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Trumpeter 1/350th USS Nimitz News!

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Trumpeter 1/350th USS Nimitz News!
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21, 2004 6:04 PM
Got this from another board:
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This just posted over on HS from Victory Models...
Paul Cotcher
Latest Trumpeter Updates...
Wed Apr 21, 2004 16:35
66.255.26.41

Just got word from Stevens of the first little bit of the "beyond April" release schedule... As you know they had announced everything up through April, with the latest batch due to arrive any day (1/24 Float Spitfire, 1/72 Shenzhou, 1/35 Panther II mine roller)... But they hadn't announced release dates beyond that, well here's what just came in the e-mail:

APPROXIMATE DELIVERY: SEPTEMBER 1, 2004
___**5605 1/350 USS NIMITZ CVN68 AIRCRAFT CARRIER, 1975 SRP $199.95

Kit features 962 parts on 31 sprues plus lower hull, upper hull, waterline plate (for optional waterline or full-hull display), hangar decks, flight decks and display stand. Also includes metal hull frame and screws, and markings for the CVN-68 variant just after it was commissioned. Kit includes 22 aircraft, 8 different types, as follows: 1 SH3H Sea King Helicopter, 1 RA5C Vigilante, 6 F4J Phantom II, 1 E2C Hawkeye, 2 A3D Skywarrior, 3 A6E Intruder, 6 A7E Corsair, 2 S3B Viking. (Aircraft feature clear canopy & folding wings. Helicopter features clear fuselage & black rotors.) Completed kit measures a whopping 38” long, full single piece hull construction.

1/350 AIRCRAFT SETS AVAILABLE SEPARATELY (6pcs/Set) - SRP $7.95:

___**6214 SH3H Sea King Helicopter
___**6218 RA5C Vigilante
___**6219 F4J Phantom
___**6220 F14D Tomcat
___**6221 F/A18E Super Hornet
___**6222 E2C Hawkeye
___**6223 A3D Skywarrior
___**6224 A6E Intruder
___**6225 A7E Corsair
___**6226 S3B Viking

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James Smile [:)]
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    February 2003
  • From: Indiana, USA
Posted by cassibill on Wednesday, April 21, 2004 6:18 PM
Oh joy!!! These big ships so tempting, but I want better skills first.

cdw My life flashes before my eyes and it mostly my life flashing before my eyes!!!Big Smile The 1/144 scale census and message board: http://144scalelist.freewebpage.org/index.html

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    February 2003
  • From: Tochigi, Japan
Posted by J-Hulk on Thursday, April 22, 2004 6:12 AM
Glad to hear that!
Trumpeter's gonna turn me into a shipbuilder yet!
~Brian
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    January 2003
  • From: Central MI
Posted by therriman on Thursday, April 22, 2004 9:33 AM
Man, $200.00 this tops the Tamiya "E" kit in size, scope and price. WOW.Shock [:O]
Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.
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    February 2003
  • From: Indiana, USA
Posted by cassibill on Thursday, April 22, 2004 10:01 AM
Tim-Tamiya's E is still bigger at over 40" long and it's SRP is $199.99 (though periodically it can be had for $99.99). Scope I'm not sure about.

cdw My life flashes before my eyes and it mostly my life flashing before my eyes!!!Big Smile The 1/144 scale census and message board: http://144scalelist.freewebpage.org/index.html

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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 22, 2004 11:14 AM
I want one!!!! what more can I say.

To bad I haven't got the space and money for it.
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    March 2004
  • From: Spartanburg, SC
Posted by subfixer on Friday, April 23, 2004 5:21 AM
It's about time, I like the early aircraft, too.

I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

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