1/350 DKM Scharnhorst announced by Dragon

http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/ships/dkm/bc/scharnhorst-350-pre/dragon-poster.html

warshipbuilder wrote:

If I can get the Scharnhorst kit for the £UK equivalent of $50US I'll show my arse in Macey's Department Store. No harm in hoping though.

The DKM Scharnhorst model is a bigger ship than any other models on the Modern Sea Power Series, but still smaller than the DKM Bismarck or the USS Missouri. So, expect to pay more than $50 equivalent, but likely to be much less than the $200 you expect. No need to make a scene at the department store.

If $200 is too much for you, how much is a fair market value to you?

Revell of Germany makes a very nice 1:350 Bismarck. It goes for about $80 in the US. I hope that Scharnhorst will be at the same price range. No everyone charges over $200 for their ship kits like Hasegawa.

You referred to "Dragon's other ship kits" and their prices in your first post. What did you refer to? What made you guessed that the Scharnhorst would be over $200?

warshipbuilder wrote:

Given the prices of their other ship kits,

The DKM Scharnhorst is #1040 of the Modern Sea Power Series. So far, no model in this series was priced above $50 yet.

I'm guessing this one will be over the $200 mark, in which case you can count me out.

Yes, the Scharnhorst will be the biggest ship in this series and not so modern (WW II), but $200? I had been really happy with the Dragon Smart Kit ship model for the high quality and moderate prices. I sure hope that they will not break the tradition.

warshipguy wrote:

HALLELUYAH!!!  When is it due out?

Later this year or early next year. Price is TBD, despite "silly" comments otherwise. 

HALLELUYAH!!!  When is it due out?

Bill Morrison

I told you guys we were working with them on more than just USN stuff!

The CAD that went into this was beautiful; Rob wasn't designing the CAD for just a model; at one point he even had wire mesh rendered out on the light AA guns. The barrels of the main guns have rifling (in the CAD). They had to cut some of the detail down of course, due to limits in plastic technology, but this is going to be another bang-up model for those who want the highest detail possible.