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PostPosted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 7:13 pm 
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Same problem for Nevada class ships yet there appears to be some demand for superstructures. I hope so. The New Mexico turrets have been selling. It should be pointed out that the Nevada class twin turrets, despite much hype for them, have not been selling certainly because there are so few kits to put them on.

Superstructures are a lot of work for not a lot of revenue (too many have been done at a huge loss). Turrets and directors do far, far better. From a business perspective, the superstructure design(s) for the New Mexico class will be extremely high effort-high risk, as are the pending Nevada class superstructures, which is why none of them have been a high priority in the project queue, pushed back in favor of designs with much better sales potential.

Having said all that, there have been several New Mexico class models produced in 1/700 scale, some relatively recently:
https://www.scalemates.com/search.php?f ... New+Mexico

Perhaps there are enough of those kits still around to justify the design(s).

If I am wrong, please say so now. I'd much rather kill a doomed big-effort, costly design project before I start research than find out only too late there is no market for it.

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 8:29 pm 
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If I knew where to get a hold of one of the Blue Ridge or Midship kits, I can almost guarantee I'd buy a superstructure set. If it helps any, my preferences would be:

1) MS pre-war
2) ID late war
3) MS late-war
4) MS post-war/ AG-128

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 8:32 pm 
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ModelMonkey wrote:
Having said all that, there have been several New Mexico class models produced in 1/700 scale, some relatively recently:
https://www.scalemates.com/search.php?f ... New+Mexico

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Most of these kits, including the HP and Blue Ridge ones are out of production, so that’s why I suggested using and modifying the hulls of the Trumpeter Colorado/Tennessee class kits and Hobby Boss Arizona kits.

Freetime Hobbies already exhausted its supply of Blue Ridge battleship kits.

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 9:03 pm 
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Haijun watcher wrote:
Most of these kits, including the HP and Blue Ridge ones are out of production, so that’s why I suggested using and modifying the hulls of the Trumpeter Colorado/Tennessee kits and Hobby Boss Arizona kits...

Hopefully, many will take your advice. New Mexico class and Nevada class superstructures are coming.

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DavidP wrote:
ArmchairAdmiral, how far pre-war on Mississippi?


I was thinking 1940/41.

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Haijun watcher wrote:
Most of these kits, including the HP and Blue Ridge ones are out of production, so that’s why I suggested using and modifying the hulls of the Trumpeter Colorado/Tennessee kits and Hobby Boss Arizona kits.


Have heard bad things about the HB Arizona, and that the Dragon is much better. However, the Dragon seems to be OOP.... :doh_1:

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ModelMonkey wrote:
Hopefully, many will take your advice. New Mexico class and Nevada class superstructures are coming.


Steve, I am totally into this. Just got one of the the Blue Ridge's New Mexico kits. Despite being a nice one, it has its age (in fact it is a slightly reworked Classic Warships' kit) and if you offered a refurbished superstructure, you'd have my money for sure.

As for Nevada, probably the same. I recently bought at least your turrets for my Tom's Modelworks kit.

And I still believe the guys from the ROP (Samek) will come with the NM kits, as they told me a year ago.

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Just got one of the the Blue Ridge's New Mexico kits.


Lucky! I have scoured the internet for hours with no success.... :Tirade:

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ArmchairAdmiral wrote:
Lucky! I have scoured the internet for hours with no success.... :Tirade:

I got it from Martin J. Quinn here from the board.

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And I still believe the guys from the ROP (Samek) will come with the NM kits, as they told me a year ago.


I had a discussion with them today. They confirmed New Mexicos' (1941+) are going to be released. Hopefully during this year. Let's keep our fingers crossed...

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And I still believe the guys from the ROP (Samek) will come with the NM kits, as they told me a year ago.


I had a discussion with them today. They confirmed New Mexicos' (1941+) are going to be released. Hopefully during this year. Let's keep our fingers crossed...

What scale and would they be in full hulls?


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What scale and would they be in full hulls?

Based on what Samek has released previously, they'd most likely be 1/700 waterline kits

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 18, 2018 11:58 am 
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I have Profile Morskie's books on the New Mexico, Mississippi and Idaho.
Out of curiosity, was there any difference for the New Mexico in 1945 compared to her refit in 1944 besides the ms21 paint job?


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Thanks to ModelMonkey and Gabriel, we now have copies of New Mexico's October 1944 Booklet of General Plans for New Mexico online!

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And I still believe the guys from the ROP (Samek) will come with the NM kits, as they told me a year ago.


I had a discussion with them today. They confirmed New Mexicos' (1941+) are going to be released. Hopefully during this year. Let's keep our fingers crossed...


Any news on that front?

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ArmchairAdmiral wrote:
Any news on that front?


According to ROP/Samek representatives, they're working on it.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2019 8:34 am 
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If Samek releases one or more NM kits, I will design at least one superstructure for them.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2019 11:33 am 
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ModelMonkey wrote:
If Samek releases one or more NM kits, I will design at least one superstructure for them.

Steve; any chance you'll design some of the turrets for the 1/700 Samek WWI series dreadnoughts USS South Carolina etc like you did for the WWI USS New York/Texas?


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If Samek releases one or more NM kits, I will design at least one superstructure for them.


Cool. :thumbs_up_1: I'll probably use it for the Blue Ridge's kit but we'll see...

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Free Time Hobbies has abandoned the YMW and Midship lines of kits and have thrown away most of the patterns and molds. I have a few sets of molds and patterns for some kits that were under consideration for revisions and re-release as BRM kits. Unfortunately, there are no files for the etch and the previous supplier priced themselves out of consideration for them. In addition, the molds for the metal parts are also dead and cannot be replaced, although most of those components would have probably been replace with items from the BRM 3D line, or cast in resin. With so many missing components, though, those plans have also been cancelled.

With the announcement of the Samek kits and the Model Monkey upgrades, the Midship kits can be considered to be history now. I'm sure the Samek kits will be worth the wait.


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