Due next month,not cheap,around £100.
…ZUIHO…
I agree. A real ship that fought in some important battles.
I agree. A real ship that fought in some important battles.
$100.00 for the Revell USS Forrest Sherman? Ironshipwrights has a 1/350 mixed media kit for $139.00! It is far, far more accurate.
I concur with Zuiho, although Shoho would be appropriate as the first Japanese CV to be lost in the war.
How about USS Midway as she appeared following her 1973 refit, USS Coral Sea as she appeared in Vietnam, and USS Franklin D. Roosevelt as built?
Bill
…yes…
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Kind of surprising, looking back 9-10 years and what was wanted, how many have come out.
The Yamato hull that was converted to a carrier would be another, even though it never made it into service (Archerfish bagged her). Would be really the first of the “super carriers” had it survived.
I would also love to see a USS Forrestal class carrier as originally commissioned, as well as the USS Ethan Allen (the only class of American SSBN not represented in plastic or resin).
Bill
I think Revell, or Monogram had one out a long time ago in 1/542 scale. AirFix and Aurora also had old kits.
The Revell kit can be found found now (also one for the Saratoga) on ebay. Look here fro the Forrestal bidding at $20:
Look here for the Saratoga bidding at $10":
Jeff, the idea is at 1/350. I recently picked up the Sara for free, plus shipping, on eBay. Donor hull for a full hull Midway kitbash.
Anyone want f-14s at 1/542?
Yes, I know…I have responded here with my own desires for 1/350th scale ships.
But the only larger scale models I know of the Forrestal class are those 1/542. I do not believe, short of the the places like SD Model Makers, Factory Direct Models, All Wood Ships, or any where they make them by hand (an therefore cost about $1,000-2,000) that you can find a 1/350 scale Forrestal class anywhere at this point.
Having one of those made in 1/350 scale would be nice.
Closest thing, non-nuclear, are the Trumpeter Kitty Hawk, CV-63, #5619, which is almost exactly the same size as the Forestall class.
You might be able to Take the Kitty Hawk and use some scratch building to get a Forrestal class out of it, but the island is different and the kloation of the elevators are different…among other things… So, having a Forrestal on this list would be a good thing.
I would like to see some more older merchant ships. like tramp steamers.
Ron W.
I would love to see the following in 1-350.
HMS Suffolk/Norfolk
USS Midway
Andrea Doria
USS Alaska
Cheers Mark
The old Revell kits did have numerous ommissions and need real work to make right. The old Aurora 1/600 kits were simply toys and are far too inaccurate to consider. The Italeri 1/720 Forrestal class ships are somewhere between the Revell and the Aurora kits. The best on the market are the old Arii/Otaki/Academy/KiTech kits at 1/800. But, the 1/720 and 1/800 kits of the Ranger neglected to include the forward sponsons, which were never removed from that ship.
There is an old paper-card model of the Saratoga as built from Fly Models, but the bow and the 5" guns are inaccurate.
What is really needed is a 1/350 modern kit of these iconic ships.
And, again, I would kill for a quality 1/350 USS Ethan Allen!
Bill
[:$]Coral Sea, please…
I think the cloest you can get in a kit right now is MicroMir USS Lafayette SSBN. SSBN-616. A little longer and heavier than the Ethan Allen, but the same diameter.
Perhaps you could scratch build a Ethan Allen from the Lafayette.
It’s 1/350 scale and fairly inexpensive on ebay:
Brooklyn (CL 40) Class
Salt Lake City (CA 25)
Forrest Sherman (DD 931) class
Chas F Adams Class DDG
Knox Class FF (with option for BPDMS or CIWS)
John, all of these are available from Iron shipwrights, or from L"Arsenal, or from Orange Hbbies…and I believe all are resin models so they are more expensive.
But they are out there.
The Forest Sherman DD-931 is available on from FreTime Hobbies from iron Shipwrights (they are currently out of stokc but apparently will get more and you can sign up for them to email you when they come in):
http://freetimehobbies.com/1-350-iron-shipwrights-uss-forrest-sherman-dd-931/
L’Arsenal makes a 1/350 Charles Adams class, USS Stoddart, DD-22. It is a resin kit…but available:
http://www.larsenal.com/1-350-uss-benjamin-stoddert-ddg-22-new-full-hull-c2x15951718
There is a GREAT resin model of the USS Robert E. Perry Knox Class frigate in 1/350 scale available on FreeTime Hobbies. Lots of details and I am sure you could get the additional parts to do whatever upgrade you would want:
http://freetimehobbies.com/1-350-orange-hobby-knox-class-frigate-uss-robert-e-peary-ff-1073/
Ironshipwrights also makes the USS Salt Lake City, CA-25, as a resin model. it can be purchased on Free Time Hobbies too, buut if out of stock, you can also find it on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-350-4065-USS-Salt-Lake-City-CA-25-Resin-Model-Kit-/162152335964
Finally, Iron Shipwrights also makes a resin 1/350 class Brooklyn Class cruiser, the USS NAshville, CL-43. I see them on ebay quite often. As usual with IOron shipwrights, it has a lot of detail and a lot of Photo Etch, Resin, and metal parts.
Hope that helps.
Jeff - Thanks. I knew that the Knox was out there, but this is helpful. Maybe I should have specified, though…I’d love to see these in plastic. I may have to try my hand at a full resin kit someday if I want to build these, but I can still ask!