Cold War giants absent from the 1/700 waterlines

[KRK4m]

When building a collection of the 20th Century largest warships some large "black hole" appears between the end of WW2 and the start of the Vietnam war.

Of course there are several offerings of the Essex- class carriers as well as Iowa- and Richelieu-class battleships in their 1950s fits, but trying to model the Foch/Clemenceau, the Vanguard or even the (so important) Midway-class carrier we are forced to buy extremely expensive (and not free of issues) resin kits.

Are there any injection 1/700 kits of the Midway, Vanguard and Foch/Clemenceau available anywhere in the world?

[dfqweofekwpeweiop4]

Not that I know of. I suspect for most plastic model companies, these subjects would be too obscure to repay their investment in making them, let alone make a reasonable profit. Also remember the % of modellers that regularly make model ships is very low.....

thanks

Mike

[bootneck]

There was a kit of the Midway at 1:800 scale. Not exactly 1:700 but not too different for a large carrier.

Mike

[Alan P]

It's not just a 1/700 thing. This really is the forgotten generation when it comes to plastic.

[Mike McCabe]

There is a resin kit of Vanguard by Samek which I think is still available.

Mike

[AWFK10]

^{Revell produced a kit of Midway in the popular 1/547 scale.}

[Graham Boak]

Heller did the Foch and Clemenceau, just not in 1/700.