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Any news for both models?

[quote] Hello,

Bruno asked me to give some information about the forthcoming 1/700 Royal Navy cruisers. We are very close now to see the end of the project. I am casting now the first pre-production parts, some are so delicate that I had to make several trials, so the delay.
You will be amazed by the anchors for example...
Announcement of the availability of the kits will be made by Bruno on the message board.
Best regards from Normandie,
Jacques Druel
L'Arsenal [/quote]

Merci beaucoup!!

Take your time, do it right....

JAMAICA RULES!!!

[quote="L'Arsenal"]Hello,

Bruno asked me to give some information about the forthcoming 1/700 Royal Navy cruisers. We are very close now to see the end of the project. I am casting now the first pre-production parts, some are so delicate that I had to make several trials, so the delay.
You will be amazed by the anchors for example...
Announcement of the availability of the kits will be made by Bruno on the message board.
Best regards from Normandie,
Jacques Druel
L'Arsenal[/quote]

BZ!!!

Hello,

Bruno asked me to give some information about the forthcoming 1/700 Royal Navy cruisers. We are very close now to see the end of the project. I am casting now the first pre-production parts, some are so delicate that I had to make several trials, so the delay.
You will be amazed by the anchors for example...
Announcement of the availability of the kits will be made by Bruno on the message board.
Best regards from Normandie,
Jacques Druel
L'Arsenal

[i]bgire wrote:
Hi John,
Release date will slip by one week or two to early January, due to unexpected delay with the 3D prototyping phase.
I got a message from l'Arsenal two days ago: the prototyped parts finally arrived on 12/11 and mold making is now being done. Casting should follow by next week.
_Bruno
[/i]

Sorry to press, but I've just discovered this thread (and am trying to maintain composure) and it's now [i]late[/i] January....any more news??? : Woo Hoo :

One ship has only 4 life rafts on the starboard side and
the other ship has 9 life rafts on the starboard side.

Tells you something doesn't it.

[quote="historiador_naval"]Do you have any news for the release date of both ships?[/quote]

Hi John,
Release date will slip by one week or two to early January, due to unexpected delay with the 3D prototyping phase.
I got a message from l'Arsenal two days ago: the prototyped parts finally arrived on 12/11 and mold making is now being done. Casting should follow by next week.
_Bruno

[quote="bgire"][quote="antityco"]Will these two be out soon?[/quote]
We're waiting for the last small parts from the prototyper, due next week.
Both kits should be ready and sent to those who kindly pre-ordered them at Telford by Xmas.

We'll make an announcement when they are ready for sale from l'Arsenal website.
_Bruno[/quote]

Dear Bruno:

Do you have any news for the release date of both ships?

Regards,

John

[quote="antityco"]Will these two be out soon?[/quote]
We're waiting for the last small parts from the prototyper, due next week.
Both kits should be ready and sent to those who kindly pre-ordered them at Telford by Xmas.

We'll make an announcement when they are ready for sale from l'Arsenal website.
_Bruno

Will these two be out soon?

[quote="discoverer 2"]the Jamaica,is it good for Korean war era as well,without major modifications??
or will the arsenal do a later version ,for Korean war??? :wave_1:[/quote]

If sales are encouraging, earlier and later versions should be made available as conversion sets, AFAIK.
This will be possible as the original kit has been designed with that aim.
A Korean War Jamaica will lost her X turret, one crane, aircraft and catapult, have hangars converted to living spaces and ship extended and different aft superstructure, AA fit, masting and radars, plus many smaller details.

great news,gonna buy both of them. :cool_2:

one question Bruno,the Jamaica,is it good for korean war era as well,without major modifications??
or will the arsenal do a later version ,for korean war??? :wave_1:

Looking real good

Pictures of both hull masters (3D prototyping) :

[img]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y205/bgire/Divers%20maquettes/Brtish_cruisers_01.jpg[/img]

HMS Sheffield:

[img]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y205/bgire/Divers%20maquettes/Brtish_cruisers_03.jpg[/img]

HMS Jamaica:

[img]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y205/bgire/Divers%20maquettes/Brtish_cruisers_02.jpg[/img]

_Bruno

[img]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WoanMq63L._SL500_AA300_.jpg[/img]

...a nice pair...they are welcome!! :thumbs_up_1:

Oh these will be nice!!!!!!!!!!! :woo_hoo:

Very cool! :woo_hoo: These two cruisers I had wanted to built since I had read the instructions of my first ship model, a Scharnhorst by Airfix!

[quote="chewitt13"]The Battle of the Barents Sea took place on 31 December 1942 between German surface raiders and British ships escorting convoy JW 51B to Kola Inlet in the USSR. The action took place in the Barents Sea north of North Cape, Norway. The German raiders' failure to inflict heavy losses on the convoy infuriated Hitler, who ordered that German naval strategy would focus on the U-boat fleet, shunting the surface ships aside[/quote]

You're right Sir! :thumbs_up_1:
... and by the end of that heroic defence of the convoy by an handful of Royal Navy destroyers against such large ships as Hipper and Lutzow, two British light cruisers of the distant covering force finally made at speed in the scene, damaging Hipper and sinking German destroyer Eckholdt who had mistakenly identified one of them for Hipper in the dark.
So these two cruisers were...

[img]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y205/bgire/Divers%20maquettes/Striptease_6_S.jpg[/img]

and

[img]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y205/bgire/Divers%20maquettes/Striptease_9_J.jpg[/img]

Battle of Barents Sea would indicate Sheffield and Jamaica - which would be very cool.

The Battle of the Barents Sea took place on 31 December 1942 between German surface raiders and British ships escorting convoy JW 51B to Kola Inlet in the USSR. The action took place in the Barents Sea north of North Cape, Norway. The German raiders' failure to inflict heavy losses on the convoy infuriated Hitler, who ordered that German naval strategy would focus on the U-boat fleet, shunting the surface ships aside