Italeri Biber - not quite a Whif, but it should have been!

[Faust]

One of the odder classes of weapons to have emerged to something akin to prominence during WWII is the Midget Submarine. Like assault gliders, they seem to have been something of a fad that came and went rather swiftly. However, during their heyday, they were deployed by most major powers in the conflict.

One of the less-than-greats in this category was the German Biber (beaver) one-man sub. This obnoxious and often mortally crude little tin-can is not a sub that gets a lot of love, and with good reason. It was poorly made and not that successful. However, it is a cool-looking boat, and when you consider that about half of its mass is made of the weapons it carries, you have to admit it's at least academically interesting.

Thankfully, for those who want one, Italeri popped out a nice looking kit in the massive scale of 1/35! Thank goodness Bibers are small... at least this thing still fits on a shelf!

I build this sub as a present to my dad, since my grandfather was apparently trained on these boats late in the war. It's a surprisingly unforgiving little model, with what I would say is too hefty a price tag. Still, it was fun and it looks neat on display.

Check it out, and as always, feedback is much appreciated!

https://adamrehorn.wordpress.com/italeri-135-biber-midget-sub/

[Captain Canada]

Great job on that one ! Something I don't really know much about, that's for sure.

[NARSES2]

I build this sub as a present to my dad, since my grandfather was apparently trained on these boats late in the war.

That's nice  . I've seen a few of those built at shows over the last couple of years or so.

Experiences like your Grandfather's need to be written down for posterity. It's real history that could easily be forgotten

[Modelling_Mushi]

Faust, that's a lovely build. I'm not usually in to subs.  

Have to admit that the subject line fooled me ... I guess I thought I might find a garlic eating wannabe singer here (perhaps Mario Beiber, a lesser relation?). Then your description nearly had me totally fooled ... could he have tri-nationality, being perhaps Wolfgang Beiber-hauser?

One of the less-than-greats in this category was the German Biber ... This obnoxious and often mortally crude little tin-can is not a sub that gets a lot of love, and with good reason. It was poorly made and not that successful.

Yep, seems to fit him perfectly. Now if only we could strap a torpedo onto Justin and send him into Taranto ....  

[Rheged]

Now if only we could strap a torpedo onto Justin and send him into Taranto ....  

Do we get to drop said torpedo from a passing Swordfish?