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I see the Bismarck received 400 cannonballs. I didn't know it was at Trafalgar.

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Mike

Ah, the joys of machine translation. Well spotted, Mike.

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Harold

Just found this;
http://www.hobbyeasy.com/en/data/nct9hx ... zr4zb.html

Not heard of Very Fire before, but this looks good.

Bill, Steve posted that on the previous page

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HLJ now have Trumpeter's Zara listed to be released in Aug.
https://hlj.com/product/TRP05347

Tad expensive though

Revell August 2017 release
Rebox 1/144 USS Fletcher in Platinum Edition

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Andrew
1/350 battleship Sevastopol 1914
1/700 heavy cruiser IJN Haguro 1942
1/350 SSBN K-551 Vladimir Monomakh

Now i might be off topic, but haveing almost compleated the new Tamiya 1/700 Saratoga kit, i just cant belive how different she looks compared to my old Fujimi kit i built a few years ago. The Tamiya is SO MUCH lower, sleaker and more finely detailed, it makes the Fujimi Sara look like something out of a kids cartoon !? Now i just hope Tamiya will make a, just as fantastic, new retooled Yorktown class in the same scale.....And some British cruisers.....And Italian destroyers, and Brooklyn, some tankers, supplyships etc, etc.

That's what happens when you have 40 years of technological and research advancements. You'll note a similar level of improvement with any other company (including Fujimi themselves) with kits tooled in the last 10 years.

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Is this a new tool Yamato class on the way from Aoshima?

https://hlj.com/product/AOS05264

There's an etching set for it as well:

https://hlj.com/product/AOS05265

I could be wrong but I didn't think Aoshima had a 1/700 scale kit of the Yamato/Musashi outside their weird sci-fi ones.

In 2016 Aoshima released 2 sci-fi (new tool) models of Yamato/Musashi
https://hlj.com/product/AOS05124/
https://hlj.com/product/AOS05123/

And this Musashi is rebox of it's new model

In 2014 Aoshima reboxed Tamiya's Yamato

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Andrew
1/350 battleship Sevastopol 1914
1/700 heavy cruiser IJN Haguro 1942
1/350 SSBN K-551 Vladimir Monomakh

Mid september release
Fujimi 1/700 IJN Junyo 1944 full hull

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10474701

Early september release
Fujimi 1/350 IJN Yukikaze snap kit (w/multicolor plastic)

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10474696

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Andrew
1/350 battleship Sevastopol 1914
1/700 heavy cruiser IJN Haguro 1942
1/350 SSBN K-551 Vladimir Monomakh

July updates from Trumpeter and HobbyBoss

Nice looking CAD from the 1/700 New York



And a great addition for 1/350 lovers ...SMS Seydlitz!!!!

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Another airship (after p-class and q-class) from Mark I Models in 1/720:
LZ127 Graf Zeppelin
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM720-05

late August 2017 release
Pit-Road 1/700 JMSDF Helicopter Destroyer DDH-184 Kaga w/Photo-Etched Parts

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10476778

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Andrew
1/350 battleship Sevastopol 1914
1/700 heavy cruiser IJN Haguro 1942
1/350 SSBN K-551 Vladimir Monomakh

Maybe we see it one day at 1/350 ? (and at an affordable price of course !)

crossing my fingers also ,and don't worry ,if somebody produces it , will be Trumpeter for sure and for end will be affordable.

Trumpeter has several joint products with PitRoad

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Love the new Missouri and Bismarck releases / and that they are full hull!

Sorry, which is the 1/700 and is it full hull (below) - is New York coming in full hull or incomplete hull??

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Don't worry...is a partial CAD ,1/700 Trumpeters AFAIK always do 2 pieces full hull

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@ Miguel

yes, bless them. So good would be to have a sharnhorst or some of the Japanese warships in full hull in 1/700. Glad Trumpeter offers this option. I recently bought a Mikasa in 1/700 in full hull, cant wait to get my hands on that tiny thing!

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