1/700 scale heavy CA's any out there ? usn

Tamiya makes a beautiful U.S.S. Indianapolis, and Trumpeter has just announced a Baltimore- class heavy cruiser. Those are the only plastic American heavy cruiser kits I'm aware of - other than the old Matchbox Indianapolis, which really can't compete with the Tamiya one. The resin kit manufacturers have covered most of the other classes. A good place to see what's available on that front is the Steel Navy website ( www.steelnavy.com ).

From the world of Resin: (All 1/700 and waterline)
Corsair Armada:
USS Houston CA-30 9000 ton standard displacement, lost in combat
USS Northamptom (1942) 9000 ton standard displacement, lost in combat
USS Louisville (1944) 9000 ton standard displacement, striken 1959
Waveline:
USS Pitsburgh (1945) 15500 to standard displacement, stricken 1970
USS Baltimore (1944) 15500 to standard displacement, sold for scrap 1974
USS San Francisco (1942) 11300 ton standard displacement, stricken 1959
USS New Orleans (1942) 11300 ton standard displacement, stricken 1959
Delphis:
Italian CA Zara WW2
Italian CA Trento WW2
Italian CA Pola WW2
italian CA Bolzano WW2
HP:
German CA Admiral Hipper WW2
USS Pensacola CA WW2 (1941) 9100 ton standard displacement, stricken late 1940s
USS San Francisco CA (1944) 11300 ton standard displacement, stricken 1959
USS Salt Lake City WW2 (1945) 9100 ton standard displacement, stricken late 1940s
Kombrig:
HMAS Australia CA (1943)
USS Astoria CA (1942) 11300 ton standard displacement, sunk in combat
USS Salem CA (1950) 20933 ton standard displacement, stricken 1991
HMAS Canberra CA (Savo island fame)
USS Oregon City CA Post-WW2 14472 ton standard displacement
French CA Algerie WW2
B-Resina:
HMS Suffolk CA WW2
Samek:
HMS York CA WW2
German CA Prinz Eugen WW2
USS Alaska CC (1945) 27000 tons standard displacement decom 1947
USS Guam CC (1945) 27000 tons standard displacement decom 1947
Loose Cannon Productions:
USS Vincennes CA (1942) 11300 tons standard displacement, sunk in combat
USS Quincy CA (1942) 11300 tons standard displacement, sunk in combat
White Ensign Models:
HMS Sussex CA (1943)
WSW:
USS Quincy CA (1942) 11300 tons standard displacement, sunk in combat
Hi-Mold:
HMS Dorsetshire CA (1930s)
HMS Sussex CA (WW2)
German CA Prinz Eugen (1945)
Classic Warships:
USS Portland CA (1942) 9950 ton standard displacement, stricken 1959
USS Wichita CA (1943) 12100 ton standard displacement, stricken 1959
USS San Francisco CA (1944) 11300 ton standard displacement, stricken 1959

US Heavy Cruisers 9100 tons standard displacement and less were refered to as "Tin Clads", due to being lightly armored because of Washington Treaty limitations.
Sorry thats all I can think of at this time.
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Thanks guy's i'll do that . but about RESIN seen it but im worried that i would west the money on a ship even tho ive been a builder for over 20 ys ..Are they hard to build?

Half of my collection of ship are resin. There is a learning curve when you start. Waveline is the most like plastic in the way that the instructions are printed. Quality varies between brands.

The models need to be glued with super-glue or epoxy, the regular model glue for plastic dries up and falls off. For your first go at it get a resin of a destroyer or other small kit to try it out. On this site is a general artical about resin kit.

In the last year and a half I have built the Waveline Baltimore, HP USS Salt Lake City, and Samek HMS York. I am pleased with their appearance and with the process of building them.

thanks again!

I forget which issue but not to long along, FSM did an article on a resin ship. It was pretty much a "How To" article and a few years ago FSM, did an article on two Heavy Cruiser that were resin kits. I cannot remenber the scale. Maybe someone here can point to which magazine they were in or wait until later when I get home to find them.