What are the "must have" ships?

Since this thread mentions subs, why not the Hunley (or for that matter, the Turtle).

I'm still waiting for an affordable 1/350 Indianapolis.

bartgoesaert wrote:

For the rest I sure want to build a Bismarck,

 

Than you will be pleased with what Revell will release in October, Bart

Fish-Head Aric wrote:

All good choices! I go a big vote for Noah's Ark, too!

If you include mythological ships, than the Argo should also be included in the list.

I agree with prof Tilley, a decent scale (styrene) Dreadnought is a gap that should be closed asap.

Another lack is the shortage of oceanliners (again in a decent scale) and modern day merchant vessels (oiltankers, containerships and yes even those buttugly car transporters) as well as the smaller ferry boats (that in my opinion in some regions are even more important than those "historical" ships)

* I know, some of you will point out that there are oceanliners and containerships, but how much choices do you have in the available kits ?  Not much and some are even only generic.

 

Mine are the Titanic and any Mississippi River or Western River steamboat, paddle boat, sternwheeler and towboat.

I would like a 1/350 USS Arkansas. 6 main gun turrets! The CSS Virginia and the USS Monitor in 1/96th would also be great.

Why not the original Ark Royal, which fought the Armada?

How about a good, up-to-date plastic 1/700 or 1/350 British WWII aircraft carrier - say the Ark Royal or the Victorious?  If I remember correctly, there have only been two:  the Revell Ark Royal (actually 1/720) and an Aoshima kit that was sold as (I think) the Victorious and the Indomitable.  Neither represents the current state of the art, and both are (I think) out of production.

...ZUIHO...

How about a Trumpeter 1/350 scale - Akagi....Kaga....Soyru....a couple of the pre-WWII US battlewagons.  

I've always wanted someone to offer a kit (in 1/700 then, but now with my old, weak eyes I'd much prefer 1/350 or larger) of the light cruiser De Ruyter - the ship that fought in the battles around Java in early 1942.  I can't find a clear photo of her at the moment, but I think she was the one I'm thinking of - a rather unusual turret arrangement with single guns on either side of the bridge as well as forward turrets.  And the Tromp as well - she was designated by the Dutch as a Destroyer Leader, being somewhat larger than their destroyers but not approaching the size of a light cruiser.

How long is my list now? 

Existing ships.....  the new future release full  hull Aoshima IJN battleships(Mutsu/Nagato).

Hasagawa's future release  IJN Ise/Hyuga battleships.

 

Non existing?  Maybe a Kongo, Ise,  Fuso class in 1/350 scale, it seems like most larger scale battleship  kits are all US or German ships.  The Yamato is a pretty nifty battleship indeed however, it would be nice to see some of these other battleships(ones that actually fought ship against ship in WWII) in a  larger scale.  

 

 ... for me, the 1:400 Queen Mary 2 together with the QE 2 together in a highseas diorama...

  the pacific fleet led by the Big E would also be nice..(in 1:350th scale)

I would have to say the French liner Normandie. I can imagine a diorama the size of a small garage with all the major liners parked in New York Harbor.

Dutch Destroyer Hr.Ms."Amsterdam" (D819).

What ship models? For openers, I wish 1/600 would make a comeback. BUT, 1/400/350 better suits my aging eyes, so my wish list: HMS Dreadnaught; USS Arizona BB37 in "as launched" configuration; USS Houston "the Galloping Ghost of the Java Coast"; USS Maine BB2; HMS Lion-class battlecruiser; USS Oregon (no, please DO NOT push the old ITC kit on me!!); RMS Aquitania; ANY Lloyd liner; ANY per-Dreadnaught other than the recent proliferation of Czarist (thank you, ICM-have 'em all) might sate my needs.-John Marganski (just finished an Aurora Chinese Junk)

What about the USS George Washington (SSBN-598)? She was the 1st SSBN able to launch underwater. Then maybe the Ohio class boats.

what a lot of "wooden men" with their iron ships,- everyone knows that iron does not float. Where are all the iron men with wooden ships? chinese treasure ships, work vessels,military ships etc.. Wooden ships are more colorful, not just battleship gray. We have to plan our color scheme. What have you got to say "iron men"??

The Great Lakes Paddle carriers.

DAvid

USS Pennsylvania in 1/350

NSS Savannah in 1/350 

Are we forgetting the WW I German ship Emden?  Look it up, you won't be disappointed!

I'd like to see a model of the U.S.S.Coral Sea as she was during 1969,1970 . When I served on her. Also I'd like to see a model of the U.S.S. ELY PCE. I was on her for a week while in the Naval Reserve's.I know Dumas has an R.C. model of a PCE that could be changed to look like her, but a plastic model would be better. How about a collection of Naval Reserve ships that served on Lake Michigan?

For me, I would like to do my Dad's ship - the Columbus. But it's hard to find.

Also important because of the time I have spent on the ships are all the CG class.

Especially the CG 57.

any wwII destroyer in 1/144 scale.   it would be about 27-31 in long, very big but tolerable

and there are enough aircraft models in that scale to make a nice dio of it being attacked

My - a styrene 1/350 Victory ship and T-2 tanker to go with Trumpeter's 1/350 Liberty ship, and Gold Medal Models PE for both!

I'd like to add a 1/72 USS Panay to that list - thanks for the reminder, ps1scw!

And a USS Canopus, for that matter (1/350).

I read that "ever since reading Stafford's book as a kid" and looked on my bookshelf, top shelf, farthest to the right. Its a really good book to. I agree about haveing the Houston.

David

If I were to say the Yamato instead of the Musashi, it would be because she was Yamamoto's flagship.  But I've seen so may different kits of that class that I wouldn't include it on my list.  But I would include (all in 1/350, of course, unless specified otherwise):

USS Langley

USS Enterprise (CV-6) (ever since reading Stafford's "The Big E" as a kid)

USS Arizona

Kongo

Mogami

USS Houston (CA-30)

flushdeck DD at the beginning of WW2 (maybe even 1/72 for this one) - probably USS Ward

Akagi

USS Lexington (CV-2)

Japanese midget sub (1/72 or 1/48)

Africa Queen (1/48)

 Sure, I came into this thread assuming it was meant to be a discussion of what people thought should be the core list of landmark ships that should be made into kits (if they weren't already), or maybe some special limited-edition series - but that isn't possible without a lot of dissention and personal preferences coming forth.  Which isn't really a bad thing.  There are a lot more ships I'd like to have, but if I were limited to only a handful and had to pare down the list to a minimum, I think the above would do nicely.

Good news, Professor. Model Shipways has announced a new kit of an 1880s Ohio River sternwheeler, and from the photo in their catalog, it looks very credible. Its good to see the Western Rivers represented by such a typical vessel, and will be in wood, given its source. I'd add that its good to see new quality wood models by American manufacturers, too.

A kit of Delta Queen (and Delta King, which has been restored minus its engines to its 1920s appearance in Sacramento) would be popular with modern steamboaters and Americana buffs, and it would sell. A Hudson River style sidewheeler like Mary Powell would be sensational, as would a workaday sternwheeler like the ones up in Alaska or the Northwest. And a more regular Western River sidewheeler would be pretty neat too.

In terms of "Must Haves," using the "available in plastic" and "worth building" criteria, here's my list, using my preference for early vessels:

Zvedza Cog

Revell Mayflower

Revell Batavia

Vasa

Maybe the HMS Prince but at 1670, its pretty modern. I think there is a kit for a 1620s French ship but I cant remember. Soveregn of the Seas is not typical, so I omittted it. None of the Santa Marias are worth bothering with, and there are no good carrack models out there. But at least we have a really great cog, a nice Elizabethan merchantman, a pair of large Dutch designed vessels, and with the Prince, a ship of the line.

Right now I'm building the resin Dutch yacht of 1746 from Artitec and its sensational. Way too modern for me, but I really wanted to build one of their kits. After that is Skuldelev 3 and then who knows.

Jim

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