matteo reich wrote:
yeah I know that maybe this is the best solution, but I also have to add the bulges, and this require major rebuilding of the hull details...it's tedious
so I was wondering if someone programmed to make one in 1:700
I have the same desire for a good 1:700 kit of a modernized ship...but the challenge then becomes "which one do you represent in the kit." Depending on how you classify them, there were four or five or more substantial sub-groups within the SCB-125/125A (angled deck/enclosed bow) ships, and even within those subgroups there were so many differences between ships that I'm constantly becoming aware of, and I've been studying these ships close to 30 years. The detective work Steve has done designing the 3-D-printed islands for these ships has made me aware of even more substantial differences, and it's added more moments of "hmmm...." to things I thought I'd figured out with certainty long ago.
The discussions about the MRC/Gallery Intrepid kit in 1:350 would carry over to 1:700 - by committing to one unit in a specific configuration, you take out the possibility of other ships whose configurations had moderate/substantial differences. Short of a huge modularized tool with interchangeable bow enclosures, different flight decks, etc., and various sponsons and outriggers that were flush-fit to the hull sides, I'm not sure how that would get done in an affordable injection-molded kit.
Jodie Peeler