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Here's my choices...

1. USS Texas BB-35 (Like many people said, the real one is still floating.)
2. USS Wasp CV-7 (Amazing this famous carrier hasn't been done yet)
3. County Class Heavy Cruisers (This class alone would provide endless boxing opportunities)
4. USS Indianapolis CA-35
5. USS Oklahoma BB-37 (The Pearl Harbor BB that desperately needs a good plastic model. Plus you could do the Nevada.)

My picks for plastic 1:350 kits... pretty much in my order of preference...

1. Schleswig-Holstein, WWII fit (at least. Sisters in various years would be quite welcome.)
2. USS Ranger CV-4
3. USS Wasp CV-7
4. Graf Zeppelin (It's WWII, and it's German. I'm sure this hypothetical would sell! Maybe two versions: original plan and late-war fit, with different time-appropriate aircraft types)
5. USS Alaska CB-1

- Sean F.

Dear Dragon
My five most desired in 1/350 are:
A County Class cruiser, especially a RAN one, including Shropshire.
A Warspite
A Queen Elizabeth or Valiant
A Nelson and/or Rodney.
Any of the Italian battleships
And thank you for the opportunity for some input.

Narrowing this down to 5 choices was not easy, but the Following would be my top 5 wants in 1/350th scale , that are not available in plastic, and in some cases in any form.

1. HMS Sheffield and with Dragon's excellent ability in multi varianting, here's a daft idea, make a "2 in 1" with 1941 for Force H and the Bismark chase and 1943 to sit alongside the Scharnhorst (also you have a base for all the other Batch 1 towns)
2. HMS Norfolk, basically as above (except 1st cruiser squadron, not force H).
3. Flower class corvette, The backbone of the Battle of the Atlantic used not only by the RN, but the USN, RCN, RNZN, Free French, Norwegien and a few others as well, and served after ww2 as well. also a good variety of Camo and fit means a great multi option kit, and small size means the posibility of multiple purchases as well.
4. S,T,U,V class destroyer, not kitted at all to my knowledge (except the old Frog HMS Undine as a type 15 frigate) Also, and this is particullary personal, my son in the Sea Cadet Corp and his unit is "TS Troubridge" named after the T class destroyer & It is something I would like to build (and convert to a type 15 as they have a superb enlarged photograph of her on the wardroom wall)
5. Bogue / Attacker / Ameer class CVE. loads of ships, USN and RN interest, loads of camo schemes too, and with it's small (relatively) size another one to that might have a few of us forking out for more than one.

it took some narrowing down, but there's mi 5

Si

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My 5'd be...

1. Any of WW2 reconstructed RM Conte di Cavour class.
2. Any of WW2 reconstructed RM Andrea Doria class
3. RM Heavy cruiser Zara, Fiume or Gorizia ( Pola excluded )
4. Any WW2 German light cruiser Königsberg, Karlsruhe, Köln.
5. improved 4....WW2 German Light cruiser Leipzig and Nürnberg.

Anyway, I'll be happy with whatever Dragon will release, with their ever improving standard.

HMS Nelson class Battleship (Nelson/Rodney)
Dunkerque class battlecruiser (Dunkerque/Strasbourg)
SMS Seydlitz
HMS Dreadnought
SMS Goeben

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George A. Georgopoulos

1. USS Virginia, CGN-38
2. USS Enterprise CV-6
3. USS Wasp CV-7
4. USS Midway (as built)
5. USS Long Beach

In 1/350 scale.

1. CB-1 Alaska battlecruiser
2. DD-692 Sumner destroyer
3. CVL-22 Independence light aircraft carrier
4. DD-409 Sims destroyer
5. DE-339 John C Butler destoyer escort

There seems to be a fair amount of interest in the Alaska class. The Sumner would be a natural follow on to the Dragon Gearing. No one has yet made a Independence class in 1/350 scale, resin or plastic. The Sims class seems like a natural too, having done the Benson/Livermore class. The John C Butler would fill a large hole in the DE offerings in plastic.

Erik

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1. HMS Nelson or Rodney

2. Any one of the Big 5- California, Idaho, Mississippi etc.

3. HMS Ark Royal

4. HMS Tiger

5. HMS Vanguard

1) HMS Intrepid/Victorious. Really need a British aircraft carrier
2) KM Graf Zeppelin. It was mostly built, so it's not a complete what-if!
3) IJN Taiho
4) USS Midway, as built.
4) HMS Vanguard (Oh, I suppose a Nelson would be acceptable. . .)

Matt

Hi Rob, and all......

Noting that RN is being voted for in fairly decent numbers, I can't resist to add my two cents worth: Mind you, haven't I been banging on about it long enough!

1. Town Class - HMS Sheffield (count sub-class HMS Belfast and Edinburgh in here please)
2. Dido/Black Prince Classes - HMS Black Prince.
3. County Classes HMS Suffolk (my uncle's ship, which also tracked the Bismarck)
4. Colony Classes HMS Kenya (lived there, also she was a hard fought ship)
5. HMS Cavalier - currently a museum ship in Chatham, Kent, UK. Could be a basis for many ships.


Regards,

Hugh Williams.

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1-350 wishes:
RN Cruisers/Destroyers (WW2)
USN Cruisers/Destroyers (WW2 + post war)

USS Enterprise CV6
HMS Nelson or Rodney

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Dirk
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Hmmm,

HMS Intrepid....presumably you mean an Illustrious Class Carrier, of which Victorious was one. The others were Illustrious, Formidable - 3 shaft design, 23,000 ton standard. Indomitable - 4 shaft design, same standard displacement. Further sub class, with 4 shaft design, Implacable and Indefatigable. 23,450 tons standard.
Like your choice for USS Midway, I made that when I was but a sprog. HMS Vanguard, a great ship.

Cheers,

Hugh Williams

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1-350 wishes:
RN Cruisers/Destroyers (WW2)
USN Cruisers/Destroyers (WW2 + post war)

1. USS Yorktown (CV-5) with minimal modifications you could have Yorktown pre-war and Coral Sea/Midway fits, and with a little more work early war CV-6 and CV-8 could be done for multiple boxings.

2. C.F. Adams class (DDG-2)

3. Brooklyn class CL

4. Sims class DD

5. USS Saratoga, late war fit.

(items 2-5 are filler, I really only want Yorktown!)

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Cool! I hadn't heard that. My replacement vote then is:

CL-51 Atlanta antiaircraft cruiser

Erik

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1. HMS Daring Type 45 (Scale up the 1/700 version in the works)

2. HMS Eagle circa 1967 (Aircraft Carrier)

3. HMS Ark Royal 1975 (in her final form with Phantoms & Buccaneers)

4. HMS Hermes 1982 (Falklands fit) could also be done as conventioanl carrier using parts from Eagle !

5. HMS Ocean 2000 - LPH would make a nice counter point to the Airfix Illustrious.

G

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Currently planning CVA-01 scratchbuild in 1/700
Also planning RN projects 363, 381, 382, 387, Type 82(as designed), Type 43.

I think it a real shame that we don't have a representation of USS Forrestal as she appeared when the tragic fire aboard her claimed the lives of so many Sailors in Vietnam.

1 Forrestal

2 Enterprise CV-6 (I don't care what's been said, maybe if we complain loud enough someone will answer the call!)

3 USNS Stockham, I know not a chance in hell, but it's the only ship I ever got to serve on, so I want one! Maybe Dragon can even make one of their awesome figures of my likeness manning the 50 cal on the bridge wing! I'll even pose for it!

4 Forrestal

5 Enterprise CV-6 !!!!

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I understand not everyone wants to go through every post, so I will add it here. I will not count votes for a Yorktown class carrier including CV-6, Independence class carrier, Casablanca class carrier, or a Gato class sub. Any vote cast for one of these will be marked down as a vote for an Iraqi coal barge.

I'm a 1/700 scale builder, but would buy a 1/350 SS Normandie if one were available...

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1. USS Texas. Seeing as she is still around, that would make research easy.

2. Argentine Rivadavia class. Very unique ships.

3. HMS Nelson or Rodney

4. USS Maine 1898

5. USS Midway as built

Wishful thinking
HMS Nile

USS Ford

HMS Invincible (The battlecruiser not the carrier)