about Orangehobby HMS ocean

[JIM BAUMANN]

well done Orange Hobby!

I sent this thread and some of the images to a friend of mine who serves aboard HMS Ocean. ( in 1:1 scale !!! )

with luck--if only 25% of the crew buy a kit--it will be a hit eh!!

Its too modern a ship for me--but I recognize quality when I see it!



Jim Baumann

[quickmatch]

Please forgive me for asking this, but I am wondering why, when resin kits have as much overpoor as Ocean has in the photo's, the manufacturer does not remove it before selling the kit. I am not talking about minor bits but given that there are obvious difficulties in removing it and the risk of damage to the kit , it does seem wrong that this is left to the purchaser.

[Rob]

No worse than plastic manufacturers leaving all their parts on a runner.

I prepared Dokdo last night (OH's first kit). It took me 5 minutes with a razor saw to get the overpour off so quite honestly I don't see it as a problem.

In the packing of the kit, the overpour - which is only at the hull edges- had been used to protect the small parts in the box, therefore everything arrived intact. Not always the case with resin kits.

The kits are beautifully cast, have quality PE and small parts and apart from this overpour virtually no clean-up is required.

They are a breath of fresh air, both in terms of quality and price. Let's hope other manufacturers take heed of this.

Rob

[Geoff B]

Received the Ocean kit at the weekend and its very nice, i think Robs going to love it.

A word of note the BV206 are not included in the kit so if you want to use them as deck load then you'll have to order them seperately.

The other aspect is that we get Apache and Merlin, the Merlinsa are great, but are the ASW versions so will be handy for the likes of the Illustrious or Daring kits, whilst the HC3 in the Illustious kit can be used on Ocean.

Hopefully L'Arsenal's Seakings for their Fealess will be the correct HC-4 SeaKing Commando so thay can be used on the Ocean airgroup.

G

[Atma]

Mistral please ! Russian navy will also have this in his inventory so a possible Russian version for future release.
And later the Cavour and Giuseppe Garibaldi ?

[AlanZ]

The two Italian flat tops have already been done by Delphis Models. Very nice kits also.

[AyalaBotto]

Hi,

I ordered my Orange Hobby HMS Ocean, but I'm confused about the type and numbers of each helicopter included in this model.
I thougth it would include 4x Appache helicopters, but now I'm not sure anymore...

Can anybody help me with this issue?

Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Ayala Botto
Lisbon, Portugal

[Timmy C]

The Ocean kit has two Apaches and two Merlins.

[AyalaBotto]

The Ocean kit has two Apaches and two Merlins.

Thanks Timmy!

My Orange-Hobby HMS Ocean should arrive in a week now and I'm looking for a configuration with the flight deck packed with helicopters.
Right now and the configuration is not yet "closed" but I would like to pack the flight deck with the following type of helicopters:

4x Appaches (Orange Hobby)
??x Sea King Commando HC-4 (L'Arsenal or WEM????)
??x Merlins EH-101 (Orange Hobby)
2x Sea Kings ASW (WEM)
2x/4x Lynx (WEM)
1x Chinook CH-47 (PitRoad or Tamiya JMSDF Ohsumi)

I'm not sure if it make sense to have Sea Kings ASW on HMS Ocean.....
I'm not sure also if Sea Kings HC-4 were replaced by the EH-101 Merlins.....

Thanks
Regards,
Ayala Botto

P.S. I'm resuming building 1/700 model warships after a 5/6 years period. I ordered HMS Ocean as well as HMS Daring Type 45 Destroyer.

[poolman]

V ery nice