Model Monkey News

Post by **ModelMonkey** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:51 pm

A recent printing, 1/700 scale Korean War-era USS Yorktown CV-10 Island, 1953-1954. Yorktown retained her straight flight deck at this time and received a lengthened bow.

Post by **ModelMonkey** » Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:59 pm

Another recent printing, a 1/350 scale Vietnam War-era USS Shangri La CVA-38 Island, 1966-1968.

Mark McKinnis · Post by **Mark McKinnis** » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:10 pm

Hi Steve,

Got the Shangri-La Isalnd, Hornet Island, Oriskany Island, and other parts today. They look great!

Thanks for getting them out so quickly.

Mark

Post by **ModelMonkey** » Fri Apr 17, 2020 7:31 am

Thank you, Mark! I hope they'll be a big help.

Other recent printings include superstructure parts to help convert your classic Revell 1/426 scale (1/429 true scale) USS Arizona kit to sistership USS Pennsylvania as she appeared in 1945.

Post by **ModelMonkey** » Fri Apr 17, 2020 7:44 am

In addition to the 1945 USS Pennsylvania BB-38 parts shown in the post above, new nameplates include more Tribal class destroyers, Gato and Balao class submarines, and one for USS Sargo SS-188, among others.

Post by **ModelMonkey** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 7:38 pm

Several new nameplates for Royal Australian Navy ships and the Finnish submarine Vesikko have been added to the catalog, including these below.

Nameplates for all 10 Australian and New Zealand Anzac class frigates are now available.

Post by **ModelMonkey** » Fri Apr 24, 2020 3:36 pm

Nameplates for all six Royal Australian Navy Collins class submarines are now available.

Post by **ModelMonkey** » Sat Apr 25, 2020 12:55 pm

Happy to announce a set of four 1/32 scale Oxygen Bottles for World War Two- and Korean War-era USAAF, USN and USMC multi-engine aircraft is now available.

These low-pressure bottles were installed aboard many aircraft types including B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator, B-25 Mitchell, B-26 Marauder, B-29 Superfortress, A-20 Havoc, A-26 Invader, PBY Catalina, PV1 Ventura, PV2 Harpoon, etc.

Post by **ModelMonkey** » Sat Apr 25, 2020 6:12 pm

Recent printings include a 1/96 scale Mk.37 director for Mk.12/22 radars. New nameplates include several more ships of the Royal New Zealand Navy, or in Maori, "Te Taua Moana o Aotearoa".

Post by **ModelMonkey** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:50 pm

Recent printings include a 1/200 scale battleship Gneisenau enclosed admiral's bridge.

New nameplates for several S-class destroyers in Royal Navy and Royal Norwegian Navy service, and many Type 12 (Whitby-class), Type 12M (Rothesay-class/River class) and Type 12I (Leander-class/Van Speijk-class) frigates of Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy service are also available including those below. The nameplates appear here in polished bronze. They can be printed in real brass, silver, gold-plated brass, rhodium (platinum)-plated brass, and inexpensive, paintable acrylic plastic. Rhodium does not tarnish.

Nameplates can be enlarged upon request.

Post by **ModelMonkey** » Thu Apr 30, 2020 1:30 pm

New products!

- 1/32 scale P-51 Mustang and A-36 Apache early-style bomb racks for P-51A, P-51B, P-51C fighters and A-36A attack aircraft
- 1/720 scale HMS Hood funnels for Italeri, Revell, Testors and Zvezda, etc.

Post by **ModelMonkey** » Sat May 02, 2020 5:30 pm

Recent printings include parts to help convert your 1/600 scale HMS King George V or HMS Prince of Wales kit to sistership HMS Duke of York as she appeared during her 1945 British Pacific Fleet service.

New nameplates include several Irish Naval Service Emer-class, Peacock-class and R�is�n-class offshore patrol vessels. The abbreviation L� is the designation for "Long �ireannach", meaning "Irish Ship".

Post by **ModelMonkey** » Mon May 04, 2020 8:53 am

Nameplates for the three Flower class corvettes of the Irish Naval Service are now available. The ships enjoyed long service lives, first as convoy escorts with the Royal Navy from 1941-1946, then with the Irish Naval Service from 1946-1972. These three Flower-class corvettes constituted the major elements of the Irish Naval Service for 20+ years.

L� Macha, named after an ancient Irish goddess of war
L� Maev, named after Medb, the legendary queen of Connacht
L� Cliona, named after Cliodhna, queen of the banshees, and in some texts, an ancient Irish goddess of love whose song heals the sick

Here is L� Macha 01, during her Royal Navy service as HMS Borage:

Post by **ModelMonkey** » Sat May 09, 2020 7:54 am

Recent printings. Let's get small. 1/1250 scale.

Something a little bigger. 1/200 scale.

Bigger still, 1/72 scale.

Post by **ModelMonkey** » Sat May 09, 2020 8:04 am

Adding to the above post, this one in 1/700 scale.

Some revised nameplates: all Japanese ship nameplates now include the ship's name in Kanji characters. Here are some examples.

Post by **ModelMonkey** » Tue May 12, 2020 6:21 pm

Happy to announce US Navy 36-inch searchlights are now available in 1/96 scale. Other scales may be possible.

Nameplates are now available for all Japanese WWII-era Agano-class light cruisers and Ise-class battleships. The nameplates for the Ise-class battleships are also suitable for modern Hyuga-class helicopter destroyers. Nameplates for all French Courbet-class battleships have been added, too.

Post by **ModelMonkey** » Sat May 16, 2020 12:02 pm

36-inch searchlights for the classic 1/125 scale Lindberg Fletcher class "Blue Devil Destroyer" USS Melvin DD-680 are now available.

New nameplates include Japanese Tone-class heavy cruisers Tone and Chikuma, all three French Bretagne-class battleships Bretagne, Provence, and Lorraine, Narwhal-class USS Nautilus SS-168, first nuclear submarine USS Nautilus SSN-571, and first of her class USS Skipjack SSN-585.[/b]

Post by **ModelMonkey** » Mon May 25, 2020 3:54 pm

Happy to announce the availability of black resin.

New nameplates for your submarine models include USS Sturgeon SSN-637, USS Scorpion SSN-589, and USS Thresher SSN-593.

New nameplates also include three Japanese Navy Kagero-class destroyers (Kagero ?? and Yukikaze ??), one in Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy service (Tan Yang ??), all three German Navy L�tjens-class destroyers and all four of the brand-new Baden-W�rttemberg class frigates.

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