U Boat Type VII-C - U-96 "Das Boot" 1:72

The Type VII-C U-Boat was the most widely used German submarine class of World War II and became one of the most recognizable submarines in naval history.

This large-scale 1:72 model captures the iconic shape of the legendary Atlantic U-Boat and is designed for display, collection and model building.

There currently are two different submarines (U-96 from the famous movie “Das Boot”, which also was a real world submarine in WW2 and a custom Type VII-C with atlantic camo)

Besides that, you can also print a non AMS version without a multi color tower.

Printing recommendations

Use max. 0.16 mm layer height on a 0.4 mm nozzle or smaller for tower and guns.

The hull parts can easily be printed with 0.2 or even 0.24mm layer height.

Support is required for most parts.

Hull parts are be too large for smaller printers, but everything should be downscalable.

Assembly

Assembly needs to be done with glue – think of it as a classic model kit 🙂

The hull parts can be put together using the connector pieces for easier assembly.

(Pro tip: If you have an solderin iron, use this one to meld the hull parts together, its way faster and more reliable)

Please take a look at the pictures to see the correct positions of each part.

Filaments used:

• Light grey = Geeetech Grey PETG
• Dark grey = Sunlu Grey PETG Mate
• Black = Sunlu Black PETG Mate
• Red = Sunlu Red PETG
• Green = Sunlu Green PETG
• Gold = Eryone Gold PLA

The base plate is a real wooden plank (french oak if you´re that curious:)

Ps: dont ask me why I used a common video game figure that looks like a flying pizza on the custon tower. That has been my 03:00 in the morning brain doing its best work.