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Topic review - Model Monkey Catalog
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  Post subject:  Re: Model Monkey Catalog  Reply with quote
Hi Roberto,

Thanks so much for your compliments! Very glad to read that you are very happy with your new Saratoga CV-3 products!

Regarding our 1971 Independence island being a good match for 1976, we don't know enough about her 1976 appearance to answer your question with any certainty. You might consider asking if any island features changed much from 1971 to 1976 on the Calling All Forrestal-class and Kitty Hawk-class Fans thread. Some experts there are likely to know. Link:
viewtopic.php?f=46&t=4708&p=1022004#p1022004

Regarding ventilators for Mauretania, I regret to say that there are no plans to research and design Mauretania conversion parts for the 1/350 scale Lusitania kit.

Thanks again and very kind regards!
Post Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:15 pm
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Just received the 1/350 Saratoga boat pockets with 40mm tubs and the 1943/44 island, simply fantastic.
Would the 1971 Independence Island work for a 1976, fit?
Also, working on a WWI Lusitania to Mauretania conversion and would need the ice cream scoop ventilators rather than the mushroom style, can they be done?

Thank you.
Post Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 10:24 am
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Royal Navy Town-class cruiser fans! Happy to announce funnels for HMS Belfast and HMS Edinburgh in 1/350 scale, 1/600 scale, and 1/700 scale are now available.

There has been much discussion regarding the size of the real ship's funnels among modelers. Compared to the ship's aft funnel, measurements of the real funnels confirm that the forward funnel is slightly shorter front-to-rear and slightly wider side-to-side.

Most Belfast model kit's funnels are inaccurately shaped and poorly detailed. For example, in 1/350 scale, The Trumpeter Belfast kit's forward funnel is significantly smaller than the aft funnel. The real difference is not as great.

The Model Monkey funnels' size was based on:
- measurements taken of the real funnels.
- official Admiralty General Arrangement Profile “as fitted” series MCD AIO979 plans for HMS Belfast dated 16 November 1942
- official 1936 Admiralty "10,000 ton Cruisers, 1936 Programme" drawing for HMS Belfast and HMS Edinburgh.

Features:
- accurate teardrop shape, designed from measurements taken of the real ship's funnels.
- accurate height, scaled from scans of official Admiralty General Arrangement Profile “as fitted” series MCD AIO979 plans for HMS Belfast dated 16 November 1942.
- accurate rivet count, placement and configuration, unique to each funnel.
- accurate door shape, position and detailing. The door on the forward funnel is on the starboard side, the door on the aft funnel is on the port side.
- accurate​​​​ painters' sheave brackets, reinforcing strap and cleat plate detail, unique to each funnel.

The design of this pair of models benefited from research assistance and advice graciously provided by Mr. Conrad Waters, Mr. Richard Dennis and Mr. Michael Eisenstadt.

We also offer an attractive nameplate for HMS Belfast, HMS Edinburgh, and all 8 of their sisterships, in your choice of real metal or inexpensive, paintable acrylic plastic.

See these models and many more at https://www.model-monkey.com/

Have fun. Monkey around.™

[edit: added HMS Edinburgh nameplate]


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Post Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2023 7:31 am
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Classic Revell 1/426 scale USS Arizona BB-39 fans! Happy to announce a 1941 boat deck and casemate is now available in 1/426 scale (printed in precisely 1/429 scale to match the Revell kit's true scale).
Link: https://www.model-monkey.com/revell-scale-426

A superstructure, funnel, turrets, fire control director and more are available, too.

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Have fun. Monkey around.™


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Post Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:54 am
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USS Arizona BB-39 fans! Happy to announce a 1941 boat deck and casemate is now available in 1/350 scale.
Link: https://www.model-monkey.com/product-pa ... d-casemate

The model was designed from scans of shipyard construction drawings and high resolution photos obtained from the US National Archives for maximum accuracy.

The model is intended to help improve kits by Banner, Eduard, Hobby Boss, and Mini Hobby Models.

Have fun. Monkey around.™


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Post Posted: Fri May 26, 2023 4:46 pm
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Thanks so much, Martin!

And thanks to Frank for sending photos of the Tamiya 1/700 scale Saratoga kit's hull parts!


The way Tamiya chose to design the bay openings of their otherwise excellent 1/700 scale kit is a bit of an unpleasant surprise. The Tamiya kit's hull includes some of the same features that we include with our bays, such as splinter shielding and the outer wall of clipping rooms, etc., and a lip on the inside of the hull that may complicate fit. Since the Tamiya hull and our bays both include some of the same features and have a problematic lip, it would seem that rescaling our existing 3D-printed 1/350 Bofors bays will not produce a set of bays that will fit the Tamiya kit. To use our rescaled bays with a Tamiya kit, the modeler would have to cut away significant features of Tamiya kit's hull, a task most customers would reject. The model ship market generally prefers drop-fit replacements requiring no hull cutting. This means that a new 3D Bofors bay design would be required specifically to fit the Tamiya kit. Since the design queue is full for the foreseeable future, I'm going to pass on a new 1/700 scale Tamiya kit-specific design project for now in favor of other projects with better sales potential. I am not saying no to 1/700 scale Bofors bays for the Tamiya kit, just not now.

Very sorry for any disappointment.
Post Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:05 pm
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ModelMonkey wrote:
USS Saratoga CV-3 fans! Happy to announce a set of 5 Bofors bays is now available in 1/350 scale to help convert your Trumpeter USS Saratoga CV-3 kit to Sara's 1944-1946 late-war appearance.

Holy Cow!! Amazing!
Post Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2023 8:00 am
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Jon C Ryckert wrote:
So Steve, can we expect Lexington May 1942 boat pockets???

Hi Jon, in 1/350, yes. In 1/700, I hope so.

Cheers!
Post Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 7:06 pm
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So Steve, can we expect Lexington May 1942 boat pockets???
Post Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 6:28 pm
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Thanks so much, Frank!

Email, please.

Cheers!
Post Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 5:29 pm
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Hi Steve,
Thanks for the reply and consideration for 1/700. I took out the Tamiya and measured the cutouts with my digital calipers. Each one is 0.2 inch; however, the bottom of each is not a straight line like the Trumpeter kit nor are they uniform in shape like the Trumpeter kit. The one pocket on the Starboard side is close to uniform like the Trumpeter and the 4 on the Port side are all different from each other. If you like I can take some photos and email them to you or post them on your Facebook page.
Post Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 5:19 pm
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Frank Fowler wrote:
Hi Steve, Any chance you have plans to rescale the Saratoga bays to 1/700 for the Tamiya kit. Don't know if it would even be possible. Thanks

Hi Frank, great question. I hope to be able to offer the set in 1/700 scale, too. That will take some doing but if successful, I'll announce it here and on Facebook.

Initial 1/700 scale test prints have not been successful; the flight deck supporting girders become too fragile in 1/700 scale to print properly, so much work needs to be done to try to make the models printable in 1/700.

Assuming that redesign work will be successful, please help with a measurement to make sure the new bays will fit a 1/700 scale Tamiya kit as intended. I have a 1/700 scale Fujimi Saratoga model in hand but not the Tamiya kit. If you have a Tamiya kit and access to a digital caliper, please measure the distance from the bottom of the kit's bay parts to the top of the hull part where the flight deck parts rest, as shown in the photo below.

Unlike the Trumpeter Lexington-class kits' boat pockets, the 3D-printed bays do not have an overhead because on the real ship the bottom of the flight deck is the bays' overhead. That's why you see exposed transverse girders that jut out into space on the 3D-printed models. Those girders are intended to support the flight deck. Not having an overhead also helps make the bay parts much easier to paint.

Cheers!


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Post Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 3:04 pm
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Hi Steve, Any chance you have plans to rescale the Saratoga bays to 1/700 for the Tamiya kit. Don't know if it would even be possible. Thanks
Post Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 1:42 pm
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In addition to the USS Saratoga CV-3 Bofors Bays shown above, we've also released a Bristol Beaufighter late-war maritime strike fighter/day fighter Observer's Station in 1/32 scale, intended for the classic Revell kit.

This new station model joins two previously-released Beaufighter station models (an early-way and a mid-war radar operator station, both for night fighters), two different cockpits (early-war and late-war), dihedral tailplanes, thimble radome, and a torpedo.


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Post Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:33 pm
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USS Saratoga CV-3 fans! Happy to announce a set of 5 Bofors bays is now available in 1/350 scale to help convert your Trumpeter USS Saratoga CV-3 kit to Sara's 1944-1946 late-war appearance.

The two Lexington-class aircraft carriers, USS Lexington CV-2 and sistership USS Saratoga CV-3 were originally fit with recesses on the upper hull sides used to store five of the ships' very large utility boats, a few of which were 50 feet long. The recesses to stow these large boats were called "boat pockets". There were four boat pockets on the port side and one boat pocket on the starboard side, aft.

In December, 1943, USS Saratoga CV-3 reported to Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, California, for a major, month-long, mid-war refit. As part of the refit, her boat pockets were extensively modified becoming anti-aircraft weapons stations for 40 mm quadruple Bofors cannon mounts. Ammunition clipping rooms were built within the pockets and shielded sponsons were constructed extending outward from the hull. This set of 5 models captures the pockets as they were reconfigured as weapons stations.

A set of highly detailed pre-war boat pockets for Lexington and Saratoga are presently in design. That set will depict the pockets' original configuration as boat-stowage stations.

A late-war island, funnel, 5"/38 cal. twin-gun mounts (turrets), rudder, and nameplates for both Lexington-class ships are also available.

Have fun. Monkey around.™


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Post Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:20 pm
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Cyber Monday sale at Shapeways!

All of our nameplates, some of our larger models, and those models not suitable for gray resin printing we offer from another company called Shapeways.* Link: https://www.shapeways.com/shops/Model_Monkey

Shapeways is having a 2-day sale starting today and lasting until early November 30th.

20% off orders $200 or more:
Use code 20CYBER2022 on Shapeways at checkout.

10% off orders under $199:
Use code 10CYBER2022 on Shapeways at checkout.

Codes are valid from November 28, 2022 beginning 12:01am EST and expire on November 30, 2022 at 3:00am EST.

Shapeways orders are placed on Shapeways' website, not from Model Monkey. Shapeways will ship models they print from their factory in New York City or their factory in The Netherlands, whichever is closest to you.

* Shapeways has access 3D printers that can print in real metal as well as 3D printers much larger than ours and 3D printers that use a different technology more suitable for some of our designs.

Happy Cyber Monday!


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Post Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 7:53 pm
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Happy to announce we've added Yamato, Musashi and Shinano auxiliary rudder models in 1/200 and 1/350 scales to the catalog. The real ships had two rudders, both along the centerline, a large main rudder and a smaller auxiliary rudder positioned forward of the primary rudder.

The auxiliary rudder models have been paired with primary rudder models released a few days ago. The rudders are sold together as a set.


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Post Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2022 5:57 am
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Yamato fans! Happy to announce an accurately shaped and highly detailed primary rudder for models of Imperial Japanese Navy battleships Yamato and Musashi, and aircraft carrier Shinano, is now available in 1/350 scale and 1/200 scale.

The model's overall shape and dimensions match scaled drawings published in the 2017 edition of "Anatomy of the Ship: Battleships Yamato and Musashi" by Janusz Skulski and Stefan Draminski. The shell plating and screwhead pattern detail are consistent with Janusz Skulski's line drawings and the real Musashi rudder as it appears in modern video and photos of the wreck published by Paul G. Allen in 2015.

The model is accurately sized and shaped with extensive screwhead detailing.

Nameplates for Yamato, Musashi and Shinano are also available, 3D-printed in your choice of real metal or inexpensive, paintable acrylic.


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Post Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2022 8:50 pm
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Thank you, Pascal!

Happy to announce we've released two new models.

1/350 scale modernized bridge for battleship USS Iowa BB-61 as it appeared circa 1989.
The model is intended to help build a modernized USS Iowa BB-61 from the Tamiya 1/350 scale USS New Jersey BB-62 or USS Missouri BB-63 (1991) kits.

1/32 scale Bristol Beaufighter mid-war Radar Operator's Station. The model features Airborne Interception Radar Mk.IV equipment and bin-fed 20 mm Hispano-Suiza cannons. The model is intended to help detail the interior of classic Revell 1/32 scale Beaufighter kits. An early Beaufighter radar operator's station, two different cockpits, dihedral tailplanes and a torpedo are also available now.


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Post Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 10:12 am
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Very nice print. :thumbs_up_1:
Post Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2022 9:32 am

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