Das Boot German U-Boat Model

Description

Radio controlled model of a German Type VIIC submarine. U-406 was sister boat to U-96 featured in the 1981 movie Das Boot. Designed and built as a full flooding negative buoyancy model it can submerge and cruise under water. Construction is plank on frame covered inside and out with fiberglass. Featured in the March 1983 issue of “Scale Ship Modeler” magazine.

Object Type

Model, Boat

Object ID: 1997.004.0007

Date

1982

Made

United States

Material

Fiberglass over Balsa Planking on Plywood Frame

Dimensions

120" long x 17" wide x 32" high

Condition

Good

Collection

Estate of Dwight Brooks

Funding support for the virtual exhibit was provided by the City of Santa Barbara's Organizational Development Grant Program.