What I’d Really love to have would be a kit of the Gearing FRAM modernized destroyers with parts for each version.
I’m Peruvian… of course I want the BAP Huascar in a big scale, as it’s a very small turret monitor. I want also the BAP Independencia… I’ve heard somewhere that somebody in my country is going to release a resin BAP Huascar… I’ll be waiting it… Oh yes, I want also a WWII Scharnhorst, in 1/700 like Dragon’s Premium Edition quality…
Hello Folks,
How about some 1/350 scale Canadian warships , like HMCS Protectuer ( The “Battle Tanker” as the Americans called her, she pushed the limits of a tanker , in hostile waters) , or some Town class frigates , or perhaps a 1/200 scale Tribal class destroyer from WW2 , like HMCS Athabaskan But the good ole Matchbox/ Revell HMCS Snowberry , well represents one of the great " little ships " , of Canada’s fine navy.
Frank , by the way I am in the armored corps. Land bound . LOL
" PERSEVERANCE "
P.S. My brother in law is in the navy , like he says " Let’s talk about walking on bulkheads , during a typhoon ." By the way the washroom , is still a "head " , in his household .
Living in a shipbuilding towm; I would like to see a kit of any of the boats built here preferably in 1/350 scale.
Kongo (as built so I can nip to the local museum to see the bulder’s model)
HMS Erin (for the reason above)
HMS Ajax
HMS Illustrious (WW2)
Jervis Bay
Oh Heck; to save space just look at this page for a fine list:- http://www.southlakes-uk.co.uk/ships.html
I would like to a 1/350 Knox Class FF in plastic with options for pre-1980 overhauls. I served on a Knox Class.
Soviet Navy:
1/700 Moskva, Kashin, Mod Kashin, Kresta I & II, and Nanuchka.
Frank
Hey Strathcona,
I’d love to see HMCS Athabascan and Haida in 1/200. Both battle vets with fine lines and comrades in arms in the Scharnhorst chase. I think Haida is a museum ship now.
MBT70, haida was on toronto water front at ontario place till about a couple of years ago. she was taken down to hamilton, ontario to be refurbished & displayed down there.
I want to make an addition to my desire list. After playing Silent Hunter 3 on my computer for the last few days, I wish there was a larger array of U-Boats available in styrene. I think around the 1/150 scale might be nice but a little larger or smaller would be fine.
Thanks for asking! 1/350 Any USN or IJN CVL 1/350 Any USN Attack Transport or Oiler (it would be cool to have the Essex alongside an oiler) 1/350 Shokaku or Zuikaku 1/350 Kongo, Fuso, Ise
rcboater - I guess I have trouble thinking of the Revell 1/96-scale sailing ships as a range with holes in it. It actually consists of four kits: the Cutty Sark, Kearsarge, Constitution, and Golden Hind. All the others are reissues (modified or otherwise). I’d be delighted to see ANY new sailing ship kits in that scale.
Historically notable sailing warships meriting attention:
Henri Grace à Dieu,
Wasa,
Sovereign of the Sea,
La Corona (SP? French counterpart of Sovereign)
Improved Soleil Royal,
De Zeven Province (SP? Dutch flagship, AngloDutch war),
Early 18th century 3 decker,
Typical American revolutionary war or Napoleonic war 3rd rate, 74 or 80 guns, say HMS Ballona.
Typical Napoleonic war frigate, 32 or 36 gun 18 pdrs. (USS Constitution is not typical),
HMS Warrior.
Xebec frigate,
Napoleonic Armed Brig, Armed cutter, and other smaller combatants,
Other sailing ships deserving attention:
17th century East-Indiamen
18th century Enast Indiamen
Royal Yachts
Various mediterranean coasters
Late 18th century whaler
Mid 19th century whaler
Vraious Arab and Far eastern ocean-going crafts
All in 1-96 or 1-100 scale of course
Greetings from OZ,
The following is my 1/72nd scale wishlist I sent to Airfix, who as we know has been taken over by the Hornby model train group.
1st choice: A Fairmile B class ML with enough ‘extra’s’ to do any version. This would encourage me for one to buy more than one kit.
2nd choice: A Fairmile “Dog Boat” – D class MTB/MGB with again enough parts to do different versions.
3rd choice: A 70 foot Vosper MTB with other boats on the list including a 72 foot HDML, a WW1 ML, MGB 314 being the very gallant HQ gunboat which almost made it home from St Nazaire (the raid becoming one of my story writing interests), a WW1 CMB (Coastal Motor Boat – either the little 40 footer or the larger 55 footer) came to fame at Zeebrugge and Ostend in 1918 and a year later at Kronstadt and for the US fans a Sub Chaser which I would do as the “Hitra” of the ‘Shetland Bus’ fame.
They are my choices, in the meantime I’ll continue doing the above and many others in 600 scale and this year I’m looking into producing some of the above in 350 scale using card models as a basis.
If anybody wants the survey form which was being handed out at the the model at Telford last November please e-mail me at debrogerp@hotmail.com and I’ll be happy to send you a copy and the address to post it to.
Cheers,
Roger Pearson. Bendigo, Australia.
I’d like to see some 1/350 Wasp class LHD’s. They’re the only kind of ship that I’ve actually spent any time on. USS Bataan (LHD-5), USS Kearsarge(LHD-3), USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7). The Kearsarge had the best Food.
Semper Fi,
Chris
I would like to see a 1/350 USS Wisconsin. Th 1/700 version dosn’t have the proper refit for the bow. 2 versions would be nice WWII and Gulf war ,since she fired the first cruise missle to hit Iraq.
1/350 uss sacramento plastic or resin.
I would like to see the Raider Atlantis in 350th or any of the other raider ships of the WW2
Hey ronsecks, couldn’t you just convert Tamiya’s 1/350 modernized New Jersey to Wisconsin? Are the two ships very similar or quite different after the mods?
Didn’t Aurora at one time offer a kit of the Atlantis? Just curious - I seem to remember seeing it on the toy store shelf long, long ago. Funny what we tend to recall…
Another thing I’d like is some sort of modification set to turn the Trumpeter Sullivans kit into a Fletcher from the 1950’s with tripod mast, and 3 inch guns.
Thank you all for your replies. They will be added to the list and will be “Offically” published on my site and this and other forums. Got much more of a response than I thought.