*Inj. molded plastic* Upcoming Ship Kit Releases

[Atma]

Besides the new IJN Mogami, Fujimi will release a 1/700 1944 IJN Maya in December:
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10205886

plus a 1/350 deluxe version(a complete set of PE) IJN Zuikaku in 1/350 also in December:
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10205885

[D-Boy]

Besides the new IJN Mogami, Fujimi will release a 1/700 1944 IJN Maya in December:
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10205886

We await Dan Kaplan's seal of approval.

[mopy]

Hm, not sure is it ok to make a link towards other forum, but here it is:
http://sparforums.com/ipb/index.php?/to ... 44-review/
Looks like Revell's new 1/144 U-boat Type IIB is actually ICM kit

[mopy]

Dragon Z-38 coming in December:
http://www.dragonmodelsusa.com/dmlusa/p ... id=DRA7134

[Marco_Trigo]

1/700 RMS Olympic!

http://www.ipmsdeutschland.de/FirstLook ... 013_I.html

HOLY SH*T there is a God!

If it really includes RMS Olympic specific parts, there is a modelling God!

Marco

[Steve]

Cybermodeler has posted March as the release date for the Maryland and January for the Z 30. Both in 700 scale.

[Robin]

Cybermodeler has posted March as the release date for the Maryland and January for the Z 30. Both in 700 scale.

So, I have to wait until March for USS Maryland.

[ADebroux]

Cybermodeler has posted March as the release date for the Maryland

I was hoping for one of the big 5 to be out in time for Christmas.

[herrmill]

It looks as though Revell will be selling Moebius' 1:72 Skipjack under their brand in 2013.

http://s181686668.onlinehome.us/phpBB3/ ... =4&t=11234

http://www.revell.de/index.php?id=210&K ... SCHL=4&L=0

[Dave Spencer]

1/72 Flower class corvette from Revell. See from 4:38 on the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_Q4Dvry ... r_embedded#!

Regards, Dave

[Timmy C]

The "Platinum" edition of their venerable Flower class has been on Revell's site for a few months now - I'm surprised it's not already released.

[Guest]

1/72 Flower class corvette from Revell. See from 4:38 on the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_Q4Dvry ... r_embedded#!

Regards, Dave

Excellent !

Upgraded with a self-adhesive wooden deck, "metal tubes" (i.e. metal gun barrels) and photo-etch !

The Matchbox Corvette LIVES !

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[Cliffy B]

Will we ever see any DML Gearings in 1/700 and possibly in a twin pack like their other USN DDs? I know it was heavily hinted at a while back but I want to say I heard that they would be out by the end of 2012. Doesn't seem like that will happen now but you never know. Is there any hard evidence to support these kits or was it all a pipe dream?

[Steve]

There has been "chatter" that the bulges on the 1941 hull are significantly over scale in width. Does anyone know if this has been/will be corrected in the upcoming Maryland release or if the "chatter" is not correct?

[ssquibb79]

Anymore news on the Enterprise??

[denstore]

What's happening at Dragon with their 1/350 releases?
How long was it since the Pennsylvania was announced as coming? And the Atlanta class cruisers?
As I can see it, 2012 has been completely empty of real news. Sure, lots of rehashes of destroyer version, but really nothing new.
Starting to get bored....

[simon b]

agreed

Maybe their being very careful after the type 21 cock up

[Atma]

Fujimi will release a 1/700 IJN Fuso and IJN Yamashiro in 1938 version at January.

[denstore]

Fujimi will release a 1/700 IJN Fuso and IJN Yamashiro in 1938 version at January.

Couldn't they try to get started on a 1/350 true battleship version of their Ise/Hyuga? The hybrid Ise was interesting, but a Hyuga in a 1941/1942 fit would be nice. Especially since the releases in 1/350 seem to have been drying up completely.....

[Atma]

Well well, let's finish this thing once and for all. My favourite Japanese battleship the all gun IJN Ise and IJN Hyuga is still far away from a proper release from Fujimi.
The reasons:
1)IJN Ise and IJN Hyuga is more popular in the Japanese market in the Hybrid version, and less popular in any version outside of the Japanese market. And this is reflected by the low sales of 1/700 and the 1/350 version of the IJN Ise outside of the Japanes market.
2)IJN Fuso and IJN Yamashiro turned to be high sellers in 1/700 and 1/350 and there reasosn is that they are very popular in Japasene and foreign markets.
3)We will definitely see one more version of Admiral's Hiraga "what if" series - IJN Tosa(?) -, and that means no IJN Hyuga in all guns version in the first months of 2013, cause it turned out that IJN Amagi/IJN Akagi(the battlecruiser) was the best selling 1/700 model in Japanese market for the 2012, BUT not a 1/350 version, the size of IJN Amagi class is huge and the cost of a model in 1/350 will be prohibiting to repeat the success of the 1/700 version.
4)Im 100% that by the end of the 2013 we will see a IJN Hyuga in all gun version. Im trying hard for this, after all there was a test model in Fujimi offices(the hull and the main guns, no bridge or any other structure) in August 2012. The reason for the delay is that an all gun IJN Ise and IJN Hyuga is a tottaly different model from a late war version, is not just extra 2 36 cm turrets. Hull, pagoda, main guns had different roofs, deck and I repeat, the main HULL.

And lets not start talking about cancelled Fujimi projects.

Edit:

Especially since the releases in 1/350 seem to have been drying up completely.....

Fujimi just recently released an IJN Hiryu and the modern JMSDF Hyuga in 1/350. More will come in the next months.