thunder1

How about ships THEY SHOULD NEVER OFFER AGAIN!!!

My list:

Iowa Class, any scale

Fletchers

another carrier (just change the hull number, presto! a NEW release)

Bismarcks

Hoods

Yamato's in any scale

Friggin' American PT Boats, the most over rated naval craft of all time, you'd think from all the hoopla they sank the Yamato single handed...

Another Gato class sub

THE TITANIC, my goodness the dang thing sunk, make a model of the ice berg instead.

I scan the internet and read how builders are almost breathless in anticipation of a new Akagi (or something similar) in the same scale as the one they built ten years ago by another manufacturer. Stop encouraging these model companies, next they'll be offering you another PT 109 in 1/1250 scale this time with photo etch included, yikes! 

And for the sake of decency, please Revell, stop turning out models I built a million years ago when I was a kid. Invest in some new molding you skinflints.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's the same as when people say please,no more panthers,shermans,or tigers.I say release as many of them as they like,it shows the modeling industry is alive and well.

Just because they don't produce a Bismarck or Yamato doesnt mean that they are going to release the obscure class you are hoping for

They produce what is going to make them money,if the new Iowa wasnt going to sell,they wouldnt release it.

When they stop making Shermans,Mustangs,and Bismarcks,then we are in trouble.

Merit has a nice 1/350 scale uss Enterprise. i have one. beautiful kit

Nino

Those other USCGC's and boats. And, as mentioned, mostly very old molds and BOX SCALE!

ITC US Coast Guard Rescue boat,  Lindberg US Coast Guard Patrol Boat, Revell's USCG Campbell/R.B Taney and the several versions of the USCGC Eagle.

Here is one USCG in 1/350:

 

Not a big selection for a Service Branch that is busy every darn day.

  Nino

 

 

Well, every service branch has been doing their real world mission to one point or another for the past 17 years, 7 months, and 9 days. And no offense to our Coastie vets here, prior to  that date, they straddled the line of military and law enforcement, with activities then leaning more towards the seagoing law enforcement,  as well as their SAR role... while aside from forgotten ops on the other sides of the world, the DoD branches were in their peacetime military routines. Coast Guard subjects, sea or air, are going to be a very much niche interest. Seeing how nearly all model companies are not US based nowadays, I don’t see those subjects having the worldwide appeal of what is kitted nowadays. The more obscure the subject, the less likely it is to sell, make a profit, and justify the development costs. After all, in the end, the model companies are in business to make money.

uspsjuan

How about if we go in the other direction time wise. How about some of the newest carriers, Bush, Regan etc. Trump's Nimitz is the newest thing out there and that is from her 70's fit. would really like to see this in 1/200 , but I would be satisfied at 1/350.

 

The Reagan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESlQidhdXT0

...and into the 3rd Ford, USS Enterprise CVN-80

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q04Hy8CQjC8

Heh, if you really want a 1/200 Nimitz, maybe you could convert it from a canoe?  I love my 1/350 carriers, but 1/200 would be gigantic.  

I'd love to see some Jutland Combatants of the Royal Navy. 

Battlecruisers like the HMS Lion, Tiger or Indefaticable would be nice.  

Battleships like the HMS Iron Duke or Queen Elizabeth class in WWI fit would be nice as well.  

ICM does the German battleships of the Konig class, and Hobby Boss does the Seydlitz.  

LonCray

Heh, if you really want a 1/200 Nimitz, maybe you could convert it from a canoe?  I love my 1/350 carriers, but 1/200 would be gigantic.  

 

how about this one 1/72

https://www.loyalhannadockyard.com/NIMITZ.htm

If I have a 15' boat, I want it to fire rounds at other ships with me floating around in it like a kayak.  Plus I'd need to save enough money for the divorce after I tell my wife I'm going to build a $10,000 model in our garage. 

ridleusmc

I'd love to see some Jutland Combatants of the Royal Navy. 

Battlecruisers like the HMS Lion, Tiger or Indefaticable would be nice.  

Battleships like the HMS Iron Duke or Queen Elizabeth class in WWI fit would be nice as well.  

ICM does the German battleships of the Konig class, and Hobby Boss does the Seydlitz.  

 

What I would like to see is support ships both modern and WWII 
Tamkers,Supply ,and Amunition Ships Have seen one in 1/700 but nothing in 1/350
How about modern Gator Navy LST's and LSD's And a injection molded Iwo Jima class LPH!!
Also could someone Please convince Gallery Models to release a kit of all the aircraft that came with their USS Intrepid ( Modernized Essex class carrier) 

Hi,

I wouldn't mind seeing some merchant ships, research ships, auxiliaries, and mine counter measures ships/sloops/corvettes, in plastic.

I n particular it might be nice to see a WWII era Bathurst class, HMS Amethyst, and a modern Tripartite, Hunt Class, or similar, as well as even maybe something along the lines of a modern T-AGOR, as an injection molded plastic kit.

Pat

Pat ;

 Thank You for asking for what I did .I don't believe we have even begun to give credit to the Merchant Mariners that made our victories posssible , Nor enough credit to all parts of the " Gator " Navy . T.B.      P.S ; I especially really like these photos , especially the Minesweeper and the last one ( the Blue one )

Tanker - Builder

Pat ;

 Thank You for asking for what I did .I don't believe we have even begun to give credit to the Merchant Mariners that made our victories posssible , Nor enough credit to all parts of the " Gator " Navy . T.B.     

P.S ; I especially really like these photos,  especially the Minesweeper and the last one     (the Blue one )

 

That last one "Blue one" had me Interested.

Details:

"RV Neil Armstrong (AGOR-27) is the designation for a new oceanographic research ship, first of the Neil Armstrong-class research vessels, to be owned by the United States Navy and operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution."

They will never make a model of it.... No guns and it has not hit an iceberg.

   Jim.

Nino

 

 

Tanker - Builder

Pat ;

 Thank You for asking for what I did .I don't believe we have even begun to give credit to the Merchant Mariners that made our victories posssible , Nor enough credit to all parts of the " Gator " Navy . T.B.     

P.S ; I especially really like these photos,  especially the Minesweeper and the last one     (the Blue one )

 

 

 

 

 

That last one "Blue one" had me Interested.

Details:

"RV Neil Armstrong (AGOR-27) is the designation for a new oceanographic research ship, first of the Neil Armstrong-class research vessels, to be owned by the United States Navy and operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution."

 

They will never make a model of it.... No guns and it has not hit an iceberg.

   Jim.

 

Well, Revell did make a model of the Calypso... and modified their 1/72 PBY to the unarmed Cousteau version as well. But those were different times. 

Two weekends ago, I was at the Woods Hole Model Boat Show. The Neil Armstrong was there at the pier. On Sunday afternoon, we got to watch them get underway and head out for parts unknown....

She‘s about 240’ long, 3,000 tons.  As a former ship driver, I was impressed (and a little bit jealous) of how easily she got underway, backing out into the basin and turning around all on her own.  (Powerful bow thrusters.) 

We were kidding the show’s organizer, telling her how impressed we were that she had the  power to get the ship underway just for our entertainment...!

-Bill

stikpusher

Well, Revell did make a model of the Calypso... and modified their 1/72 PBY to the unarmed Cousteau version as well. But those were different times.  

 

Hi,

I never built the Calypso model, but I do have a 1/200 Le Suroit, a 1/300 RV Meteor, and a couple 1/125 Lindberg Minesweepers in my stash.  I've long hoped to try and build one minesweeper pretty much out of the box as a minesweeper while converting the other to some form of research ship, or newer type mine counter measures ship 

Pat

I'd love to see some 1.350 scale LEwis and Clark and other USNS supply ship classes.  They keep the rest of the Navy supplied and able to cotniue eating and sailing...their importance cannot be understated.

I thought it was a shame when they moved them all under USNS designation, took most of the US Navy personnel off and all of the defenisve weapons.

A real shame...and, IMHO, shortsighted too.  Now an enemy only has to find those unarmed ships, which suually only have one LCS or one DDG as an esort and sink them, and they end up getting a mission kill of the task force they were supposed to resupply.

We used to arm those ships about the same way we defensivly armed the carriers, the LHDs and such.

Anyhow, I would still love to see those class vessels in 1/350 scale.

PFJN

 

stikpusher

Well, Revell did make a model of the Calypso... and modified their 1/72 PBY to the unarmed Cousteau version as well. But those were different times.  

Hi,

I never built the Calypso model, but I do have a 1/200 Le Suroit, a 1/300 RV Meteor, and a couple 1/125 Lindberg Minesweepers in my stash.  I've long hoped to try and build one minesweeper pretty much out of the box as a minesweeper while converting the other to some form of research ship, or newer type mine counter measures ship 

Pat 

An entry at the IPMS Nats this month,  the builder took the Calypso and back converted it to a wooden hull WWII minesweeper.  Another winner from years back brought his detailed Calypso and placed it next to the minesweeper for contrast. 

The minesweeper builder did the opposite of what Jacques Cousteau did.  Cousteau took a minesweeper and converted it to the Calypso.    He took the Calypso and converted it to a minesweeper. 

I would love to see kits released of CG's, CGN's, DDG's, FF's and FFG's of the Cold War in 1/350 scale.  I understand that ISW produces some of these for the USN, and both L'Arsenal and WEM has the USS Benjamin Stoddert.  But, there are no injection-molded model ship kits of these ships. Nor does the resin world have them of Soviet ships.  Manufacturers should start to fill this void.

Bill

For modern Combat Logistics types  Trumpeter has their  AOE, LPD, and LCC kits. Dragon some LCS's.  Even the JMSDF has a replenishment oiler made by Aoshima.

  But no plastic USN AE, AF, AO's or other class like the new USS Lewis and Clark T-AKE-1 cargo ship. 

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warshipguy

I would love to see kits released of CG's, CGN's, DDG's, FF's and FFG's of the Cold War in 1/350 scale.  I understand that ISW produces some of these for the USN, and both L'Arsenal and WEM has the USS Benjamin Stoddert.  But, there are no injection-molded model ship kits of these ships. Nor does the resin world have them of Soviet ships.  Manufacturers should start to fill this void.

Bill

 

Agreed. A new, decently priced wooden ship company, QualityModelShip, has come out with DDH184 I bought and then my own 1/350.  Air Wing from Dutch miniaturized models Of F35B's. All (sip and extras) for about $400.00   Check my YouTube channel.

I wish someone would come out with a 1/350 Soryu. That would complete the entire Pearl Harbor Kido Butai of CarDiv 1, CarDiv 2 and CarDiv 5

modelcrazy

I wish someone would come out with a 1/350 Soryu. That would complete the entire Pearl Harbor Kido Butai of CarDiv 1, CarDiv 2 and CarDiv 5

 

Lets see now, six 1/350 carrier kits at about $250 to $300 each, give or take... for a subtotal of around $1500 to $2000, plus aftermarket items... hooo boy! Then the space to display those builds... 

Which is why 1/700 has the Hiryu and the Soryu. I looked around for any articles about a kitbash in 1/350. The general comment is that there were never two "sister" ships which were more different.

So yes a kit would certainly be most welcome.

Bill

modelcrazy

I wish someone would come out with a 1/350 Soryu. That would complete the entire Pearl Harbor Kido Butai of CarDiv 1, CarDiv 2 and CarDiv 5

 

Would you have enough years left to finish them,not the way you are doing the Akagi 

stikpusher

Lets see now, six 1/350 carrier kits at about $250 to $300 each, give or take... for a subtotal of around $1500 to $2000, plus aftermarket items... hooo boy! Then the space to display those builds... 

Aaand your point? 

GMorrison

Which is why 1/700 has the Hiryu and the Soryu. I looked around for any articles about a kitbash in 1/350. The general comment is that there were never two "sister" ships which were more different.

So yes a kit would certainly be most welcome.

 

Bill

 

They were originally suposed to be sisters but the Hyru had the island on the port as well as several other major changes.

Tojo72

Would you have enough years left to finish them,not the way you are doing the Akagi 

Naa, probably not.

I believe that sombody may have already mentioned them, but I would definately buy the ships of an Amphibious Squadron (Phibron), circa late 1970's. Anchorage Class LSD's, Raleigh & Austin Class LPD's, Newport Class LST's, and Iwo Jima Class LPH's. Yes, those would be awesome.

I would really dig a Austin Class LPD {USS Juneau, LPD-10} as I served 4 years onboard and as far as a Essex Class is concerned, give me USS Bennington, CV-20 {CVA-20, CVS-20} as it was my Dad's ship back in the 50's.

On a side note, if we're talking non-military vessels, a 1/350 or bigger of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald would do nicely.