1/350 ship updates

If you want up-to-date information on the Gearing I would recommend checking ModelWarships.com as several of the team members who are working on the project are active there an dthe news is most likely going to go public there first. In fact, there is a link to the test shots here.

subfixer wrote:

Tracy White wrote: We can now officially discuss Dragon's upcoming 1/350th Plastic Gearing class destroyer. 1945 Pacific fit. Now you've got me listening, when is this happy event coming?

"Dragon Models have announced that they are in the advanced development stages of releasing their 1/350 USS Gearing 1945 . This is extremely exciting news if the price and options are similar to the most recent Dragon Models Buchanan/Benson/Gleaves releases. It will be doubly exciting if Dragon Models maintain their previous business practice of releasing further versions.

Precise details as to the kit details, availability and price are yet to be confirmed by Dragon Models"

http://www.modelshipwrights.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=5006

No worries!

And to be clear, I'm NOT disparaging those who don't care about the details so much... I don't try and dictate how people enjoy their hobbies.

There's some good stuff in the pipeline.

Tracy White wrote:

warshipbuilder wrote: How much in-depth knowledge would you need in order to tell any two of these apart if they were put on a shelf next to each other but unnamed? Well hey, if all you need to think one ship is another is the hull number then you're not going to care much. Searat, in response to your question, all I can say is "um... dude, it's a different class of ship???" Twin 5" mounts (turrets if you prefer) instead of singles, larger hull, different superstructure,the possibility of FRAM'd ships that served into the 1970s, and foreign-flagged ships that were around into the 1990s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gearing_class_destroyer http://www.destroyerhistory.org/sumner-gearingclass/gearingclass.html Some guys can't tell the difference, and if you don't care, more power to you. But for those of us who do, this is a Good Thing. (TM)

Hear! Hear!

warshipbuilder wrote:

How much in-depth knowledge would you need in order to tell any two of these apart if they were put on a shelf next to each other but unnamed?

Well hey, if all you need to think one ship is another is the hull number then you're not going to care much.

Searat, in response to your question, all I can say is "um... dude, it's a different class of ship???"

Twin 5" mounts (turrets if you prefer) instead of singles, larger hull, different superstructure,the possibility of FRAM'd ships that served into the 1970s, and foreign-flagged ships that were around into the 1990s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gearing_class_destroyer

http://www.destroyerhistory.org/sumner-gearingclass/gearingclass.html

Some guys can't tell the difference, and if you don't care, more power to you. But for those of us who do, this is a Good Thing. (TM)

Tracy White wrote:

We can now officially discuss Dragon's upcoming 1/350th Plastic Gearing class destroyer. 1945 Pacific fit.

Now you've got me listening, when is this happy event coming? This is one that I will love to see, there were so many different versions of them. I spent a  little time on the USS Theodore E. Chandler, DD 717. There were a few idiosyncracies that I remember on that tin can like the fifty cals on the bridge wings and the herculite railing trim on the upper works.

We can now officially discuss Dragon's upcoming 1/350th Plastic Gearing class destroyer.

1945 Pacific fit.

 With regards to Searat12 website listing, this is what they have come out with:

    Academy Graf Spee confirmed with a Photo of the box art.

   Trumpeter 350 HMS Repulse for May ETA and The PrinZ Eugen with no confirmed date. Also, possibly a 1-35 LCAC.

   Hasegawa is bringing out the Agano in the latter half of the Year.

   Fujimi is to bring out a Shokaku Class Carrier. No further details.

   Fine molds is to bring out a Fubuki Class Destroyer. No further details.

   The Airfix Illustrious os due out later in the Year.

   And finally, a 1-350 Nagara is due out in June/July.

   If all true, it will wet your appetite and will start some serious home extensions.    

warshipbuilder wrote:

No idea about the jap stuff you mention, but the latest rumour is that Trumpeter have a 1/350 Nelson/Rodney coming out in 2010!

searat12 wrote:

Just stumbled across this site: http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=37762&start=0   A couple noticeable things here in the 1/350 column, Hasegawa is apparently coming out with one of my favorite Japanese light cruisers this Autumn, IJN 'Agano,' and Aoshima is coming out with IJN 'Nagara' as well.  There is also talk about the Academy Graf Spee, and Dragon is working on some sort of WW2 American aircraft carrier (hope it is USS Sangamon, or similar!).   Something I never understood about the 'Agano' design; why, after removing all those 6" triple turrets from the Mogami class, the Japanese did not use them as a foundation for the Agano's??  Yeah, I know they DID use a couple of the turrets for the 'Oyodo,' but it would have made much more sense to put them into the 'Agano's'........ Of course, part of the problem was the Japanese concept of using light cruisers strictly as Destroyer Leaders, rather than proper combat units in themselves (and I think it was only the Japanese that did this), but STILL!

You forgot this

Fujimi

Shokaku carrier