eastern end of Cheltenham High Street.

As well as stocking the latest plastic kit, diecast and model railway releases we have a big selection of slot cars and modelling tools.

We are able to carry out repairs on radio control cars & model railway locos, including DCC & DCC Sound fitting.

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Cheltenham Model Centre

39 High Street
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL50 1DX
England

+44 (0)1242 523 117 or 234 644
sales@cheltenhammodelcentre.com

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