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Is that the same as freetime hobbies:https://freetimehobbies.com/ship/

Yes, Morrison is still living in the last century :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Moving on to the 21st century, Black Cat Models of France has just announced a new 1:350 scale Cannon-class DE. It will be available in four flavors, basic Cannon, late-war AA mods, French, and the USS Slater museum ship.

These are 3D printed masters cleaned up and made into resin molds. With 3D printed armament and PE. They look to be very nice. I need to get in line for one of these. Black Cat’s other 350 scale offerings are EXTREMELY nice

https://blackcatmodels.eu/en/us-navy/183-cannon-class-destroyer-escort-basic-fit-1350.html

A lot of good suggestions and tips - thanks all! So i decided to get a couple, go figure, right? I did not want to mess with a smaller 1/700, but thats what a started with when i did the Heavy Cruiser Furutaka - so i got two - USS Quincy and USS Baltimore. Because i couldnt make up my mind I also got 2 1/350 - USS Indianapolis and USS San Francisco.

So far, quite an interesting process to read a bit and see how these different ship classifications were dictated by Treaties, etc… Never realized that.

I picked up a set of PE and a wooden deck for the Baltimore. The Indianapolis if I remember correctly, comes w/ some PE.

https://freetimehobbies.com/1-700-trumpeter-uss-baltimore-ca-68-heavy-cruiser-1944/

https://www.hobbylinc.com/trumpeter-uss-san-francisco-ca38-heavy-cruiser-1944-plastic-model-military-ship-1:350-scale-05310

https://www.hobbylinc.com/trumpeter-uss-quincy-ca39-new-orleans-class-heavy-cruiser-plastic-model-kit-1:700-scale-5748

https://www.hobbylinc.com/trumpeter-uss-indianapolis-ca-35-cruiser-1945-plastic-model-military-ship-1:350-scale-5326

now to do some more reading!

Yeah, we also learned pretty quickly NOT to put our planes in the mddle of the ship because of fire hazzard. Stick’em on the back.