Dragon's Modern Sea Power Series...

Revenant

Bummer...Its a shame cause those kits are cherry...do you know Timothy Dike, the researcher they used for those destroyers?  What is your opinion if the kits?

Tim was much more than a researcher on the Benson/Gleaves destroyers - he did the original CAD at least and a good deal of the follow-on ships (if not all, I can't specifically remember). What was great about the Dragon kits was that there was a whole team of subject matter experts who helped. Some of us were researchers finding materials at archives, others were simply scary smart about a specific type or ship. Tim and I had a falling out about the time that the work started coming to a halt, but I'll give him props for his CAD and hosting a great forum that has attracted a great and knowledgeable community.

I personally think the kits are great. I recognize that the small pieces are difficult for some people and acknowledge that as a drawback, but I also don' thtink that all kits should be focused on the lowest level of skill set. There were some good things happening there that I wish we were able to continue.

stikpusher

Tamiya, Hasegawa, and I believe Fine Molds, all make 1/350 IJN Destroyer kits. With the lingering bad blood between China and Japan and Dragon really not covering many Japanese subjects in any of their kit lines, I would not hold my breath for them to cover that subject area.

Trumpeter has recently released several RN/RCN 1/30 destroyers, so at least they now finally exist in injection plastic. And yes, it would be nice to see any of the mainstream 1/350 kit makers release an Italian Navy WWII Destroyer class or two in injection plastic.

 

Tamiya, Hasegawa, and I believe Fine Molds, all make 1/350 IJN Destroyer kits. With the lingering bad blood between China and Japan and Dragon really not covering many Japanese subjects in any of their kit lines, I would not hold my breath for them to cover that subject area.

Trumpeter has recently released several RN/RCN 1/30 destroyers, so at least they now finally exist in injection plastic. And yes, it would be nice to see any of the mainstream 1/350 kit makers release an Italian Navy WWII Destroyer class or two in injection plastic.

I troll around here from time to time, but live over on the ModelWarships.com forum.

Tracy White

 

 

Revenant

Anyone have an intel on whether or not Dragon will continue delivering in this area or is the market not there?

 

 

Don't hold your breath. I worked with Dragon on their 350th ship line and no real work has been done for years. I'm not saying it won't happen, just that even if we started up again tomorrow it would take a whilel to get any new product finished and to market.

That said, there is a possibility that I'm not aware of what they're doing at this instant. I keep contact up, but it's more of a "hey, look, cool gallery of one of your kits" than "answer my questions!"

 

Bummer...Its a shame cause those kits are cherry...do you know Timothy Dike, the researcher they used for those destroyers?  What is your opinion if the kits? 

Revenant

Anyone have an intel on whether or not Dragon will continue delivering in this area or is the market not there?

Don't hold your breath. I worked with Dragon on their 350th ship line and no real work has been done for years. I'm not saying it won't happen, just that even if we started up again tomorrow it would take a whilel to get any new product finished and to market.

That said, there is a possibility that I'm not aware of what they're doing at this instant. I keep contact up, but it's more of a "hey, look, cool gallery of one of your kits" than "answer my questions!"

I'm a BIG Dragon, destroyer in 1/350th scale, Modern Sea Powers Series Groupie...

Revenant,

If that's the case (I didn't realize it was) then, assuming Dragon has put the flat stacks for the Benson class destroyers in with other minor detail changes in the Benson class kits, it would simply be a choice you'd make based on how you feel about the ships.

1943Mike

I'm no expert on ship kits but, from what I've read by way of reviews, the Dragon 1/350 USS Buchanan is one of the finest kits of its kind. I sure found it to be a remarkably good kit. I can't speak for your other choices ... perhaps others will chime in.

 

I'm no expert on ship kits but, from what I've read by way of reviews, the Dragon 1/350 USS Buchanan is one of the finest kits of its kind. I sure found it to be a remarkably good kit. I can't speak for your other choices ... perhaps others will chime in.

1943Mike

Revenant,

The Duncan was a Gleaves class destroyer as was the Buchanan. See here:

http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/485.htm

And here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleaves-class_destroyer

The image I posted of my model is as close as I could get to the last known photograph of the Duncan in October, 1942 as she steamed toward her fate. See here:

http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/0548503.jpg

With regard to how I did the water, it was a first attempt. I tried to follow this guy's method:

http://www.steelnavy.com/Whitewater.htm

I hope that helps.

 

Revenant,

The Duncan was a Gleaves class destroyer as was the Buchanan. See here:

http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/485.htm

And here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleaves-class_destroyer

The image I posted of my model is as close as I could get to the last known photograph of the Duncan in October, 1942 as she steamed toward her fate. See here:

http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/0548503.jpg

With regard to how I did the water, it was a first attempt. I tried to follow this guy's method:

http://www.steelnavy.com/Whitewater.htm

I hope that helps.

Par429

Hey-

  USS Hammann was at both Coral Sea and Midway.  She was the DD that tied up to Yorktown and was ultimately sunk with her when they were torpedoed by a submarine.

 

Phil

 

 

 

Hey-

  USS Hammann was at both Coral Sea and Midway.  She was the DD that tied up to Yorktown and was ultimately sunk with her when they were torpedoed by a submarine.

Par429

Hey-

   I'm just finishing building the USS Livermore as the USS Hammann.  Even though the Hammann is a Sims-class DD and the stack and aft deckhouses are Shapeways parts, I can't say enough good stuff about these kits.  The detail is amazing, everything fits and they look great. 

Very, very highly recommended!

 

Phil

 

 

 

 

 

 

 ...the names rings a bell For some reason...

Hey-

   I'm just finishing building the USS Livermore as the USS Hammann.  Even though the Hammann is a Sims-class DD and the stack and aft deckhouses are Shapeways parts, I can't say enough good stuff about these kits.  The detail is amazing, everything fits and they look great. 

Very, very highly recommended!

1943Mike

I built the USS Buchanan as the USS Duncan (DD-485) for a friend of mine whose dad died aboard her in the Battle of Cape Esperance in October, 1942. I gave it to him as a present. I'm convinced I could have done a better job but it was fun and my friend appreciated it.

 

look's pretty damn fine to me mike

I built the USS Buchanan as the USS Duncan (DD-485) for a friend of mine whose dad died aboard her in the Battle of Cape Esperance in October, 1942. I gave it to him as a present. I'm convinced I could have done a better job but it was fun and my friend appreciated it.

Tanker - Builder

Hmm:

    Ya know , you are very correct . I have been wondering that too .  T.B.

 

Hmm:

    Ya know , you are very correct . I have been wondering that too .  T.B.

...just sayin...