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Proposals for new 1/350 scale ships?

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  • From: Portsmouth, RI
Posted by searat12 on Monday, November 26, 2007 6:19 PM
Well, it seems to me there are QUITE A FEW nuclear subs, everything from Chinese, Russian, French, US subs of all classes, even a Brit nuke sub or two!  Yeah, there are probably enough US battleships anyways, and I am glad to see that some cruisers are being put out now.... Trumpeter has been putting out a fair number of frigates, destroyers and cruisers of modern design, and Italieri has a bunch too...
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Posted by ps1scw on Monday, November 26, 2007 6:02 PM

Knox Class Frigate

Perry Class Frigate (short hull)

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Posted by PhantomGhost on Monday, November 26, 2007 5:49 PM
I'd like to see less world war 2 battleships and subs ( as I find them a bit boring ) and more newly tooled old sailing ships, nuclear subs and even a modern or fairly modern supertanker in styrene.
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Posted by dnatech on Monday, November 26, 2007 5:35 PM

I would like to see a descent version of the USS Midway in any scale. 1/350 or 1/700 would be fine with me.

Steve

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Posted by searat12 on Monday, November 26, 2007 5:00 PM

...and on the same basis, the IJN 'Shokaku' or 'Zuikaku' would be really good subjects!  I also like some of the more bizarre IJN carriers, like 'Ryujo' and 'Shoho,' not because they are gracefull (far from it!), but because they are so odd-looking, they fit in well with the Japanese 'pagoda battleships!'

I think much of the delay in getting some of these models out has been the financial state of the Japanese model companies (and Japanese companies, period!).  The Chinese jumped in (Trumper, Mini Model, Banner, etc) with both feet, but because of politics, refuse to consider making models of Japanese subjects.  The American and European companies (Revell, Heller, Airfix, etc.) are pretty much moribund, and the companies in Eastern Europe are mostly fixated with airplanes and armor.  Nice to see at least a few good kits coming from them though, such as the Borodinos, Varyag, etc....

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Posted by searat12 on Monday, November 26, 2007 4:52 PM
Yup, the Northamptons had a very busy war!  They also had a really pretty clipper bow, and a very aesthetic arrangement of guns, masts, superstructure, etc.  The San Francisco is in many ways very similar, but that snub bow just turns me off somehow.... I am fond of the modernized New Mexicos for much the same reason.  When you compare them to say, 'Arizona,' there is not much to choose between them!  Same is true for the modernized Italian battleships...
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Posted by Spamicus on Monday, November 26, 2007 4:30 PM
I'll second the Northampton class cruisers. They were real war horses.

Steve

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Posted by searat12 on Monday, November 26, 2007 4:23 PM

Well, at least there is a close sister-ship that can be easily 'tweaked' to give you an 'Enterprise!'  Actually, I get rather annoyed at manufacturuers who give you endless iterations of the same ship, just different decals......

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Posted by Aurora-7 on Monday, November 26, 2007 4:11 PM
I've been baffled that a 1/350 of the WWII US aircraft carrier Enterprise (CV-6) had not yet been produced. Hornet, Essex, Massachussetts but no Big E?

 

 

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Proposals for new 1/350 scale ships?
Posted by searat12 on Monday, November 26, 2007 2:59 PM

Because it appears the model manufacturers actually DO look at such forums as these, perhaps it is time once again for everybody to put their two cents in for proposed 1/350 scale ship kits!  My personal requests would include:

DKM Prinz Eugen:  Because it ridiculous that SO many examples of Bismarck have been produced, but without her equally famous consort (remember, Prinz Eugen survived!!)

HMS Repulse:  Because multiple versions of HMS Prince of Wales have been produced, but again, without her important consort (and it's a really graceful ship too!)!!

USS Northampton:  Because this class was involved in more knock-down drag out surface battles with the IJN than just about any other

USS New Mexico: Because in it's 'modernized' post-Pearl Harbor version, she was a really graceful ship, and her class was involved in the final conflict between battleships at Leyte

IJN Hiryu: Because their simply aren't any IJN carriers in this scale (though there might be a Shinano around, it had a lousy service record!)

 

What do you think??

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