The kit is scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2022. No price as of yet. The kit will include a resin hull, 3D printed detail parts, and PE. The hull master is made from a 3D printed plug (its cheaper to produce than an entirely printed item). Black Cat’s other ship kits are exquisite and well worth the price. I will be in line for a couple. Ordering has been fast, shipping Normandie to Texas in less than 2 weeks by France Post & USPS.
According to wiki, in a twist of fate, she was sunk three years to the day of her attack and sinking of the midget submarine. And the Captain of the destroyer that had to sink her after a kamikaze hit and being abandoned, was her Captain at Pearl Harbor.
Ben @ Black Cat responded to a observation I posed about their product description. Royal Navy versions (long range escort, Campbeltown) are in the works as is an APD version. So you will be able to do the Ward as lost.
I hope that a DMS is also planned. Herman Wouk, author of “The Caine Mutiny” set his story onboard a fictional four pipe minesweeper (the book, not the film). Wouk served on the DMS USS Zane and was the XO on the USS Southard.
White Ensign did a 1/350, Niko did a 1/700. Those were marketed as DD245.
She was Clemson class, don’t know if any of that class are out there or not. If so, probably be an fairly easy conversion, as she probably had most of her original equipment.
