MikroMir 1/35 CSS H.L. Hunley - Confederate submarine Kit

The Hunley was an early submarine operated by the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Powered by a hand cranked propeller, and manned by a crew of nine, the Hunley had already killed two of it's crews in training accidents, believed to be largely due to the craft's ballast tanks being open to the crew compartment, before a third crew was formed by a Lieutenant Dixon of the Confederate army.

On the night of 17th February 1864 the Hunley succeeded in ramming it's spar torpedo into the 1240 ton sloop, the USS Housatonic, anchored off Charleston, South Carolina. Exploding the torpedo, the Hunley went down in history as the first submarine to sink an enemy vessel. Sadly, however, the Hunley did not survive the encounter. Although the reasons are unclear, recent evidence points to the fact that the torpedo did not detach from it's spar. Quite possibly this upset the submarine's stability and the open topped ballast tanks overflowed into the crew compartment once more. The Hunley's crew all perished.

Following numerous attempts at locating the wreck of the submarine, she was eventually located by members of the author Clive Cussler's NUMA team in 1995 and was salvaged in 2000.

Mikromir's kit in 1/35 scale pioneer submarine has been kitted in injection moulded form

The kit itself consists of twenty eight, mid grey injection moulded parts, dominated by the two hull halves. These parts are complemented by eighteen clear parts and an etched fret of brass.

Additional items are required to complete kit as illustrated