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Submarine Models are a great past time to build. Most of them can be simple, though the larger kits will need a lot of room to display.

These kits range from the TV submarine models like the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Seaview, or the Jules Verne Nautilus, to more conventional modern nuclear submarines of today.

But many other countries have submarines, so there are model kits of subs from China, Russia, and Germany in WWII.

All these kits are a bit different, but allow you to build a whole fleet of interesting submarine models for your collection.

Lately, deep sea exploration sub models have been produced, and these bring some educational value to model building. They also have colorful paint schemes for high visibility.

1/32 Proteus Submarine with Interior

Huge! 1/48 U-Boat Type VIIC U-552 Submarine
with Cutaway Interior, Crew, Clear Starboard Hull
1100+ Parts - Photoetch - - 55 inches long !

Manned Research Submersible SHINKAI
Deep sea vessel, detailed interior of the pressure hull. The underwater projector and the light in the pressure hull are recreated with LEDs that can be switched on and off. Its two manipulators and the sample bucket joint are movable while the main propulsor can be swung from side to side.The ballast on the ship bottom is detachable. Includes five figures and an exclusive stand.

Deep Sea Explorer Series Submersible Triton

Jiaolong Manned Submersible

Huge USS Skipjack Submarine Model
Measures 42 inches long when complete Features accurate teardrop shaped hull. photo-etched metal main sea water suctions and discharges, includes hull numbers and ship names for all 6 skipjack class submarines. Highly detailed navigational and communications array, featuring antennae, periscope and snorkel.

1/72 Gato Class Submarine
52 inches long when assembled.

1/72 German Submarine Type IX C/40
42 inches long when assembled.

German VII C U-Boat U-47 with Interior
Cutaway view of interior. 21 inches long when assembled.

36-inch German Submarine Type IXC U505 Late
Both Bow and Stern Torpedo Doors in the Open or Closed position. U-505 is a German Type IXC U-boat built for service in the Kriegsmarine during World War II. She is one of six U-boats that were captured by Allied forces during World War II, and the first warship to be captured by U.S. forces on the high seas since the War of 1812.

36-inch German Submarine Type VII/41 Atlantic Version
The kit features highly detailed reproduction of hull with rivets and welds, a new fin variant with "large glasshouse", Atlantic stem-post and changes to midship section of the hull faithfully reproduced, optional open or closed torpedo hatches, movable rudder and hydroplanes, retractable periscope, detailed FuMO antenna with shaft, detailed 20mm twin anti-aircraft gun on a rotary mount, detailed 37mm anti-aircraft cannon with protective shield, reproduction of 4 pressure tanks on upper deck, deflector antenna and insulators, and display stand

U-Boat Type XXI U-2540 German WWII Submarine with Visible Interior
Separate left outer hull wall giving a view into the interior; Detailed surface structures; Detailed torpedo compartment; Crew living quarters; Detailed control room; Conning tower with internal structures; Detailed diesel engines and electric motors.

Japanese Navy Submarine I-400
Hangar features realistic interior details and can store 3 Seiran aircraft.
Hangar door can be posed in both opened and closed positions.

CSS Hunley 1/24th Scale Civil War Submarine
Cut-away version of the Hunley Submarine.

German U-Boat Submarine

USS Gato SS-212 Submarine
Completed kit measures nearly 26 inches long.

Russian Kilo Class Attack Submarine Type 636
Features three sprues plus an upper waterline line hull and a full hull so you can build both versions if you like. Completed model is 20" long. Includes markings for Russian Navy SSK Kilo Class Type 36.

U-99 German U-Boat Submarine
This is a model of one of the best known and most feared German U-Boats of WW II. The U-99 sank 43 Allied vessels before finally being sunk by a British Destroyer in 1941. Model measures 20" long when complete. Features a finely detailed hull and stern with dire planes, 2 rudders and ships screws, 20mm anti-aircraft gun, 3.5" gun, accurately detailed conning tower with periscopes, hatches and railing.

1:35 German U-XXIII Coastal Submarine
German Type XXIII submarines were the first so-called elektroboats to become operational. They were small coastal submarines designed to operate in the shallow waters of the North Sea, Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea,

German Navy U-Boat
This kit can be built as a static display model or a motorized, diving submarine, and the kit includes a RE-280 electric motor and lead weights for the hull for the diving version. A display stand with nameplate is included for the static version.

USS Bluefish Submarine
Experience submarine excitement with the USS Bluefish (SS 222). This 33" long model of a Gato / Balao class submarine has a beam of 4".

HMS X-Craft Submarine
The X-Craft was a Midget Submarine developed by the British Royal Navy for Special Warfare. The submarine with a 4 men crew and a displacement of 30 tons.

Akula Class Russian Submarine
33 inches Long When Assembled

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Captain Nemo Nautilus
Jules Verne's Nautilus Submarine!
Includes a detalied base with Giant Squid and photoetch parts!

Seaquest DSV