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Hello everyone.

I am pleased to announce that we are now in a position to expand our range.

We are looking to stock Royal Navy Ships + Subs from WW2.

I would be very grateful for any advice on which manufacturers to stock or which particular ships you would suggest.

Many thanks

John

http://www.britishforcesmodels.co.uk

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Owner of the family run store http://britishforcesmodels.co.uk

Hi John,
Unfortunately there is not much to choose from in plastic (I only build plastic, others may have resin suggestions).

These are my suggestions:

1/350
Academy HMS Warspite
Tamiya HMS King George V
Tamiya HMS Prince of Wales
Trumpeter HMS Queen Elizabeth

1/700
Tamiya HMS King Goerge V
Tamiya HMS Prince of Wales
Tamiya HMS Nelson
Tamiya HMS Rodney
Tamiya HMS Repulse
Tamiya E Class Destroyer
Tamiya HMS vampire
Trumpeter HMS Hood (1931 and 1941 versions)
Trumpeter HMS Repulse

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1/350
Trumpeter HMS Repulse & HMS Hood

Any plans on adding PE sets?

The 1-700 Trumpeter Tribal class DDs.

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Current Builds:
1-350 DKM Z-39
1-350 USS Philippine Sea

If you can stock resin you'd be blown away by the sheer amount of kits available! HP, Samek, Niko, Combrig, etc all make resin kits and let's not forget WEM or ISW.

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Quite a few people have pointed out Trumpeter as being a popular manufacturer. People have also mentioned Tamiya quite a few times although I get the impression that I should look towards their more recent models as opposed to their older ones.

PE sets are an area which I am looking into more deeply, not just for warships but also aircraft.

I am also looking for manufacturers of British WW2 Submarines but seem to be drawing a blank in this area.

I will be putting in some orders tomorrow and hope to have a couple of new sections on the site for detailing/accessories and WW2 warships by this time next week.

Thank you to everyone for giving me some direction in this area. I feel it is very important to understand what fellow modellers look for in a model. There are many high street retailers who offer a generic range of models and it is my hope that by being a modeller myself and by engaging with the model community I will be able to offer a service that many modellers will be happy with. It will take time and a lot of hard work, but I am sure I will get there.

John

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Owner of the family run store http://britishforcesmodels.co.uk