1 Aug, 2010 Dragon Models New kit survey

[burnside63]

In 1/350 scale, any and all WWI and previous battleships and cruisers. Also in 1/350 scale, a Bagley class destroyer.

[rtwpsom2]

Burnside, the only vote of yours I can count is for the Bagley. Would you like to narrow it down to the ones you would actually buy?

[rtwpsom2]

6 hours left until this thread closes.

[MartinJQuinn]

Burnside, the only vote of yours I can count is for the Bagley. Would you like to narrow it down to the ones you would actually buy?

Oh, we have to buy them?

[RayL92]

1. USS GUADALCANAL (LPH-7)
2. Any WWII Amphib's (LSD's; APD's, APA's etc)
3. USS ATLANTA (CL-51)
4. USS HOUSTON (CA-30)
5. USS PENNSYLVANIA (ACR-4) 1911, with landing deck and Ely's Curtiss Biplane (a Cyber-Hobby special?)

I know this is not 1/350, but an appeal for the "gator navy". If Dragon is looking for a "niche", I hope they consider doing a line of landing crafts/amphib support crafts. If they'll make them in 1/72nd scale, they can easily go up to LCT's, LCI's, LCS' and even LSM's. The smaller landing crafts can also benefit scratch-builders making 1/72 scale LST's and APD's. It would be sweet (and really big) if one of those were produced in plastic--the APD should be about the same length as the Gato SS (~51"). Release the series of landing craft over time and before 6 June 2014 and I'll bet they'll sell (and add complementary sales to their 1/72 scale armor).

Thank you for doing this survey,
Ray

[mstary1]

Ant WWII RN 1/350 Cruiser

1. County class
2. Leander class
3. Town class
4. Exeter
5. Dido class

[jrmmmmm]

USS Long Beach
IJN Fuso
IJN Tone

[rtwpsom2]

About 1-1/2 hours left until this thread is locked!!!

[HMAS]

Ditto
1 HMCS Protector (South Australian Colonial Navy) (only SA Navy ship and veteran of Boxer Rebellion)
2 HMAS Sydney I
3. HMAS Sydney II
4. HSK Kormoran (responsible for 2. above)
5. HMAS Melbourne II (RAN's longest serving aircraft carrier)
Tony

1. HMAS Sydney I (responsible for the first battle and first victory of the RAN - over SMS Emden of which Revell already makes a kit - a nice adjunct)
2. HMAS Sydney II (largest single naval loss of life for the RAN)
3. HSK Kormoran (responsible for 2. above)
4. HM Colonial S Protector (South Australian Colonial Navy) (only SA Navy ship and veteran of Boxer Rebellion)
5. HMAS Melbourne II (RAN's longest serving aircraft carrier)

There is precious little out there that is purpose-built Australian.

Each of the above were significant most certainly in Australian history and, to a lesser extent, in general naval history as shown above.

Also makes a change from USN, Kreigsmarine and IJN stuff.

cheers,

bj

[rtwpsom2]

30 Minutes!

[rtwpsom2]

Anything with less than 3 total votes didn't make the cut.

Top 5 poll winners:
1. HMS Nelson class
2. HMS County class
3. US Big-5
4. HMS Leander class
5. HMS Ark Royal

Any comments should go in the off-topic thread.

RN results:
HMS Nelson 26
HMS County 24
HMS Leander 20
HMS Ark Royal 19
HMS Dreadnought 18
HMS Illustrious 18
HMS Town 17
HMS Colony 11
HMS Dido 7
HMS Vanguard 7
HMS Tiger 6
HMS York 6
HMS Queen Mary 5
HMS VW class 5
HMS Hermes 4
HMS Colossus 3
HMS Flower 3
HMS Lion 3
HMS Type 42 3

US results
USS Colorado/Tennessee 23
USS Alaska 18
USS Atlanta 17
USS Midway 15
USS "Four Piper" (Wickes/Clemson) 12
USS New York (BB) 12
USS Wasp 12
USS Essex 11
USS Brooklyn (CL-40) 10
USS Northampton 10
USS Cleveland 9
USS Forrestal 9
USS Portland 9
USS Virginia 8
USS Baltimore 8
USS Long Beach 7
USS Sumner 6
USS CF Adams 5
USS Kitty Hawk 5
USS Ranger 5
USS New Mexico 4
USS Omaha 4
USS Sims 4
USS Bagley 4
USS Des Moines 3
USS Mahan 3
USS Nevada 3
USS Tacoma 3
USS Bogue 3

German results:
SMS Derfflinger 7
SMS Seydlitz 6
KM K-Klasse 6
SMS Deutschland 5
KM Graf Zeppelin 4
SMS Moltke 3
SMS Scharnhorst 3
KM Kormoran 3
KM Atlantis 3

French results:
FN Dunkerque 5

Italian results:
RM Andrea Doria 8

Japanese results:
IJN Fuso 5
IJN Tone 4