Here’s the new page on Hasegawa’s website with a little info on the Mikasa kit coming in 1/350th. It was arguably the most powerful pre-dreadnought battleship, and was famous for its particupation in the Battle of Tsushima – the 100th anniversary of that battle is coming up this month!
http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/e-w/NEWDETAIL/0505/Z21.html
Unless the kit is delayed, it should be released sometime this month.
whoa, thats awesome…im definitely buying that…im still looking to get the Grosser Kurfust(sp?) WW 1 German battleship…ebay has them for about 80-90 bucks though.
Hi Larry,
Any guess on the kits price in $$ U.S.?
Are they actually not available from someone via normal retail? I thought I saw them in the Squadron flyer. Hmmm …
Have you tried greatmodels.com?
http://www.greatmodels.com/cgi/display.cgi?item_num=ics002
i was looking at my LHS and they didnt carry them anymore…i havent really looked into definitely buying it yet…but now i know where to get it…thanks for the link Larry.
No problem. It’s great that someone had the gonads to make one of those superbly engineered German dreadnoughts in 1/350th. I’ve got the Konig and plan to build it up to display beside the Missouri, the Mikasa and maybe a Kirov-type to show the development of Battleship type ships in the 20th century (the Kirov not really being a battleship per se, but a sort of missle equivalent).
Of course, I don’t know if anyone even makes the Kirov in 1/350! Maybe Trumpeter does – I seem to recall them making big kits of Soviet missle ships.
The difference in size between the Mikasa and the Missouri will be pretty impressive – 13" or so for Mikasa, 30" for Missouri! That’s something to keep in mind – the Mikasa is a battleship in 1/350th, but the pre-dreadnoughts were really a lot smaller than the WWII ships – they were even smaller than the WWI battleships (Konig would be around 20"), so judge the price accordingly.
I’ve been scheduled to build this for the Workbench Reviews. This is a project that I am really excited about building…
Jeff
They should have it on display in Shizuoka next weekend, so I’ll be sure to check it out!
Looking forward to seeing your build, Jeff!
Looking forward to hearing reviews from either of you gentlemen!
I’d especially like to know if some of the fancy AM stuff comes in the box or if you have to get it from White Ensign or Gold Medal.
Hopefully they’ll have a built-up on display and all the parts laid out. I’ll be sure to get some pix!