A. Great Lakes Carruer
B. U.S.S. Reuben James (sunk October 1941)
C. City class Ironclad
World War I U-boat - in any scale.
Please! Please! Would one of the model companies issue a WWll TROOP TRANSPORT SHIP - preferably an AP-130 G.O. Squier ship. Most of our dad’s traveled overseas onboard these vessels. Everyone makes the ‘big’ newsworthy ships; aircraft carriers, battleships, cruisers, destroyers etc., but NO ONE makes the ships that got our troops to their destinations that won the war for us! Come on - give US a piece of history will you?
[:P]1/350 Zuiho…
Well, Trumpeter does make a 1/350 scale Liberty Ship.
Here’s the link to the Trumpeter model, Jermiah O’Brien at Free Time Hobbies.
http://freetimehobbies.com/1-350-trumpeter-ss-jeremiah-obrien-wwii-liberty-ship/
And here’s a link to a Resin Liberty Ship by L’Arsenal on Free Time:
http://freetimehobbies.com/1-350-larsenal-liberty-ship/
Here’s a build out page from Steel Navy
How about a WWI version HMS Queen Elizabeth class battleship, HMS Revenge class, HMS Lion, HMS Tiger, SMS Derrflinger, SMS Freidrich der Grosse, etc?
Bill
There are SO many…and I believe it is pretty clear from how the ones they do make sell out, that the market is there.
I know the modern ones I am looking for thata I listed above would fly off the shelves here in the US if they were to come out with them
Ford Class CVN
Zumwalt Class DDG
America Class LHA
Queen Elizabeth Class CV
Canberra Class LHD
Hobart Class DDG
Izum Class DDH
etc.
Well considering that there are so many models of the Titanic would not a Carpathia be in order?
Also
A Canadian Fort WW2 freighter would be nice.
As the hull form was basically the same as a US Liberty even a after market kit to build the upper works would be in order and easily done.
Robert, you’ve got me thinking. I’ve spent some time this morning looking around for information on troop ship kits. In plastic they are non-existant.
There have been a very small handfull of Maritime Commission plastic kits. The Revell T2 is a prime example, the Revell C3 Hawaiian Pilot and The Revell Haskell class based on the Victory hull, plus more recently the Trumpeter Liberty. Renwal had an AKA.
AFA as troop ships- There’s the Lindberg President Wilson/ Cleveland. To begin with, the kit is basically pretty crappy. And it’s scale is a little “unknown”, which makes conversion builds difficult as you need to settle on something.
As you might know, those two ships were laid down as the last two of the Admiral Benson class P2 troop transports, to be AP-128 and 129. Insofar as the whole class was designed for postwar conversion to liner service, the hull as launched wasn’t so very different from the transport versions. From the deck up though, it’d be an adventure. I have one in the stash, I think I’ll get it out and look it over. It’s a big model, and with dazzle camouflage would be a looker.
Update: I think this is doable. Back dating to match the ones from the USN period would be a lot of work. But after the war this class was transferred to the Army, renamed after Generals, and modified to be quite a bit closer in detail to the ones that were built as liners.
Conclusion: if you want to build a troopship for the 1950’s era, it looks fairly straightforward. If you want a WW2 troopship, not much to use above the main deck level, and quite a bit of mods for well deck forward.
It’s worth remembering that the Hawaiian Pilot, the subject of Revell’s C-3 kit, served in WWII as an attack transport, with the name USS Burleigh. That should be a relatively straightforward conversion.
can also convert the Revell 1/480 scale hospital ships haven, hope or repose into a General G. O. Squier Class Transport. doing 1 right now, http://members.boardhost.com/modelfleet/msg/1460915700.html
No Forrest Shermans since the 50’s? Good looking boat.
Hehehe…I know i is not what you meant…but there is a Forest Sherman destroyer out there:
It’s a Trumpeter, 1/350 scale Burke AEGIS Flight IIA DDG, DDG-98, but a Forest Sherman none the less.
There was a Revell Foreest Sherman DD model from 1958…but I have not seen one of those in years. You might find one some time by watching eBay. Here’s a picture of that kit:
Revell also had a later version that was on the OldModelKits site…but it sold some time ago. Here’s how it looked:
Cascade Model works also had a 1/350 scale USS Forest Sherman way back when, and here’s a link to a build site for it on Steel Navy:
Other than that, I do not think there is any model in any scale, that I have seen of them left out there unless, like I say, you can find one on eBay sometime…
Now, of the 18 Forest Sherman Class that were built in the 1950s (commissioned from 53-55). the USS Edson, DD-946, served 30 years from 1958 until 1988…and that was only 16 years before the existing Forest Shrman was launched.
Anyhow…couldn’t help myself, because that last ship, the USS Edson, is now a NAtional Historic Site and MUseum ship at Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum at Bay City, Michigan.
Four of them were actually converted to DDGs getting one Mk-13 single arm launcher and Standard Missiles and ASROCs.
The actual Forest Sherman DDs, for their day, were quite capable vessels, and had good se handling…and displaced 4,000 tons full load…
i have upwards of 9+ of those Revell 1/319 Forrest Sherman ship kits either being modified, rebuilt or waiting to be worked on. got them off ebay at good low prices a few years ago.
Hehehe…well I just did a search.
There’s one out there right now at the following link:
USS Forest Sherman DD-931, Revell Vintage Model
But the guy is way too proud of it…$100 BIN! But if soeone wants one badly enough…there ya go!
Let me add my “really want to see a 1/350 Graf Zep” as well - I have the 1/700 ship that is %80 done (it is one step away from being a toy) - Murphy’s law is they will release it just after I finish my 1/700 ship
Oh, and how about some PT boats? American British and Italian to go with my S-100?
Your 350 Graf Zepplin and new tool 72nd scale PT boat are slated for this year By Trumpeter and Revell.
Trumpeter is coming out wth a Graf Zepplin in 2017. You are in luck!
Trumpeter 05627, German Graf Zepplin Aircraft Carrier - 2017
It’s on the Trumpeter site, here:
German Navy Aircraft Carrier DKM Graf Zeppelin - Item No.: 05627 Scale: 1:350