Tucchase's posting on the Arizona missed a late arrival at the Stevens/Trumpeter stand.
On Thursday afternoon they received a test shot for a 1:350 scale LCS-2 Independence by Bronco
I had the the opportunity to look in the box. It looked to be pretty nice, I don't have photos. It includes a fairly complete PE fret with rails and flight deck nets. It was molded in khaki plastic - but that will change. There were no instructions or other material. Since the plastic and PE was complete I would assume that this will begin to hit the outlets in the one to two months.
I was getting set to buy the Dragon 1:700 kit but decided to hold off until this kit comes..
Resin Shipyard said they would consider a LCS-1 if they could get a set of hull lines. Resn Shipyard was also showing the test shot of their 1:700 Halifax-class Canadian Frigate. The first batch of hulls are cast, next up the small bits, drawing & ordering the PE, decals, and instructions. Its probably an end of the year release.
On the note about Ernie Gee's 40mm guns. It s a twin 40mm gun, single Oerlikon, Mk 51 director, and a 20mm ammo locker (no tub) cast in a high quality metal. I've picked up several to go with my square-bridge Fletcher mod.
When I get home tomorrow I'll post photos of the new Admiralty Models Foxtrot sub in 1:350.
Ten minutes until the doors open. The other vendors are arriving. Time to go get a cup of coffee and get set for another day at the ISW booth