1/350 scale ships

QUOTE: Originally posted by Jeff Herne 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

Man, I felt like I just went to my first peep show. I could look but I could not touch.

Scott

That's just wrong on so many levels...lol.

Jeff

I take back all those horrible things I have been thinking about the makers of 1/3500 scale ships The marketplace does work Now all us modelers have to put out the dollars to buy the new offerings so that a profit can be made and then the manufacters will make more of these babies! Maybe they will get to some of the many wish list items Mine would any light /heavy WWII cruisers to go with the other Aircraft carriers /BB's/ DD's out there

USS Alabama
USS Texas
USS Oklahoma
USS West Virginia
any Fletcher Class Destroyers in plastic
any Sims Class Destroyers in plastic
any Light or Heavy Cruisers in plastic
LST

I'm a WW II Pacific theater buff so how about Trumpeter doing some Jap Carriers, Battleships and Cruisers in 1/350. Something besides the Yamamoto.

you mean yamato as yamamoto was the admiral who was in charge of the japanese navy & set in action for the attack of pearl harbor

USS Alabama - Coming from MIdship Models
USS Texas - Iron Shipwrights
USS Oklahoma - Iron Shipwrights
USS West Virginia - Yankee Modelworks
any Fletcher Class Destroyers in plastic - Tamiya

Jeff,
Are the Old Ladies lattice mast or Pearl rehabs?

QUOTE: Originally posted by Jeff Herne USS Alabama - Coming from MIdship Models USS Texas - Iron Shipwrights USS Oklahoma - Iron Shipwrights USS West Virginia - Yankee Modelworks any Fletcher Class Destroyers in plastic - Tamiya

how much are these puppies costing though?

Alabama is MSRP at $89
Texas is 1944 at $325
Oklahoma is 7Dec at $325
WeeVee is 7Dec at $339 from Pacific Front, MSRP is $425.

Yes, they're expensive, but it takes me (literally) 6 months at 6-8 hours per week to build a resin battleship that's a show-stopper. When you do the math, it's less than $2 an hour. That's pretty cheap entertainment. If you're the type of modeler that likes to bang things together and move onto the next model, then resin kits are not for you. But one thing I've learned in building ships is patience...I look at each model as an investment in therapy time...after all, a therapist would cost me $100 an hour!!

Jeff

Jeff I agree that modeling is cheaper than thearapy but 6 to 8 hrs a week at my house would not be greeted with much happiness from my spouse Given what you do for a living you can call it "homework" The only time I didn't get some grief was when I was making some models for my grandchildren (who are 1 and 2 yrs old so who was I really making them for )That said down time while modeling is a great way to relax All I have to do now is to get the grandchildren into modeling then I can spend the time I really would like to building the 4 resin ships I've got in the closet