*Inj. molded plastic* Upcoming Ship Kit Releases

[taskforce48]

Just got done talking to a Distributor for Very Fire, 1/350 Montana is in the works and we should see it between September and November this year. He also said we will be seeing at least a Wisconsin and possibly a New Jersey come out but no indication on year or fit.

Matt

[Aop Aur]

That is wonderful! I haven't bought a single kit for several years now (due to busy stash and no modelling time,) so this may finally be a kit I need to invest in!

Aop

[zoomar]

I prefer displaying my models in a waterline format, and for that reason I prefer 1/700 to 1/350, despite the fact that I'm approaching 70 and my vision isn't what it used to be. Frankly, I don't have the space to display that many large models. I also have been very disappointed that most new 1/350 kits now are limited to the full hull presentation with no easy option to build a waterline version. Not only does a waterline display look more accurate to me (in real life one can't really see the hull can right?), they save oodles of space, even at 1/350. Id like to see more styrene 1/350 kits, but except for Hobby Boss's pre-dreadnoughts and their new Seydlitz, most are subjects that do not interest me much. Well, the Alaska does, I must admit, and if was offered in a waterline version I'd snap it up in an instant.

[taskforce48]

Hobby Boss USS Hawaii CB-3 is out in China

[Aop Aur]

I still think that having the lower hull included benefits other modelers who might like displaying the whole ship on a stand. I would guess that moulding the lower hull as a separate piece will be more costly for the manufacturers. Besides, it is still possible for one to cut the lower hull off with various techniques and tools.

Aop

[pgollin]

Hobby Boss USS Hawaii CB-3 is out in China

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Is that the Alaska and Guam kits, just with 13% of the parts missing ?

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[maxim]

Is that the Alaska and Guam kits, just with 13% of the parts missing ?

[Haijun watcher]

Maybe they�ll also release the other two unbuilt sisters, including CB-4 USS Philippines.

[Rick E Davis]

There were three cancelled unbuilt (never laid down) sisters;

CB-4 PHILLIPINES
CB-5 PUERTO RICO
CB-6 SAMOA

USS HAWAII (CB-3) was launched but never completed.

[HuntMaster82]

Just got done talking to a Distributor for Very Fire, 1/350 Montana is in the works and we should see it between September and November this year. He also said we will be seeing at least a Wisconsin and possibly a New Jersey come out but no indication on year or fit.

Matt

Oh please, please be true. I'll be over the moon

[Heavy Melder]

Personally I hope they keep turning out the Iowas. They may not be absolutely perfect but they are leaps and bounds superior to the Tamiya that I sold my unbuilt Tamiya off. Have the Missouri, have Iowa on order. Want at least a WWII New Jersey and Wisconsin out of Very Fire. And I'll grab post war boxings as well Very Fire, if your reading.

All that being true, I won't be turning my nose up at a 1/350 plastic Montana. Glad to add it to my fleet.

[HuntMaster82]

Personally I hope they keep turning out the Iowas. They may not be absolutely perfect but they are leaps and bounds superior to the Tamiya that I sold my unbuilt Tamiya off. Have the Missouri, have Iowa on order. Want at least a WWII New Jersey and Wisconsin out of Very Fire. And I'll grab post war boxings as well Very Fire, if your reading.

All that being true, I won't be turning my nose up at a 1/350 plastic Montana. Glad to add it to my fleet.

In what way are the Very Fire "Iowas" not perfect?

[Miguel]

May updates Trump/Hobbyboss

lucky 1/700 builders

1/700 Kittyhawk

[PHILIPPE]

May updates Trump/Hobbyboss

lucky 1/700 builders

1/700 Kittyhawk

It was already released by Italeri some years ago, and I would have prefered a Gerald Ford instead...

[PHILIPPE]

Another issue
Usually in the past, by April, there was in Japan a Hobby Show where Japanese manufacturers displayed/announced their new kits. Something like Tokyo Hobby Show or Shizuoka Hobby Show. Does this still exist for ship kits (apparently Tokyo Hobby show was last week), and did/shall any of us in this area attend to it ?

[PHILIPPE]

final topic : I am currently building the Peter Strasser, and would like to thank Mr Trumpeter for having provided the aircrafts in grey plastic that I can see with no problem and handle more easily

[Miguel]

May updates Trump/Hobbyboss

lucky 1/700 builders

1/700 Kittyhawk

It was already released by Italeri some years ago, and I would have prefered a Gerald Ford instead...

No Philippe ,it was Fujimi with the KH and Connie,Italieri is 1/720 ,nearly and inch shorter(that's big on that scale)and this kit is just an obvious follow up of the 1/350 kit.

Gerald Ford is a fully new development, yes I wish also the GF in 1/350 , pretty sure it will be Trumpeter in a few years from now

[PHILIPPE]

No Philippe ,it was Fujimi with the KH and Connie,Italieri is 1/720 ,nearly and inch shorter(that's big on that scale)and this kit is just an obvious follow up of the 1/350 kit.

Gerald Ford is a fully new development, yes I wish also the GF in 1/350 , pretty sure it will be Trumpeter in a few years from now[/quote]


Kitty Hawk is 323.80 m long. At 1/700, this makes a kit of 46.25 cm. At 1/720 , the kit is 44.9 cm. the difference is 1.27 cm. OK, not negligible, but not an inch, a half of it. Furthermore, the Fujimi kit at 1/700 was even younger than the Italeri one, which for me, makes the Trumpeter issue a non-event, except if the level of detail is much higher than in the two older kits.

[Miguel]

Right, half inch for me is a lot in 1/350 ,now in 1/700 is big

and the Fujimi was issued about 2003,long time ago, and was wayyyy better than Italieri, those italieris models are basic old kits on a wierd scale, now if the Trump KH is close on detail to the 1/350 model, then will be a great model indeed. And for sure is a very welcome model for the real 1/700 modelers

[Pieter]

I have that Fujimi kit from 2003. It is a very basic kit, no catwalk details whatsoever. The only useful parts are the aircraft.