1/350 ship kits we'd all like to see!

|USS Nevada: Dec41 and June 44

IJN Hiryu

DKM Scharnhorst

Jean Bart

HMS Rodney

 Among others: An Alaska class cruiser.

 

Battlecruiser SMS Goeben/Moltke

Russian WW1 destroyer Novik

IJN Hosho early aricraft carrier

CL USS Brooklyn

FFG MEKO class

 

Knox Class FF (USS Capodanno)

Perry Class FFG ((short hull) Antrim, Clark, Lewis B. Puller, George Philip)

Utah 1941

Nevada / Oklahoma 1941 (boxed as 2 in one kit, make either/or)

Tennessee / California 1941 (boxed as 2 in one kit, make either/or)

Maryland / W. Virginia 1941 (boxed as 2 in one kit, make either/or) 

Graf Spee / Exeter / Ajax / Achilles

 

I LIKE the idea of 'two in one' kits!  So many times you have sisterships that are really close; how much effort would it be for the model company to put in a couple extra molds to give builders the option of either/or?  Another option would be for the model companys (who already make all those PE 'upgrades') to make a separate set of molds that would either 'back-date,' or 'modernize' a ship that is otherwise presented as a single model kit.  I think this could work really well for ships like 'Nagato' (which already has the bow piece as a separate molding), and perhaps some of those British capital ships that had such long careers (HMS Warspite, etc)......

remember the MAINE....

Kongo class

Which Kongo?  Both the modern Kongo and the IJN battleships have been announced and can be preordered.

Old variety.

Who's making it?

I'd like to see the USS Cyclops (AC-4).

For those who don't know about her The loss of the ship and 306 crew and passengers without a trace sometime after March 4, 1918 remains the single largest loss of life in U.S. Naval history not directly involving combat. The ship's fate is still a mystery that remains unsolved to this day. No wreckage of the vessel has ever been found.

Victim of the Bermuda Triangle? Mutiny? Or UBoat attack? No one knows. I hope I'm around to see this ship discovered

http://www.jobsinparadise.com/cyclops5.jpg

Thanks for starting the thread...

Here's another vote for the Prinz Eugen.  It would be great of Revell Europe followed up their new 1/350 Bismarck with a companion Prinz Eugen!

Also, another vote for the following:

BC HMS Lion 

German BC 'Derfflinger'

BB HMS Queen Elizabeth

German AC 'Scharnhorst'

I would like to add the pre-WWI USS Oregon and USS Texas.

Cheers, Rick 

 

For me:

HMS Warspite (preferably WW2 era, but WW1 would be OK with me)

Tribal Class Destroyer.

HMS Dreadnought

Any Royal Navy WW1 Battlecruiser.

Prinz Eugen

Type 42 Destroyer (preferably a Batch 1)

 

Anything "Barrow built" would be fine with me.

Albion or Bulwark (the new LPDs)

Any of the Falklands vetereans; Invincible. Hermes and Sheffield.

From WW2; Illustrious, Ajax and Indomitable. Also; the armed merchantman Jervis Bay.

Although we will soon get a kit of the Kongo; this is the WW2 version. I wouldn't mind seing an "as built" version with its three different shaped funnels.

Can't say it enough...SCB-27C or 125 Essex.

USS Midway/Coral Sea

Wasp class LHD

I forgot to add the following to my earlier post:

T-2 tanker

Victory ship

Samuel B. Roberts

Gambier Bay

 

aardvark1917 wrote:

Old variety. Who's making it?

Fujimi is coming out with a 1/350 Kongo (I already have mine pre-ordered!).

searat12 wrote:

aardvark1917 wrote: Old variety. Who's making it? Fujimi is coming out with a 1/350 Kongo (I already have mine pre-ordered!).

Aoshima is the other company reported to be doing a 1/350 Kongo.

Trumpeteer is doing the modern Kongo. 

Nope, not Aoshima (who are busy cranking out all those lovely 'Takao' class cruisers), but Fujimi that is producing the new WW2 IJN 'Battlecruiser 'Kongo.'  I have one pre-ordered from Free Time Hobbies (and here is the link:  http://www.freetimehobbies.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=44631

searat12 wrote:

Nope, not Aoshima (who are busy cranking out all those lovely 'Takao' class cruisers), but Fujimi that is producing the new WW2 IJN 'Battlecruiser 'Kongo.'  I have one pre-ordered from Free Time Hobbies (and here is the link:  http://www.freetimehobbies.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=44631

Actually both.  Fujimi is the first out of the gate with preorders.  It has been the subject of discussion in the ship modeling boards.  Speculation is that they may do an earlier version of the BB.

 

How about upscaling one or two of  those 1/700 Japanese liners and commercial vessels. modelbob@hotmail.com 

Aoshima coming out with a BB Kongo too?  I wish I had known that earlier (though doubtless it will be just as expensive!).  Perhaps they will come out with a Kirishima too!

Did some checking on the Aoshima Kongo, and there seems to be some controversy as to whther it will be an 'earlier' or 'later' version compared to the Fujimi offering which is due out very soon.  Also, two more points about the Aoshima version; first, it is expected to be less expensive than the Fujimi version (it is also thought that it will be simpler, with fewer parts, and perhaps not quite as accurate, but no confirmation of this as yet), and second, Aoshima is implying that they may in fact produce the whole class, while nothing along these lines is being heard from Fujimi (yet!).  If the latter is true, this will be a good thing, but I expect there may be some production issues, especially if they plan on keeping the price down (the different ships in the class had quite a few differences in turrets, pagoda masts, stacks, etc).  On final point, the Aoshima version will not be available until some time next year, so if you just can't wait, the Fujimi version is the one to go for now!!  Sure would be cool if one of them decided to crank out a Yamashiro as well!

This same thread pops up every so ofteen and always gets lots of responses.  I think the last time we saw it, it went well beyond ten pages.  And, as always, I like to weigh in with my preferences.  I know some have been offered in resin, but these recommendations are for plastic kits;

Soviet nuclear battlecruiser Kirov/Frunze class

SMS Von der Tann or Seydlitz

USS California, post Pearl Harbor

WWII Gearing class destroyer

WWII Tribal Class destroyer

RTimmer wrote:

I forgot to add the following to my earlier post: T-2 tanker Victory ship Samuel B. Roberts Gambier Bay

Closest thing for 1/350 scale for the T-2 is the 1/425 scale Monogram T-2 from the Commanders series.

The Revell Mission series tanker San Juan Capistrano is a T2. It's been recently rereleased as the Esso Glasgow, but includes the original guns/tubs.

And the Revell Attack Transport Randall/ Montrose has also been rereleased, which is based on a Victory ship. See Onyxmans project.

These are both 1/400ish scale, and incorrectly flatbottomed, but not waterline. The T2 in particular needs to be cut down to true waterline.

<tap tap tap>

 USS North Dakota.....

 

...or at least the Delaware class with parts to complete either 

Here's my two cents worth

1. USS Maine 2. USS Olympia 3. Newport class LST 4. U-Boat type VIIc 5. USS Gato 6. US S-boat sub 7. British "Town" class cruiser---I think those would be interesting builds, especially the first two. I remember building the Revell Olympia when I was a kid and always liked it. It was one of the best model ships Revell made.

I'm not greedy , I'll settle for any of the Omaha class light cruisers .

flyguy wrote:

I'm not greedy , I'll settle for any of the Omaha class light cruisers .