I know this has been brought up before but has anyone any updates on whether or not any more 1/350 Battleships/Dreadnaughts gonna be released?
I want the Texas…someone else on this forum wanted the N. Carolina I think. Are we gonna see anything new this year or should I just go back to modeling Sci-Fi ?[soapbox]
TIA
The Texas in 1/350 scale is do out soon.
DM
Already out it seems:
http://www.commanderseries.com/pages/Texas.html and a review of same at: http://www.steelnavy.com/ISWTexas44BB.htm
At 325 dollars, this resin kit is beyond my budget. I’ll wait for the plastic kit. Glad to hear something is coming out soon. I can’t wait.[dinner] Thanks for the link, I’m a fan of the Texas BB and did not know until now that it served as the flagship for the Commander in Chief between the World Wars until now.
Be patient…I just received some news recently…
Jeff
Ahggg,…don’t tease, I’m on my knees waiting for the word… [bow][8D]
Drop me an email Reed…
Jeff
Hi ,
Jeff is allways torturing us, every time he says: " i received some news recently"
I think i’m going to trow myself out of the window. Its just too much for me.
I’m allready getting crazy about Trumpeter incoming carriers. Now a misteryous battleship?.. bye.
JERÓNIMO…
Nope, i’m still here.
Hey ! i wasn’t serious about the window.
I used to work for the Navy at the Bethesda Model Basin as a civilian in the Data Center. Whenever I had a chance when there were no secret test being done, I’d run down to the basement of the tank building and watch the master model builders at work. These guys build models for various museums, vips, etc. Their work is fantastic and all from scratch materials, mostly wood.
Since that time, I’ve always been hooked on big scale Battleships, outdated today to be sure, but in their day, they were the most powerful and expensive weapons platforms a country could build. Wonder how they’d do today with tactical nuclear shells instead of relying on cruise missles?
The only other subject I’m interested in is the Star Trek ships. Polar Lights is releasing a 1/350 scale USS Enterprise Refit. It will be 34 inches long with an 18 inch saucer width. What always awed me was that the Star Trek Enterprise is longer than a battleship with only a crew of 400 people compared to a battleship’s 1200. You can see some pics of the new model mockup prototype here:
i would like to see tamiya make new 1/350 scale battleships like the nagato,ise,yamashiro class battleships,and that includes the aircraftcarriers shinano,akagi,kaga,hiryu,soryu,zuikaku,shokaku,junyo,and amagi
I’m not waiting much more from Tamiya, Maybe Trumpeter, after the US carriers.!?
Maybe next year we get some news.
I am the one wondering about the release of a 1/350th scale North Carolina. I would also like to see the others released as well in particular the Alabama.
[:)]Jeff, Please don’t tease us. Can you leak a little info?
I also am waiting for a NON RESIN offering of the USS North Carolina or Washington in 1/350. Most of us cant justify ( to our wives ) the cost of the resin kits.
emo07
I really can’t say much…but there are good things coming very soon…in fact, your Christmas and Hannukah lists will more than likely reflect some of these things.
There’s a new Liberty ship coming any day now, I guess no one is excited about that?
And for you NASCAR fans, there’s a new model coming out of a car with a really neat Hood, and it’ll be making it’s debut at the North Carolina Speedway in late '04 early '05.
Rumor has it that it’ll be a very nice 350 mile race…
Jeff
It’s good to see you’re teasing other people besides me,Jeff!! The Hood teaser was almost too much to bear!
I would also like to see the NC in 1/350 in plastic with PE available from some of the aftermarket cos. I live in NC and visit the ship evey few years. If a kit becomes available I ll be glad to share photos.
I myself would like to see the USS Indianapolis in 1/350. just lost a relative that was a servior (?) of her sinking, would love to do this for his nephew (my father-in-law).
Any word on a 1/350 scale USS Texas in plastic!!!
Nothing new on Texas except that it’s being considered. Liberty Ship arrives any day now, and look for Lexington sometime around Christmas.
Jeff