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U-96 Instructions
Instructions Only!
Approximate cost for the parts on Bricklink: ~10$ - ~15$ (shipping and handling fees not included)
After your purchase I will send you an email containing the link to download the PDF-instructions as well as the .xml file for the partslist on Bricklink. The time this will take might vary a bit, but will usually always be within 24 hours.
Details about the model:
Length: 14.2cm (5.6in)
Width: 1.8 cm (0.7in)
Height: 3.3 cm (1.3in)
Scale: 1:485
Total parts: 52
About the ship's history:
The U-96 was a German Type VII-C submarine that mainly operated in the Atlantic during WW2. She's become very famous due to the bestselling novel "Das Boot" that was published in 1973 which was later also adapted into an Oscar-nimonated film with the same name.
U-96 was laid down on 16 September 1939 and was commissioned on 14 September 1940. She became part of the 7th U-boat Flotilla, stationed in Saint Nazaire, on the French Atlantic coast. U-96 conducted 11 patrols, sinking 27 ships totalling 180,206 gross register tons (GRT) and damaging four others totalling 33,043 GRT. She also caused one vessel of 8,888 GRT to be declared a total loss. The boat was a member of eleven wolfpacks and under command of five different commanders.
On the 7th patrol Lothar-Günther Buchheim joined the crew on their journey. His orders were to photograph and describe the U-boat in action for propaganda purposes. Over 5,000 of the photographs survived the war. From his experiences, he wrote a short story and a novel "Das Boot" which was to become an international best-seller, followed by U-Boot-Krieg (U-Boat War), a nonfiction chronicle of the voyage.
On 30 March 1945, U-96 was sunk by US bombs while in the submarine pens in Wilhelmshaven. In her entire career, she suffered no casualties to her crew. The boat was also known for her emblem, a green laughing sawfish. It became the symbol of the 9th Flotilla after Lehmann-Willenbrock took command in March 1942.
U-96 Instructions
Instructions Only!
Approximate cost for the parts on Bricklink: ~10$ - ~15$ (shipping and handling fees not included)
After your purchase I will send you an email containing the link to download the PDF-instructions as well as the .xml file for the partslist on Bricklink. The time this will take might vary a bit, but will usually always be within 24 hours.
Details about the model:
Length: 14.2cm (5.6in)
Width: 1.8 cm (0.7in)
Height: 3.3 cm (1.3in)
Scale: 1:485
Total parts: 52
About the ship's history:
The U-96 was a German Type VII-C submarine that mainly operated in the Atlantic during WW2. She's become very famous due to the bestselling novel "Das Boot" that was published in 1973 which was later also adapted into an Oscar-nimonated film with the same name.
U-96 was laid down on 16 September 1939 and was commissioned on 14 September 1940. She became part of the 7th U-boat Flotilla, stationed in Saint Nazaire, on the French Atlantic coast. U-96 conducted 11 patrols, sinking 27 ships totalling 180,206 gross register tons (GRT) and damaging four others totalling 33,043 GRT. She also caused one vessel of 8,888 GRT to be declared a total loss. The boat was a member of eleven wolfpacks and under command of five different commanders.
On the 7th patrol Lothar-Günther Buchheim joined the crew on their journey. His orders were to photograph and describe the U-boat in action for propaganda purposes. Over 5,000 of the photographs survived the war. From his experiences, he wrote a short story and a novel "Das Boot" which was to become an international best-seller, followed by U-Boot-Krieg (U-Boat War), a nonfiction chronicle of the voyage.
On 30 March 1945, U-96 was sunk by US bombs while in the submarine pens in Wilhelmshaven. In her entire career, she suffered no casualties to her crew. The boat was also known for her emblem, a green laughing sawfish. It became the symbol of the 9th Flotilla after Lehmann-Willenbrock took command in March 1942.
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