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Here is a photo of the 1/200 scale Trumpeter Titanic kit's funnels for comparison with the Model Monkey funnels appearing in the post above.
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Here is a photo of the 1/200 scale Trumpeter [i]Titanic[/i] kit's funnels for comparison with the Model Monkey funnels appearing in the post above.
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Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2021 3:44 pm |
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Recent printings include 1/125 scale Fletcher class midships quad Bofors tubs, 1/125 scale Fletcher class AA director deckhouse, and 1/350 scale Lexington CV-2 class 8"/55 twin-gun turrets.Attachment:
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New nameplates include:Ships and submarines - - USS Heermann DD-532 - USS Hoel DD-533 - USS Johnston DD-577 - HMS Canada- HMS Chatham- INS Aliya- INS Eilat- INS Geula- INS Hanit- INS Kidon- INS Lahav- ARM Huracán- ARM Tormenta- Almirante Condell- Almirante Latorre- Almirante Lynch- Almirante Riveros- Almirante Williams- Capitán Prat- Uruguay ROU 01 - Atlântico- Defensora- Greenhalgh- Eloy Alfaro- Morán Valverde- Niterói- Rademaker- Hà Nội 182- Hồ Chí Minh City 183Aircraft - - Washington B.1 - Victor B Mk.2 - Victor K Mk.2 - Vulcan B Mk.2 Armored Vehicles - - M2 Half Track - M3A2 Half Track - M3 Stuart - M4A3 (76) W Sherman - Sherman Mk.III - M5A1 Stuart - Stuart Mk.I - Stuart Mk.V - Stuart Mk.VI - M21 Mortar Carriage - M106 Mortar Carrier - M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle - M1126 Stryker - M1127 Stryker RV - M1128 Mobile Gun System - M1129 Mortar Carrier - M1130 Stryker CV - M1131 Stryker FSV - M1132 Engineer Squad Vehicle - M1133 Stryker MEV - M1134 Stryker ATGM - M1135 Stryker NBC RV - M1296 Stryker Dragoon - GTK Boxer MRAV
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[b]Recent printings include [color=#0000FF]1/125 scale Fletcher class midships quad Bofors tubs, 1/125 scale Fletcher class AA director deckhouse[/color], and [color=#0000FF]1/350 scale Lexington CV-2 class 8"/55 twin-gun turrets[/color].[/b] [attachment=9]Model Monkey 1-125 Fletcher class Midships Quad Bofors Tubs a.jpg[/attachment][attachment=8]Model Monkey 1-125 Fletcher class Midships Quad Bofors Tubs e.jpg[/attachment][attachment=7]Model Monkey 1-125 Fletcher class AA Deck House a.jpg[/attachment][attachment=6]Model Monkey 1-350 Lexington CV-2 and Saratoga CV-3 8in55 Turrets b.jpg[/attachment] [color=#0000FF][b]New nameplates include:[/b][/color] Ships and submarines - - USS [i]Heermann[/i] DD-532 - USS [i]Hoel[/i] DD-533 - USS [i]Johnston[/i] DD-577 - HMS [i]Canada[/i] - HMS [i]Chatham[/i] - INS [i]Aliya[/i] - INS [i]Eilat[/i] - INS [i]Geula[/i] - INS [i]Hanit[/i] - INS [i]Kidon[/i] - INS [i]Lahav[/i] - ARM [i]Huracán[/i] - ARM [i]Tormenta[/i] - [i]Almirante Condell[/i] - [i]Almirante Latorre[/i] - [i]Almirante Lynch[/i] - [i]Almirante Riveros[/i] - [i]Almirante Williams[/i] - [i]Capitán Prat[/i] - [i]Uruguay[/i] ROU 01 - [i]Atlântico[/i] - [i]Defensora[/i] - [i]Greenhalgh[/i] - [i]Eloy Alfaro[/i] - [i]Morán Valverde[/i] - [i]Niterói[/i] - [i]Rademaker[/i] - [i]Hà Nội 182[/i] - [i]Hồ Chí Minh City 183[/i]
Aircraft - - Washington B.1 - Victor B Mk.2 - Victor K Mk.2 - Vulcan B Mk.2
Armored Vehicles - - M2 Half Track - M3A2 Half Track - M3 Stuart - M4A3 (76) W Sherman - Sherman Mk.III - M5A1 Stuart - Stuart Mk.I - Stuart Mk.V - Stuart Mk.VI - M21 Mortar Carriage - M106 Mortar Carrier - M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle - M1126 Stryker - M1127 Stryker RV - M1128 Mobile Gun System - M1129 Mortar Carrier - M1130 Stryker CV - M1131 Stryker FSV - M1132 Engineer Squad Vehicle - M1133 Stryker MEV - M1134 Stryker ATGM - M1135 Stryker NBC RV - M1296 Stryker Dragoon - GTK Boxer MRAV
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Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 1:56 pm |
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Happy to announce a pair of 1/18 scale Spandau LMG 08/15 machineguns is available for Fokker Dr.I, D.VII, D.VIII, Albatros D.III, D.V, D.Va, Pfalz D.III, D.XII, etc.
New nameplates include several more Gleaves class destroyers. These are recommended for your superb Dragon kits. - USS Gleaves DD-423 - USS Kearny DD-432 - USS Gwin DD-433 - USS Emmons DMS-22 - USS Hobson DD-464 - USS Aaron Ward DD-483
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[b]Happy to announce a pair of [color=#0000FF]1/18 scale Spandau LMG 08/15 machineguns[/color] is available for Fokker Dr.I, D.VII, D.VIII, Albatros D.III, D.V, D.Va, Pfalz D.III, D.XII, etc.[/b]
[b]New [color=#0000FF]nameplates[/color] include several more [color=#0000FF]Gleaves class destroyers[/color].[/b] These are recommended for your superb Dragon kits. - USS [i]Gleaves[/i] DD-423 - USS [i]Kearny[/i] DD-432 - USS [i]Gwin[/i] DD-433 - USS [i]Emmons[/i] DMS-22 - USS [i]Hobson[/i] DD-464 - USS [i]Aaron Ward[/i] DD-483
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Happy to announce new releases:- 1/350 scale USS Intrepid CV-11 island as it appeared from April, 1943 through February 1944 - 1/350 scale 16"/50 cal. turrets for modernized Iowa class battleships - 1/700 scale Essex, Wasp and Tarawa class AN/SPN-35 Radar Dome Attachment:
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New nameplates include:- USS O'Bannon DD-450 - USS O'Bannon DD-987 - USS Spruance DD-963 - USS John Hancock DD-981 - HMT Olympic (RMS Olympic previously available) - Rheinland-Pfalz F 209 - Schleswig-Holstein D 182 - Schleswig-Holstein F 216 - Herluf Trolle F353 - Peter Tordenskiold F356 - Carlo Margottini F 592 - Virginio Fasan F 591 - HTMS Thonbury- HTMS Sri Ayudhya- SB2C-5 Helldiver (SB2C-4 Helldiver previously available) - C-17A Globemaster III - Halifax B.III - Stirling B.III - Wellington B.III - F7F-3 Tigercat - F8F-1 Bearcat - F8F-2 Bearcat - A-26B Invader - SR-71A Blackbird - Ju 87 R-2 Stuka - Fw 200 C-3 Condor - Su-33 Flanker D - Петляков Пе-2 (Petlyakov Pe-2) - M7 Priest Nameplates: https://www.model-monkey.com/nameplates
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[b][color=#0000FF]Happy to announce new releases:[/color][/b] - 1/350 scale USS [i]Intrepid[/i] CV-11 island as it appeared from April, 1943 through February 1944 - 1/350 scale 16"/50 cal. turrets for modernized Iowa class battleships - 1/700 scale Essex, Wasp and Tarawa class AN/SPN-35 Radar Dome [attachment=0]CV-11 Intrepid island 1943 July 12 small.jpg[/attachment] [attachment=9]Model Monkey 1-350 Intrepid CV-11 Island 1943-April 1944 a.jpg[/attachment] [attachment=8]Model Monkey 1-350 Intrepid CV-11 Island 1943-April 1944 b.jpg[/attachment] [attachment=7]Model Monkey 1-350 Intrepid CV-11 Island 1943-April 1944 h.jpg[/attachment] [b][color=#0000FF]New nameplates include:[/color][/b] - USS [i]O'Bannon[/i] DD-450 - USS [i]O'Bannon[/i] DD-987 - USS [i]Spruance[/i] DD-963 - USS [i]John Hancock[/i] DD-981 - HMT [i]Olympic[/i] (RMS [i]Olympic[/i] previously available) - [i]Rheinland-Pfalz[/i] F 209 - [i]Schleswig-Holstein[/i] D 182 - [i]Schleswig-Holstein[/i] F 216 - [i]Herluf Trolle[/i] F353 - [i]Peter Tordenskiold[/i] F356 - [i]Carlo Margottini[/i] F 592 - [i]Virginio Fasan[/i] F 591 - HTMS [i]Thonbury[/i] - HTMS [i]Sri Ayudhya[/i] - SB2C-5 Helldiver (SB2C-4 Helldiver previously available) - C-17A Globemaster III - Halifax B.III - Stirling B.III - Wellington B.III - F7F-3 Tigercat - F8F-1 Bearcat - F8F-2 Bearcat - A-26B Invader - SR-71A Blackbird - Ju 87 R-2 Stuka - Fw 200 C-3 Condor - Su-33 Flanker D - Петляков Пе-2 (Petlyakov Pe-2) - M7 Priest
[b]Nameplates:[/b] https://www.model-monkey.com/nameplates
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Model Monkey customers are invited to submit "hero shot" photos of your modeling art. An email contact link can be found on the bottom of any Model Monkey catalog webpage (click here).Please state that you are giving your permission to have your photos publicly displayed. For reasons of practicality, we can't post every photo submitted of every model, but we'd like to share more photos than we now have. We can post a link to build threads of your model on other modeling sites like Modelwarships.com in addition to your photo, or in lieu of a photo. Please send the link you would like us to use. Cheers! Steve Larsen
Model Monkey customers are invited to submit "hero shot" photos of your modeling art.
[url=https://www.model-monkey.com/]An email contact link can be found on the bottom of any Model Monkey catalog webpage (click here).[/url]
Please state that you are giving your permission to have your photos publicly displayed.
For reasons of practicality, we can't post every photo submitted of every model, but we'd like to share more photos than we now have. We can post a link to build threads of your model on other modeling sites like Modelwarships.com in addition to your photo, or in lieu of a photo. Please send the link you would like us to use.
Cheers! Steve Larsen
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Very happy to announce we've added photos of some of our valued customers' models to our catalog.Link: https://www.model-monkey.com/customer-modelsHere's one example, Pirkka Karskella's 1/144 scale USS Van Valkenburgh DD-656, from the Revell Fletcher kit.
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[b][color=#0000FF]Very happy to announce we've added photos of some of our valued customers' models to our catalog.[/color][/b]
Link: https://www.model-monkey.com/customer-models
Here's one example, Pirkka Karskella's 1/144 scale USS [i]Van Valkenburgh[/i] DD-656, from the Revell [i]Fletcher[/i] kit.
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Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:44 pm |
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Those Titanic funnels look very sharp. Hopefully you'll print them in 1/700 scale as well, as I've got a 1/700 Titanic in the queue!
Those Titanic funnels look very sharp. Hopefully you'll print them in 1/700 scale as well, as I've got a 1/700 Titanic in the queue!
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Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 6:57 pm |
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Thanks, Bob!
Yes, will be re-scaling to them to 1/400, too, and will enlarge them to 1/200. Can't say for sure when that will happen but soon.
And, of course, nameplates are available now for all ships of the class.
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[b][color=#008000]Thanks, Bob![/color][/b]
Yes, will be re-scaling to them to [b][color=#0000FF]1/400[/color][/b], too, and will enlarge them to [b][color=#0000FF]1/200[/color][/b]. Can't say for sure when that will happen but soon.
And, of course, nameplates are available now for all ships of the class.
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Those look awesome, Steve! Any plans on resizing them to 1/400? Bob
Those look awesome, Steve!
Any plans on resizing them to 1/400?
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The design for RMS Titanic funnels in 1/350 scale is nearly complete. The models are in the queue for test-printing this weekend. Renderings for Funnel No.1 appear below. Each funnel is uniquely angled at the bottom to account for deck shear so that each is the correct height and achieves a rake of 9.46 degrees (2 inches aft for every 12 inches in height). Features: - full rivet detailing - painter's sheaves - shroud brackets (cable stay attachment points) - five types of external water and steam pipes correct for Titanic ( Olympic's funnel piping was different - some kits in various scales mistakenly depict Olympic's steam loops and tank overflow piping detail rather than Titanic's): 1. large boiler steam escape vents, 17" scale diameter forward and 15" scale diameter aft 2. whistle steam supply pipes 3. thick steam loops 4. single-pipe P-shaped tank air vent/overflows 5. double-pipe P-shaped tank air vent/overflows The whistle service platform and ladder have been omitted in favor of photo-etch available from photo-etch vendors. New nameplates include several Danish corvettes and frigates. Absalon and Esbern Snare are available for both their logistic support ship designation and their ASW frigate designation. - Absalon F341 - Absalon L16 - Esbern Snare F342 - Esbern Snare L17 - Herluf Trolle F353 - Iver Huitfeldt F361 - Niels Juel F354 - Niels Juel F363 - Olfert Fischer F355 - Peder Skram F352 - Peter Tordenskiold F356 - Peter Willemoes F362 - Thetis F357 Attachment:
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[b]The design for [color=#0000FF]RMS [i]Titanic[/i] funnels[/color] in 1/350 scale is nearly complete. The models are in the queue for test-printing this weekend. Renderings for Funnel No.1 appear below.[/b] Each funnel is uniquely angled at the bottom to account for deck shear so that each is the correct height and achieves a rake of 9.46 degrees (2 inches aft for every 12 inches in height). Features: - full rivet detailing - painter's sheaves - shroud brackets (cable stay attachment points) - five types of external water and steam pipes correct for [i]Titanic[/i] ([i]Olympic[/i]'s funnel piping was different - some kits in various scales mistakenly depict [i]Olympic[/i]'s steam loops and tank overflow piping detail rather than [i]Titanic[/i]'s): 1. large boiler steam escape vents, 17" scale diameter forward and 15" scale diameter aft 2. whistle steam supply pipes 3. thick steam loops 4. single-pipe P-shaped tank air vent/overflows 5. double-pipe P-shaped tank air vent/overflows
The whistle service platform and ladder have been omitted in favor of photo-etch available from photo-etch vendors.
[b][color=#0000FF]New nameplates[/color] include several [color=#0000FF]Danish corvettes and frigates[/color].[/b] [i]Absalon[/i] and [i]Esbern Snare[/i] are available for both their logistic support ship designation and their ASW frigate designation. - Absalon F341 - Absalon L16 - Esbern Snare F342 - Esbern Snare L17 - Herluf Trolle F353 - Iver Huitfeldt F361 - Niels Juel F354 - Niels Juel F363 - Olfert Fischer F355 - Peder Skram F352 - Peter Tordenskiold F356 - Peter Willemoes F362 - Thetis F357
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Happy to announce a 1/350 scale bridge for Des Moines-class heavy cruiser USS Salem CA-139 has been added to the catalog. Link: https://www.model-monkey.com/product-page/1-350-uss-salem-ca-139-bridge

Thanks to Rick E. Davis, Tracy White and Larry Ouellette (a volunteer on museum ship Salem) for their help and advice.
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Excellent photos of USS Salem are available on the Modellmarine.de website. Link: http://www.modellmarine.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5548:schwerer-kreuzer-uss-salem-in-quincy-teil-1&catid=216:museumsschiffe
Features:- 4-part kit. - Overall dimensions and features of this design are based on official US Navy Booklet of General Plans (BoGP) drawings of sistership USS Newport News CA-148 adjusted to match high-resolution photographs of museum ship USS Salem CA-139 and to fit the Very Fire 1/350 scale kits. - Open bridge windows. - Accurately shaped decks and platforms with below-deck supporting structure. The length of the uppermost deck and deckhouse matches BoGP drawings. It is accurately shorter than the Very Fire kit's parts. - Splinter shielding configuration accurate for 1950s. The Very Fire kits' splinter shielding is accurate for the ships' as-built, late 1940s appearance. - Accurately shaped Mk.37 fire control director tower of the correct height, with aft locker and access door, and battle lookout slits with shades. The Very Fire kits' tower is an inaccurately-shaped simple cylinder, is too tall, and has no detailing. - Accurately shaped (semi-circular) and fully instrumented pilot house forward armored bulkhead with open battle lookouts and coverings in the lowered position. The Very Fire kits' pilot house and flag bridge forward bulkheads are inaccurately flat with no detailing. The Very Fire kit's navigation bridge pilot house sides are inaccurately shaped. - Fully instrumented navigation bridge and flag bridge interior bulkheads including chart tables, with overhead support detailing, all consistent with photographs of the actual ship's bridge interior. - Accurately shaped navigation bridge overhead cover. The Very Fire kit's cover extends too far to the rear covering too many windows. The aft-most windows on the real ship's navigation bridge were not covered. - Accurately positioned deck openings for inclined ladders. The Very Fire kit's openings are too far forward. - Open venturi (wind deflector) with the correct number of baffles. The Very Fire kit's venturi is solid with too many baffles. - Other features included in this model but omitted from the Very Fire kits: 1. Integrated peloruses on the navigation bridge and flag bridge, two on each deck, of the correct configuration. 2. Accurately configured doors and portholes on the aft side of the deckhouses. 3. Doors of two different configurations, rapid-opening on deck house sides, and fully dogged on the aft end of the deckhouses. The Very Fire kit's doors are of an inaccurate configuration for Salem. 4. Accurate absence of rigols ("eyebrows") above portholes. The real ship did not have them on the bridge bulkheads. The Very Fire kits bridge parts inaccurately include them. 5. Starboard side, aft, bridge urinal station with door. 6. Splinter shielding interior reinforcing ribs. 7. Port and starboard sidelights with reflecting plates. 8. Starboard side square antenna trunk with insulator on top. 9. Outriggers for mast stays.
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[b]Happy to announce a [color=#0000FF]1/350 scale bridge[/color] for Des Moines-class heavy cruiser [color=#0000FF]USS [i]Salem[/i] CA-139[/color] has been added to the catalog. Link: [url]https://www.model-monkey.com/product-page/1-350-uss-salem-ca-139-bridge[/url]
[img]http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/139/0413901.jpg[/img]
Thanks to Rick E. Davis, Tracy White and Larry Ouellette (a volunteer on museum ship [i]Salem[/i]) for their help and advice.
[attachment=9]Model Monkey 1-350 Salem CA-139 Bridge a.jpg[/attachment] Excellent photos of USS [i]Salem[/i] are available on the Modellmarine.de website. Link: [url]http://www.modellmarine.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5548:schwerer-kreuzer-uss-salem-in-quincy-teil-1&catid=216:museumsschiffe[/url]
Features:[/b] - 4-part kit. - Overall dimensions and features of this design are based on official US Navy Booklet of General Plans (BoGP) drawings of sistership USS [i]Newport News[/i] CA-148 adjusted to match high-resolution photographs of museum ship USS [i]Salem[/i] CA-139 and to fit the Very Fire 1/350 scale kits. - Open bridge windows. - Accurately shaped decks and platforms with below-deck supporting structure. The length of the uppermost deck and deckhouse matches BoGP drawings. It is accurately shorter than the Very Fire kit's parts. - Splinter shielding configuration accurate for 1950s. The Very Fire kits' splinter shielding is accurate for the ships' as-built, late 1940s appearance. - Accurately shaped Mk.37 fire control director tower of the correct height, with aft locker and access door, and battle lookout slits with shades. The Very Fire kits' tower is an inaccurately-shaped simple cylinder, is too tall, and has no detailing. - Accurately shaped (semi-circular) and fully instrumented pilot house forward armored bulkhead with open battle lookouts and coverings in the lowered position. The Very Fire kits' pilot house and flag bridge forward bulkheads are inaccurately flat with no detailing. The Very Fire kit's navigation bridge pilot house sides are inaccurately shaped. - Fully instrumented navigation bridge and flag bridge interior bulkheads including chart tables, with overhead support detailing, all consistent with photographs of the actual ship's bridge interior. - Accurately shaped navigation bridge overhead cover. The Very Fire kit's cover extends too far to the rear covering too many windows. The aft-most windows on the real ship's navigation bridge were not covered. - Accurately positioned deck openings for inclined ladders. The Very Fire kit's openings are too far forward. - Open venturi (wind deflector) with the correct number of baffles. The Very Fire kit's venturi is solid with too many baffles. - Other features included in this model but omitted from the Very Fire kits: 1. Integrated peloruses on the navigation bridge and flag bridge, two on each deck, of the correct configuration. 2. Accurately configured doors and portholes on the aft side of the deckhouses. 3. Doors of two different configurations, rapid-opening on deck house sides, and fully dogged on the aft end of the deckhouses. The Very Fire kit's doors are of an inaccurate configuration for [i]Salem[/i]. 4. Accurate absence of rigols ("eyebrows") above portholes. The real ship did not have them on the bridge bulkheads. The Very Fire kits bridge parts inaccurately include them. 5. Starboard side, aft, bridge urinal station with door. 6. Splinter shielding interior reinforcing ribs. 7. Port and starboard sidelights with reflecting plates. 8. Starboard side square antenna trunk with insulator on top. 9. Outriggers for mast stays.
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Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2020 2:32 pm |
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Thanks, Martin!
Happy to announce some new nameplates: - all three Indiana-class battleships, USS Indiana BB-1, USS Massachusetts, BB-2 and USS Oregon BB-3, 10 cm length to complement your 1/225 scale Glencoe USS Oregon kit
- Shimakaze 島風, suitable for both the exceptionally fast World War Two-era IJN destroyer (47 knots!) or modern JMSDF Hatakaze-class destroyer. It's a large plate, 10 cm, to complement 1/350 scale kits (Fujimi, Hasegawa, etc.) and 1/200 scale kits (Timo's Model World multi-media kit). 5"/54 cal. single-dome "Frog-Eye" mounts are available, too, for Hatakaze class ships, etc.
- Nanchang 南昌, first PLAN Type 055 stealth guided missile destroyer (filling a role roughly similar to a Ticonderoga-class cruiser)
- three more PLAN Type 052D guided missile destroyer 10 cm-length nameplates, Hefei 合肥, Xining 西宁, and Yinchuan 银川, bringing the total of Type 052D nameplates to six ships of the class (roughly similar to an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer)
- three Royal Navy World War Two-era M-class destroyers including one in Polish Navy service, HMS Musketeer, HMS Milne and ORP Orkan
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[b][color=#008000]Thanks, Martin![/color]
Happy to announce some new nameplates:[/b] - all three Indiana-class battleships, [b]USS [i]Indiana[/i] BB-1, USS [i]Massachusetts[/i], BB-2[/b] and [b]USS [i]Oregon[/i] BB-3[/b], 10 cm length to complement your 1/225 scale Glencoe USS [i]Oregon[/i] kit
- [b][i]Shimakaze[/i] 島風[/b], suitable for both the exceptionally fast World War Two-era IJN destroyer (47 knots!) or modern JMSDF Hatakaze-class destroyer. It's a large plate, 10 cm, to complement 1/350 scale kits (Fujimi, Hasegawa, etc.) and 1/200 scale kits (Timo's Model World multi-media kit). 5"/54 cal. single-dome "Frog-Eye" mounts are available, too, for Hatakaze class ships, etc.
- [b][i]Nanchang[/i] 南昌[/b], first PLAN Type 055 stealth guided missile destroyer (filling a role roughly similar to a Ticonderoga-class cruiser)
- three more PLAN Type 052D guided missile destroyer 10 cm-length nameplates, [b][i]Hefei[/i] 合肥, [i]Xining[/i] 西宁[/b], and [b][i]Yinchuan[/i] 银川[/b], bringing the total of Type 052D nameplates to six ships of the class (roughly similar to an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer)
- three Royal Navy World War Two-era M-class destroyers including one in Polish Navy service, [b]HMS [i]Musketeer[/i], HMS [i]Milne[/i][/b] and [b]ORP [i]Orkan[/i][/b]
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Love that Oklahoma! The St Paul is nice too. That other guy? What a hack... 
Love that Oklahoma! The St Paul is nice too. That other guy? What a hack... :roll_eyes:
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Thanks so much, Maxim!
A valued customer, James Strauss, sent some photos of his recently completed 1/700 scale USS Oklahoma BB-37 and USS St Paul CA-73 models. His Okie features Model Monkey 14"/45 turrets and Mk.19 directors. His St. Paul features a Model Monkey forward superstructure, 8"/55 turrets, 3"/50 tubs, and Mk.34, Mk.37 and Mk.56 fire control directors. Another valued customer, our own Martin Quinn, sent photos of his 1/350 scale Revell Tirpitz, featuring Model Monkey turrets all around.
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[b][color=#008000]Thanks so much, Maxim![/color][/b]
A valued customer, James Strauss, sent some photos of his recently completed [b]1/700 scale USS [i]Oklahoma[/i] BB-37[/b] and [b]USS [i]St Paul[/i] CA-73[/b] models. His [i]Okie[/i] features Model Monkey 14"/45 turrets and Mk.19 directors. His [i]St. Paul[/i] features a Model Monkey forward superstructure, 8"/55 turrets, 3"/50 tubs, and Mk.34, Mk.37 and Mk.56 fire control directors. Another valued customer, our own Martin Quinn, sent photos of his [b]1/350 scale Revell [i]Tirpitz[/i][/b], featuring Model Monkey turrets all around.
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Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2020 2:04 pm |
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