Scale: 1/144
$44.95 each
By: Revell Germany
Shipped from Ontario Canada
Added: 2025-08-28
SKU: GRA-RVG 05078
Category: Model Kits - Ships and Boats
With Type XXI, Germany had the most advanced submarine of the world at the time in early 1945. Due to numerous technical innovations, it could drive unlimited under water because the diesel engines sucked in the required fresh air through a special snorkel. The line shape designed for underwater trips and a three -time battery capacity showed the sensational underwater speed of 17 knots. Other innovations were low -noise electric motors for sneaking, highly sensitive location devices and 2 cm anti -flak -protecting towers. The model gives an authentic insight into this groundbreaking submarine thanks to the separated left-west outer wall. Many rooms are reproduced in detail, including the diesel and electric motors. Insights into the command center and team living rooms give life under water. The decal has interior details and identifiers for U2540, which was put into service on February 24, 1945. After a short training trip, U2540 was sunk by the crew in the Flensburg Fjord on May 4, 1945. In 1957, the Federal Navy served as a test boat Wilhelm Bauer. Today U2540 can be viewed as a museum boat.
Scope of delivery:
Kit including building instructions and decal
