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Yeah that's one of the old crap kits - just a softer, cruder repop of the Tamiya.

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Free Time Hobby's newsletter announces preorders on Aoshima's 1/700 Exeter "Convoy Escort" with 2 Flower class corvettes, and on 1/700 HMS Dorsetshire

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Hi,
Exeter Atlantic Escort version is already available from NNT, first version of Dorsetshire is already sold out.
Best regards,
Ralf

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Just caught this fish on Facebook - new 1/700 Yubari 1944 hopefully coming soon from Pit-Road!
Looks like my patience (of not buying the dated Tamiya kit) might pay off this time?

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Battle of Savo Island Collection (all 1/700)
Recently completed: USS Wilson DD-408
At works: USS Astoria CA-34 | USS Patterson DD-392 & USS Bagley DD-386
Prep stage: USS Vincennes CA-44 | HMAS Australia | Yubari | Kako

Cool! There was really a new kit needed. I wonder only why again a 1944 fit. I would think that Yubari is famous for her early fit as a test ship for new building methods and her role in the Battle of Savo Island. The conversion is for sure not very difficult.

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Exactly my thoughts. Perhaps the documentation available for 1944 is more extensive than for earlier war fit, as usual. The conversion should not be a big issue hopefull - most importantly replacement of both lower 140mm gun mounts forward and aft, removal of three triple 25mm AA mounts with their shields plus all the single 25mm. She had no depth charge launchers and no radar until late 1943. It would be perhaps too naive to hope Pit-Road to release an early war version, this is no Yamato

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Battle of Savo Island Collection (all 1/700)
Recently completed: USS Wilson DD-408
At works: USS Astoria CA-34 | USS Patterson DD-392 & USS Bagley DD-386
Prep stage: USS Vincennes CA-44 | HMAS Australia | Yubari | Kako

1/700 Yubari in full hull. Fantastic!

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Here is a review of Flyhawks new Bismarck model (in Chinese).

https://tieba.baidu.com/p/5896239912

According to Pit-Road, this is a 3D Printed pre production model. They still looking info on linoleum deck on IJN Yubari. Sources even in Japan are limited.

Caught this at the Free Time Hobbies site: https://freetimehobbies.com/1-700-blue-ridge-models-german-h-class-battleship-plastic-model-kit-preorder-price-tba/

First the Montana and now this. Maybe some day soon there might be an HMS Lion (1938 BB) as a future release.

Some nice scenery from Tokyo Japan show 2018:
IJN Mogami or IJN Shimakaze with a port scenery from Tamiya in 1/700:

And then those ones from Kamizukuri..... they look awesome with a lot a nice detail, no info when they will be released:



all in 1/700.

Man I could really use these battleship sized dry docks!!!

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Guys, I think these are old "news".

Take a look here, released in 2014.:
https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/search?typ1_c=102&cat=&state=&sold=0&sortid=0&searchkey=kamizukuri+1%2f700

Btw., I have those drydocks for years now in my stash (destroyer, cruiser and battleship docks).
I guess, in the meantime they run out of those kits.

It is a copy of the old Tamiya Kit. They added a lower hull. It is a poor copy IMHO. They list it as the Hornet but I think it is actually a copy of Tamiya's 1/719ish Enterprise.

Nino

For any Facebook users, Tetra Model Works has posted several hundred photos from the 2018 All Japan Models and Hobby Show, Scrolling through them you will find images of a few ships from Pit Road Sky Wave, Fine Molds, Ironclad ( a 1/350 scale Atago), Hasegawa Very Fire (USS Wisconsin beside a USS Montana), Trumpeter's HMS Exeter (box art only I think) and AFV Club (including a built example of their 1/350 scale LST-1)

1/700 Blue Ridge Models German H Class Battleship H-39 has been announced at Freetime Hobbies.

Flyhawk's 1/700 Bismarck (FH 1132) is available on pre-order from Hobby Search for under 60 USD.
https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10560197

Pre-ordered mine from Freetime last week. Can’t wait for the postman to drop this one off!

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Eric

Just wondering...I Googled the kit (1132) on Scalemates and the description states PE as one of the included parts. Is this just a single tiny limited PE fret? There are no pics of box contents. However, the link from Hobby Search includes a wide array of PE, brass barrels, wood deck, and deck mask. I suspect that these are just a display of items that are (will be) available for the kit, at extra expense. Part of me wants to be greedy ( ) and pre-order right now, the other part says,"wait, and order 1132S when it's available" .

Here you go!


Battleship-sized drydock, 1/700

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