*Inj. molded plastic* Upcoming Ship Kit Releases

[RichardP]

"I am still waiting for a Model Maker to produce a kit Designed Explicitly for PE."

I would say the Pontos Yamato fits this description. It cannot be completed without using the PE sets/turned brass included inf the box, unless you want to buy additional IJN weapon sets, in which case this is probably not the kit to own given the price; it assumes the modeler wants to go whole hog on the (in places minute) detail, using PE for everything that can be, not just the usuals e.g. railing/crane/catapult/radar. This is an extremely tricky build with 1000s of individual brass parts.

[pgollin]

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There may, or may not, be a 1/700th HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier coming from Trumpeter this year (meaning sometime in the future).

There is a rather confusing post on "Britmodeller" which may, or may not be true, which shows a supposed leak from the new Trumpeter catalogue showing the ship.

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/ind ... or-202324/

( The actual picture of the page has disappeared. )

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[maxim]

Perhaps, I had seen the same page:

Trumpeter, 1/700:

HMS Belfast, 1959
USS Langley, CV-1
USS Langley, AV-3
HMS Exeter, 1942?
HMS York
HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08)
Chinese Icebreaker Xue Long 1
Chinese Icebreaker Xue Long 2

I have not found the source of this.

[Joe Ellias]

Is the N�rnberg toy fair no more?

[maxim]

This trade fair is in early February, 1st to 5th of February, 2023:
https://spielwarenmesse.de

[steviecee]

I'd get both Langleys and the York for sure

[Joe Ellias]

Thanks Maxim. Hopefully some new ship kit announcements.

[maxim]

New by Sphyrna (FlyHawk) in 1/700:

Chinese Type 033/033G submarine (Chinese version of the Soviet Projects 633 ("Romeo")
https://www.hobbyeasy.com/en/data/i3vtbjzkfjscko4axlwp.html

Parts for two models: Type 033 of the Chinese or North Korean Navy; Type 033G with cruise missiles

[taskforce48]

Trumpeter�s 1/700 Tashkent

Matt

[Project Cancelled]

https://tieba.baidu.com/f?kw=%E6%A8%A1% ... B&ie=utf-8

Trumpeter new ships in 2023/4 Catalogue



Confirmation HMS Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier in 1/700

Given that the box art indicates kits likely to appear in the next 12 months or so, it looks to be the Royal Navy Dido class in 1/350th and the Yorks in 1/700 plus Belfast 1959

[Timmy C]

Thanks Project, I've rehosted the images on the first post for easy access.

[Gcj]

Just surfing the Scalemates site when I came across this entry. Well HMS Iron Duke is out so is SMS Emden going to be Flyhawk's next release? Dare I believe?..

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/flyhawk ... n--1458810

[Pieter]

Not really a ship (a collection of barges?) but Takom has just brought out a 1/700 ABSD.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185651802275

[Captain Morgan]

Not really a ship (a collection of barges?) but Takom has just brought out a 1/700 ABSD.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185651802275

Thats been out a few months. At least the ones in my stash.

[brocken1sm]

Just surfing the Scalemates site when I came across this entry. Well HMS Iron Duke is out so is SMS Emden going to be Flyhawk's next release? Dare I believe?..

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/flyhawk ... n--1458810

Interesting to see that Emden is a full hull kit unlike Flyhawk's other WWI releases thus far.

[taskforce48]

Trumpeter has release a higher res image of the new ships.

[MatthewB]

Not really a ship (a collection of barges?) but Takom has just brought out a 1/700 ABSD.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185651802275

Thats been out a few months. At least the ones in my stash.

I got one too when I saw it pop-up in my eBay recommendations.

MB

[MatthewB]

"I am still waiting for a Model Maker to produce a kit Designed Explicitly for PE."

I would say the Pontos Yamato fits this description. It cannot be completed without using the PE sets/turned brass included inf the box, unless you want to buy additional IJN weapon sets, in which case this is probably not the kit to own given the price; it assumes the modeler wants to go whole hog on the (in places minute) detail, using PE for everything that can be, not just the usuals e.g. railing/crane/catapult/radar. This is an extremely tricky build with 1000s of individual brass parts.

I have seen it.

But it still does not have the plastic and PE designed to be �engineered together.�

I.e. The plastic has no regiastration holes, slots, or insets that would allow for a perfectly aligned PE that sat flush with the surface. And the PE isn�t designed such that it has tabs, overhangs, or registration-points built into it that align with the plastic registration holes, slots, insets. This would also create more �area� where the PE and plastic join for a much stronger fitting.

A good example of something like this would be the splinter-shielding for AA gun emplacements, where the PE contained a �/??� additional material below the base that would sit flush with the deck, and then the deck itself would have a �/??� deep �slot� built into it that the shaped PE would then be inserted into.

Or the PE Windows on a Bridge that have an overhang above/below the windows that fits into an inset edge of the plastic, so that the PE is both perfectly aligned, and without a seam (once you put some CA into the gap, and sand it smooth & polish it).

I have found some PE that allows for some of these things, but you have to create the registration holes/slots/insets yourself. Fivestar Models 1/700 Trumpeter USS San Francisco PE, the Flyhawk PE for the 1/700 Dragon Benson/Gleaves DDs, and the newer 1/700 Pit-Road/Skywave/Flyhawk Kager? PE; these allhave some parts that allow for this kind of attachment (The Prop-guards on the 1/700 Trumpeter USS SF, the rigging-guides on the sides of the stacks and many of the ladders for the turret sides on the 1700 Dragon Benson/Gleaves DDs, and multiple parts on the new 1/700 Kager?).

I have some Wargaming projects for 28mm/30mm Miniatures currently taking priority, but I have thought about producing something small as an example of a model designed explicitly with PE as an integrated part of its construction.

The Pontos Yamato in 1/200 is a better example of what I mean, as it DOES have some of these engineered-in features. But I think most 1/200 scale kits I have encountered are like that, because the PE represents things that are not possible to engineer on 1/700 ships, and difficult on 1/350.

MB

[Madhatter]

For all the World of Warship fans, we are finally getting a 1/350 Grosser Kurfurst (or H Class BB)!

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/trumpet ... p--1456316

And it's the right type too, unlike the Very Fire 1/700 offering

[brocken1sm]

VEE Hobby 1/700 New Jersey