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                        Interesting news from Freetime Hobbies

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                        jtilley
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: Greenville, NC
                        Interesting news from Freetime Hobbies
                        Posted by jtilley on Sunday, February 8, 2015 10:43 PM

                        It's only a "preorder" announcement, but it's interesting:  http://www.freetimehobbies.com/1-700-aoshima-hms-ark-royal-1941-aircraft-carrier/ .

                        The world really needs a nice plastic kit for a WWII British carrier in 1/700, and to my notion the Ark Royal is the best possible choice. The one photo in the ad doesn't show a lot, but what's there looks good.

                        Aoshima used to be known as the weakest of the old "Waterline Series" manufacturers, but as I understand it the more recent kits from that firm have been excellent. I do hope the ship has Swordfish on its deck, though.

                        Youth, talent, hard work, and enthusiasm are no match for old age and treachery.

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                        GMorrison
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                          September 2012
                        Posted by GMorrison on Monday, February 9, 2015 2:23 PM

                        www.modellversium.de/.../artikel.php

                        Looks like a model thats been either produced or pilot shot already.

                        Besides the stringbags, there appear to be Skuas, Fulmars and a Walrus.

                        That is very nice indeed.

                        I'd really like for Trump to do one of their 1/200 monsters of this ship.

                         Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

                         

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                        stikpusher
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                          July 2004
                        • From: Sonora Desert
                        Posted by stikpusher on Monday, February 9, 2015 2:36 PM

                        I do hope that one day somebody does this ship in 1/350 scale. I do remember getting the old Revell 1/720 HMS Ark Royal HMS Ashanti pair kit at the local Sears when I was a boy and building it. It's nice to see a new tooled kit of this historically significant ship coming out.

                         

                        F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

                        U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

                        N is for NO SURVIVORS...

                               - Plankton

                        LSM

                         

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                        GMorrison
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                          September 2012
                        Posted by GMorrison on Monday, February 9, 2015 5:16 PM

                        It appears it's been out in England for a month. As they are experts on the subject, there's a lot of fine detail criticism and at least one major shape issue. One person preferred the old Revell kit, which isn't at all a bad one.

                        It has a big PE fret available as well.

                        What gets my attention, when looking at the sprues, is how much detail got cast onto the hull halves with slide mold technology.

                         Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

                         

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                        jtilley
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: Greenville, NC
                        Posted by jtilley on Monday, February 9, 2015 5:31 PM

                        Looks to me like a nice kit - worlds removed from the old Aoshima British carriers.

                        It will fill a big gap in the plastic 1/700 world. It's on my bucket list of kits I want to build.

                        Youth, talent, hard work, and enthusiasm are no match for old age and treachery.

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                        GMorrison
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                          September 2012
                        Posted by GMorrison on Monday, February 9, 2015 5:33 PM

                        I'd certainly agree. For reasons unclear I started in 1/350 back when and haven't jumped at changing, but it could be time.

                         Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

                         

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