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Not interested in a 1/200 Nelson instead?

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The Pit-Road 1/700 USS New York (BB-34) seems to be already available on Ebay.

Trumpeter/Pit-Road 1/700 battleship USS New York

I also previously mentioned I saw the 1/350 Hobby Boss French battleship Voltaire in local hobby stores in Vancouver at least two months ago, but the list hasn't been updated. It's also on Ebay.

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"Haijun" means "navy" in Mandarin Chinese.

"You have enemies? Good. It means you stood up for something in your life."- Winston Churchill

He was taking pre-orders. I think the same person had pre-orders for the Dragon CVN-65 last year. The price is always higher than it will go for once released. The ebay add said he was to be release Sept 30.

Flyhawk has released pictures and spruce layout of fh1117 pow on their homepage, on the chinese site. Does anyone know when it will be released?

http://www.flyhawkmodel.com/html/banner ... /1903.html

OK, I'm confused. A google accident produced this page at Modelshipwrights, a site I don't follow.

https://modelshipwrights.kitmaker.net/m ... &sid=24077

And right there are Flyhawk catalog pics of Ajax and Achilles (but no J-K-L destroyers). I checked page 1 here and no apparent mention. Are we getting 1/700 Leanders? When?

The Flyhawk stuff I have on the first page are from the 2016 catalog, so the one you found is more up-to-date.

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Looks like the VeryFire BB-71 Louisiana is now available for pre-order:

https://hlj.com/product/VRFVFM700902

I am also taking preorders on Veryfire Louisiana. The kit has several differences from Montana, like different bridge, etc.

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1:350 HMS Diana 1794 - nearly released
Further kits in preparation.

Kajika HIJMS Hiei on Hobby Search.

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10497630

Veryfire USS Louisiana BB-71 posted on Hobby Search.

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10497432

Fun fact, HobbyLink Japan (Beaver) is the Japanese importer for VeryFire and Kajika. So even if you buy from Hobby Search you are still getting from HobbyLink Japan.

Hobbyeasy already has the Kajika Hiei as I have one on the way already.

Doesnt anybody know the differences between this release of Fujimi's 1/350 Haruna;
http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... 4&page=top
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https://hlj.com/product/FUJ60055

...and the releases from earlier?

HLJ says 'Shou Ichi Go Operation', but I believe the earlier boxing was for June '44. I'm trying to figure out what the difference is between this latest boxing and the one from 2008 (the one I have.)

Known release so far:
60001 First release (August 2008)
60020 2014 Summer Limited (August 2014) includes barrels for main and secondary armament
60029 Premium (July 2015) Has metal barrels, PE, masks
60045 w/ wood deck (March 2017) HLJ states different mold was used but I have no other info.

I don't mind selling my old one off if the this new release has new/corrected parts or what have you but I'm not wanting to plunk down cash if I already have the exact same kit. So does anybody have any idea whats in that new boxing (#60055) which is due in January 2018?

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If you go to the Fujimi site, there's a pdf file detailing differences: http://www.fujimimokei.com/img/catalog.pdf

Looks like Fujimi is getting ready to release it's own 1/700 Yugumo class, based on that PDF.

Thanks for the info Dan! I WISH I could read Japanese...............

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Aaron Propper
"I don't understand any of this! But when we get in the giant robots, WE MUST FIGHT!"

"This is how Admiral Okita fights."

From what I am seeing, the original Fujimi release of Haruna is the June 1944 configuration. The new release is Haruna as she appeared at Leyte Gulf. Several additional AA platforms were added and I can see that they are included in this version

I wish Fujimi could develop 1/350 All-gun ISE class or 1/350 Soryu or 1/350 Hiei. Why does Fujimi like re-molding its old kits?

Its not a new tool, it has extra parts for a late 1944/1945, the original release is an early 1944 fit.