1/350 scale ships

Anonymous

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November 2005

1/350 scale ships

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 20, 2005 6:43 PM

Hi, can someone tell me about all the new stuff coming out in 1/350 scale ships? What are the proposed release dates, too?
Thanks,
Dave

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Jeff Herne

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January 2003

Posted by Jeff Herne on Thursday, January 20, 2005 7:35 PM

Well, let's see...

Trumpter has a USS Lexington CV-2 coming out in a couple of weeks.
Their USS North Carolina will be here in May, give or take a week or two.

Hasegawa has annouced a 1/350 Mikasa.
Eastern Express has just released a 1/350 Borodino.
Someone else is releasing a 1/350 subject that I'm sworn to secrecy on, and no subtle hints this time either!! :-)

That's all I know.

Jeff

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 20, 2005 11:09 PM

Don't forget the Russian Cruiser Varyag by Zvezda

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 19, 2005 8:14 PM

i think *somebody* mentioned trumpeter doing/planning the hms hood in 1:350 elsewhere in the 'ships' forum. jeff, if you know of any appropriate "suggestion boxes" please stuff with requests for graf spee, akagi, kaga, hiryu, and soryu all in 1:350. and if that works, i have further suggestions. Big Smile [:D]

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 20, 2005 5:49 AM

Me too, the Nagato class battleships, please Big Smile [:D]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 20, 2005 9:41 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by hwn@non-cents.com

i think *somebody* mentioned trumpeter doing/planning the hms hood in 1:350 elsewhere in the 'ships' forum. jeff, if you know of any appropriate "suggestion boxes" please stuff with requests for graf spee, akagi, kaga, hiryu, and soryu all in 1:350. and if that works, i have further suggestions.

Yes, and a USS Texas too !! Cowboy [C):-)]

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Jeff Herne

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January 2003

Posted by Jeff Herne on Friday, May 20, 2005 10:24 AM

The best suggestion box I can recommend is when FSM does it's survey on the kit's you want to see. I'm pretty sure we run it in the late-summer, early fall. It gives you the chance to list those kits you'd like to see. I like to think we've been pretty successful, since several of the kits that have topped the list in previous years have appeared, namely:

1/350 Essex Class (Trumpeter)
1/350 North Carolina Class (Trumpeter)
1/350 Lexington (Trumpeter)
1/350 Nimitz (Trumpeter)
1/700 Essex Class (Dragon)
1/48 RA-5 Vigilante (Trumpeter)
1/32 F-105 (Trumpeter)
1/35 M551 Sheridan (Academy)
1/32 Fw-190 series (Hasegawa)

Notice any trends here?? So far, in the ship world at least, the only request that hasn't been met yet is the HMS Hood, and of course, we all know about those rumors.

Jeff

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MBT70

Member since
March 2004
From: Pacific Northwest

Posted by MBT70 on Friday, May 20, 2005 11:07 AM

"There's something wrong with our bloody ships today!" Where are the Dreadnaughts in that list? Do we not all love those gargantuan steel monsters as much as T-Rex? Obsolete? Not in our imaginations and wild dreams of surface naval actions gone by. I give you my 1:350 nominations:

1. SMS Von der Tann
2. Kirov (Nuclear Battlecruiser)
3. USS Washington
4. USS Oklahoma
5. Gearing Class destroyer
6. Tribal Class destroyer
7. SMS Seydlitz
8. French liner Normandie
9. NS Savannah

Et Vous?

Life is tough. Then you die.

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Winks

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August 2003

Posted by Winks on Friday, May 20, 2005 11:52 AM

IJN Akagi
IJN Kongo
IJN Hiei
USS South Dakota
USS Minneapolis
HMS King George V
IJN Kaga
USS Gambier Bay
USS Cleveland
IJN Myoko
IJN Aoba
IJN Kitikami
Scharnhorst
Prinz Eugen

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Winks

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August 2003

Posted by Winks on Friday, May 20, 2005 11:53 AM

Oh, almost forgot - right near the top of my list:
IJN Shokaku or Zuikaku

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badbird356

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December 2002
From: USA (South Jersey)

Posted by badbird356 on Friday, May 20, 2005 12:08 PM

1. 1/350 Essex class (Modernize angle deck)
2. 1/350 USS Alaska

John

"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 20, 2005 12:20 PM

I thought Iron Shipwright already made an Alaska. Or is it not a good quality one and we would prefer a Trumpter?

http://www.steelnavy.com/ISAlaska.htm

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Jeff Herne

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January 2003

Posted by Jeff Herne on Friday, May 20, 2005 12:40 PM

You have a choice...a $120 plastic ship kit, or a $400 resin kit. Gimme the plastic.

Between MBT, Winks, and Badbird, seven of your kits are coming that I'm aware of. Yes, there's Axis stuff in there as well.

As for WW1 ships, until they run out of hot-topic WW2 vessels, chances are we're not going to see WW1 stuff in any great quantity. Reason? These kits STILL have to show a profit. Whether we like it or not, that's the truth behind all this.

Jeff

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badbird356

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December 2002
From: USA (South Jersey)

Posted by badbird356 on Friday, May 20, 2005 1:16 PM

I'll take plastic.

John

"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill

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MBT70

Member since
March 2004
From: Pacific Northwest

Posted by MBT70 on Friday, May 20, 2005 3:39 PM

I guess I'll have to go resin for my German Jutland battlecruiser. I know Seydlitz is out there somewhere in 1:350, but VDT will be a stretch. Heck ... I have the old girl in 1:1250 pewter ... maybe Rick Moranis will lend me his shrink/grow raygun from the movie .....

Life is tough. Then you die.

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Jeff Herne

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January 2003

Posted by Jeff Herne on Friday, May 20, 2005 3:51 PM

Would you be more happy if I told you that SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE, is doing a WW1 German battlecruiser in plastic?

Yes, it's true. What ship? Can't tell. Who's making it? Can't tell. Is it a rumor? Nope, came straight from the manufacturer. When's it due? I have no clue. Will you like it? Probably, I know I'll be buying one, or two, or three.

That's all you're getting from me. :-)

Jeff

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MBT70

Member since
March 2004
From: Pacific Northwest

Posted by MBT70 on Friday, May 20, 2005 3:58 PM

I'm smiling .... real big. And I'm a patient man ........

Thanx, Jeff

Life is tough. Then you die.

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cromejob

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February 2005

Posted by cromejob on Friday, May 20, 2005 4:35 PM

How about a Sumner Class Destroyer?

Or a Modern Virginia class cruiser?

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MBT70

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March 2004
From: Pacific Northwest

Posted by MBT70 on Friday, May 20, 2005 9:11 PM

Sumner and some narn't .......

Life is tough. Then you die.

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Steelwolf

Member since
May 2005
From: Boondall

Posted by Steelwolf on Saturday, May 21, 2005 3:40 AM

Good morning, good afternoon and goodnight.
Iam currently building two 1/400 scale cvn 65 enterprise aircraft carrier kits.One is Otaki the other is Lee I would appreciate any tips hints advice or web sites that would be helpful.(The Otaki kit is my father's theLee kit is my own any help would be appreciated.

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traveller

Member since
February 2003
From: Towradgi, near the beach!

Posted by traveller on Sunday, May 22, 2005 6:13 AM

I am building Trumpeters 1/350 Kuzenetsov aircraft carrier. The more I put together, the more problems crop up. the upper and lower hull were a nigthmare, as well as one of the elevators. I still dont know how to fix that!!!! Plenty of filler is being used on it, I can assure you!!! On the whole, it should be nice when I am finished, just something different. i even scored a glass cabinet off my brother to display it!! My choice for a 1/350 ship, an Invicible class aircraft carrier circa 1982. Eight Ball [8]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 23, 2005 11:16 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by MBT70

"There's something wrong with our bloody ships today!" Where are the Dreadnaughts in that list? Do we not all love those gargantuan steel monsters as much as T-Rex? Obsolete? Not in our imaginations and wild dreams of surface naval actions gone by. I give you my 1:350 nominations:

1. SMS Von der Tann
2. Kirov (Nuclear Battlecruiser)
3. USS Washington
4. USS Oklahoma
5. Gearing Class destroyer
6. Tribal Class destroyer
7. SMS Seydlitz
8. French liner Normandie
9. NS Savannah

Et Vous?

I like your list. Me? I'm partial to the USS Texas because of several
reasons.
1) It's my home state
2) It was a dreadnaught class of it's time
3) It was the last of the New York class battleship which was the most heavily armed
4) It was the first battleship to be named for a Southern state since the US Civil War.
5) Served in both world wars.

It has quite a history but I rarely see it mentioned when discussions turn to battleships. Cowboy [C):-)]

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MBT70

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March 2004
From: Pacific Northwest

Posted by MBT70 on Monday, May 23, 2005 12:43 PM

You know what, Mac ... I think the Texas in its first configuration would be a good way to garner interest. Since she was the oldest of the Old Ladies in WW II, she didn't get the respect she deserved alonside bigger guns, faster speeds and heavier armor. But in her heyday ... she was the shiznitz and looked pretty darn sleek to boot.

Life is tough. Then you die.

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martinjquinn

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February 2004
From: New Jersey

Posted by martinjquinn on Thursday, May 26, 2005 1:50 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Old_McDonald
Me? I'm partial to the USS Texas because of several
reasons.
1) It's my home state
2) It was a dreadnaught class of it's time
3) It was the last of the New York class battleship which was the most heavily armed
4) It was the first battleship to be named for a Southern state since the US Civil War.
5) Served in both world wars.

It has quite a history but I rarely see it mentioned when discussions turn to battleships.

" It was the first battleship to be named for a Southern state since the US Civil War."

Mac -

Actually, that's not true. BB-35 was the second Battleship named Texas. The first was a 2nd class-BB built in 1895 (or so). She and the Maine (of Spanish American War infamy) were sister ships.

Prior to BB-35 being launched, the following battleships were named after Southern States:

BB-8 Alabama
BB-11 Missouri
BB-13 Virginia
BB-15 Georgia
BB-19 Louisiana
BB-23 Mississippi
BB-26 South Carolina
BB-30 Florida (okay, that one doesn't really count)
BB-33 Arkansas

Rumor has it that a injection molded Texas IS coming - maybe later this year. Now, if I can only clone myself...

Regards,

Martin

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 27, 2005 6:21 AM

Thanks for the update, I guess my source was wrong. Blush [:I]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 28, 2005 7:06 PM

does anyone know of any company that makes vacform canopies for 1/350 aircraft. Although the trumpeter aircraft have clear canopies, these are quite thick.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 29, 2005 3:26 PM

Jeff: Tell those manufacturers to hurry it up-
I'm over seventy with a closet full of models to do! So many models-so little time.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 29, 2005 7:40 PM

I've also heard that someone is tinkering with a 350 scale Indiana class (BAMA>>>BIG Mamie). Some smart manufacturer could make a killing doing a cage mast ship. With an extra sprue to cover some part differences one could pick up 4 of the Pearl Harbor BB's (TN, WVA, CA, and MD) Those are my choices assuming the Hood is a done deal

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 30, 2005 11:54 PM

ohhh goody, I can't wait for all of the fun to reach the store shelves :)

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Jeff Herne

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January 2003

Posted by Jeff Herne on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 3:26 PM

Lots of exciting stuff coming down the pike folks...just be calm and remain seated.

Midship Models has announced a 1/350 scale plastic injected Alabama and Massachusetts, with a suggested retail of $89.00. The box art can be seen at Trident Hobbies website (www.tridenthobbies.com) under plastic kits, under Midship Models. Box art for both ships indicate they will be in their early war configuration.

No sign of a release date yet, but the iamges are there online for everyone to see, so this is no super-secret fact you're getting from me...

Jeff

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