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Topic review - *Inj. molded plastic* Upcoming Ship Kit Releases
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Another one from Trumpeter .French Navy Helicopter Cruiser Jeanne d’Arc 2008
Item No.: 05635 Scale: 1/350

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Post Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:35 am
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MorgenergyModels wrote:
HobbyBoss' update for 04/2024 lists an HMT Olympic in 1/700..

http://www.hobbyboss.com/index.php?g=ho ... d=251&l=en

Extremely exciting.


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I sincerely hope that they provide decals for the camo scheme :cool_2:

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Post Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 4:04 am
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HobbyBoss' update for 04/2024 lists an HMT Olympic in 1/700..

http://www.hobbyboss.com/index.php?g=ho ... d=251&l=en

Extremely exciting.
Post Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:44 pm
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Latest monthly Trumpeter update shows a 1/350th French light cruiser Georges Leygues

http://www.trumpeter-china.com/index.ph ... d=276&l=en
Post Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2024 3:44 am
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Flyhawk are having a busy 2024. Hobbyeasy are listing SMS Dresden on preorder https://www.hobbyeasy.com/en/data/osenw ... slinf.html
also an SMS Emden and SMS Dresden double.
Post Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 3:54 pm
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taskforce48 wrote:
Not my cup of tea, but looks decent and should make a lot of fans of this era happy. Vee seems to be ramping up as the Cleveland's just rolled out a few months ago. Interesting to see what they have in store next. :thinking:

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Matt


WHY?

Why can’t we have some Early-war kits like this?!?!

Kits that haven’t already been done a billion times.

OK… Not a “billion” but certainly a gajillion or brazillion (Joke) times.

MB
Post Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 1:29 pm
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Dan K wrote:
Aoshima has taken a page from Fujimi, and is re-releasing their kits with new parts. Not sure about Pit-Road , other than some of these kits now come equipped with parts for two different fits, early vs late war.


It is a pity Pit-Road didn’t ask Flyhawk “Hey! Remember that Kagerō Destroyer with PE and Turned-Brass Masts we made? Let’s do that with the IJN Cruisers!”

Maybe someday.

I am still waiting to see when people will get a better understanding of how to design kits so the PE is better integrated to make the connections more solid, and Resin Kits (or plastic) designed specifically to need PE to complete are constructed to eliminate a lot of the joins and seams that exist.

Like would it kill them to include either a slight step or slot into which to insert the bottom of the PE railings, or something similar for Prop Guards? That would make them an awful lot stronger, easier to assemble, and better looking as a whole.

MB
Post Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 12:40 pm
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The Vee Hobby USS Worcester is up on Ebay today.
Post Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 12:00 pm
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Wow, that's really exciting! Pairs nicely with the VF Des Moines. Looks like it'll come in regular and deluxe versions - no PE in the regular version. Given the lack of generic '50s era PE sets, the deluxe version will almost certainly have to be purchased.
Post Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2024 8:09 pm
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Not my cup of tea, but looks decent and should make a lot of fans of this era happy. Vee seems to be ramping up as the Cleveland's just rolled out a few months ago. Interesting to see what they have in store next. :thinking:

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Post Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2024 2:23 pm
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Vee Hobby 1/700 USS Worcester looks imminent: https://tieba.baidu.com/p/8848538629
Post Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2024 1:09 pm
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Aoshima has taken a page from Fujimi, and is re-releasing their kits with new parts. Not sure about Pit-Road , other than some of these kits now come equipped with parts for two different fits, early vs late war.


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Post Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2024 8:11 am
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Timmy C wrote:
MatthewB wrote:
What is the deal

What is going on here?


If the actual question here is "are these new molds?", I'm inclined to say no. At least for the two Fujimi kits, their pages already include a link to the versions released in 2022 without the PE (under "Related Products"). So relative to those, not new molds (but certainly new compared to whatever generation was before the big 2010s revamps)

For the Pit-Road and Aoshima, I see no indications they're anything but re-releases under a different product code. Even the Pit-Road Takao has details in the description that indicate what the old product codes were.

Pit-road and Fujimi's Takao class kits are pretty good and there's no need to re-mold them in the foreseeable future.
Post Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:15 am
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MatthewB wrote:
What is the deal

What is going on here?


If the actual question here is "are these new molds?", I'm inclined to say no. At least for the two Fujimi kits, their pages already include a link to the versions released in 2022 without the PE (under "Related Products"). So relative to those, not new molds (but certainly new compared to whatever generation was before the big 2010s revamps)

For the Pit-Road and Aoshima, I see no indications they're anything but re-releases under a different product code. Even the Pit-Road Takao has details in the description that indicate what the old product codes were.
Post Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 8:22 am
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What is the deal with these Takao-class cruisers being listed as “new” by Hobby Search?

Pit-Road/Sky Wave Atago 1941/44

Pit-Road/Sky Wave Maya 1944

Pit-Road/Sky Wave Takao 1942/44

Aoshima Takao 1944

Fujimi Atago 1941/44 Full Hull + PE

Fujimi Chōkai Full Hull + PE (Can’t tell what year, as it uses the same photo as the Atago)

These seem to have been led by the Fujimi Takao 1944 Full Hull + PE that actually looks pretty good (pity that no one does a 1941/42 version with the separate funnel-piping and that kind of PE detail.

But I can’t tell if the other Takao-class ships from Fujimi are based upon the same thing (The 1944 Takao that went on sale last year).

The photos that do show-up on the Pit-Road and Aoshima Ships don’t look terribly “exciting” and like they are from molds cut in the 1990s in some cases.

With the Flyhawk and Yamashita ships showing-up with such an enormous leap in detail… What is going on here?

I didn’t see these mentioned in the thread, but could have just missed them.

MB
Post Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 7:04 am
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DavidP wrote:
3D-Wild supposedly releases a 1/350 Vanguard according to this link. viewtopic.php?f=16&t=379175



it is released and delivered for first buyers
Post Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2024 2:49 pm
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ADebroux wrote:
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[It is rather strange we still dont have any Vanguard in 1/700 or 1/350.



Unless my memory is playing a major trick on me, I definitely remember a 1/350 Vanguard that by Hasegawa decades ago. It was a pretty crude model from what I remember about it. And speaking of warships from the British Empire/Commonwealth, from the Squadron site HMAS Sydney and HMS Achilles are on the way from Flyhawk in 1/700.

THe Hasegawa kit is 1/450.

VeryFire "announced" a 1/350 Vanguard (along with a 1/350 rebuilt Renown) some years ago, but who knows if those will see the light of day.

Flyhawk also announced a 1/700 Vanguard as part of their long-range plans.
Post Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:12 pm
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Quote:
[It is rather strange we still dont have any Vanguard in 1/700 or 1/350.



Unless my memory is playing a major trick on me, I definitely remember a 1/350 Vanguard that by Hasegawa decades ago. It was a pretty crude model from what I remember about it. And speaking of warships from the British Empire/Commonwealth, from the Squadron site HMAS Sydney and HMS Achilles are on the way from Flyhawk in 1/700.
Post Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 3:50 pm
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Bob the Stug wrote:
is Very Fire still going?


They released their 1/700 Clevelands just last month, so safe to say "yes". Remember, they're still a fairly small company, so you're not gonna see monthly releases like Trumpeter.
Post Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2024 7:02 pm
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I think it was Very Fire in 2019?? They announced a
A New KGV, Renown and a 1946 Vanguard?

Not heard anything since and is Very Fire still going?
Post Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2024 4:24 pm

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