Mal Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Other than covering rarer subjects resin kits are generally sharper detailed and don’t look as clunky as plastic, this is the main reason why I will purchase a resin kit over plastic, I appreciate there are exceptions. On a different topic down the years I've always been surprised that until now an injection moulded Brooklyn has not been produced, although I guess the same could be said for the other treaty and inter war cruisers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfqweofekwpeweiop4 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Other than covering rarer subjects resin kits are generally sharper detailed and don’t look as clunky as plastic, this is the main reason why I will purchase a resin kit over plastic, I appreciate there are exceptions. On a different topic down the years I've always been surprised that until now an injection moulded Brooklyn has not been produced, although I guess the same could be said for the other treaty and inter war cruisers. I do build and have a few resin ships in the stash (other Mike can testify as he's seen some of my ships at shows - like my resin HMS Barham). However, being short of cash, many resin kits are now out of reach so it doesn't matter how good some of them are, I'll only buy the occasional cheaper one and one's I don't think will be coming out in plastic any time. That does somewhat narrow things down as we're seeing many subjects being done in plastic now, many of which we'd have only expected in resin. As for quality - have you seen and built any recent Fujimi or Flyhawk release? If not, you should, these have raised the bar a lot for plastic kits and they are very finely detailed. I'm more surprised that no one has made a decent new tool stab at Yorktown and Enterprise - far more important and famous ships than Brooklyns. That said I do have Corsair Armada's USS Honolulu, it's built but could do with some upgrading. thanks Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) The price of kit's has been discussed on this forum many times before, as has been said before we all have our priorities,Mine is that I would prefer to have five resin plus four quality plastic ship kits in my stash, which I stand a chance of building than fifty plastic kits or more (some "modellers" I know have stashes well into four figures) which will never get built and superseded by later releases. Mike (the other one) and myself were discussing last week one such modeller who had recently bought a large qty of Matchbox/Revell K class destroyers to add to his stash that already had numerous examples of this kit, only to learn of Flyhawks future release, all I will say he was quite upset! I have seen the Flyhawk Naiad that's why I said there are exceptions.The Brooklyn's might not have the "glamour" of the carriers but they are still an important class of warship especially in the context of USN cruiser design, After all we all have our favorite ships which we would like kitted. I apologise to everyone for getting so far off topic. Malcolm Edited January 26, 2016 by Mal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 That's ok. At least you'll be able to build a Brooklyn now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamwalker Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Ahhhhhh the New IBG 1/700 Hunt II came today its very nice, small but nice with decals for about 5 ships and photo etch, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike McCabe Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 My order arrived a couple of days ago of the IBG kits, they look good, quad pom pom could do with replacing but otherwise looks a first class effort. I have them in stock at £10.50 by the way http://www.starling-models.co.uk In terms of pricing of resin kits, actually if you look at the quality of some kits, Orange Hobby for example, which come with etched parts as well, then they are not really much more than their plastic equivalents. I do appreciate that it is quite a bit more to spend but I think the cost gap between plastic and resin is narrowing. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 That's ok. At least you'll be able to build a Brooklyn now. Well I do have a Naval Works Honolulu in my limited stash just have to hope the new kit will be a pre war fit, this has brought flooding back memories of the demise of my a CA Phoenix (built) memories that are far to painful to relate even after twelve years Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 I doubt it will be a pre war fit, it certainly doesn't look like it from the rather poor picture Trumpeter have in their catalogue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Just seen on Facebook that the new 1/48 U-Boat comes with full interior. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestar12chris Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Dave thanks for the heads up, just had a look, cant help having a feeling of De Javu, Some of the details look remarkably like scaled up versions of the CMK 1/72 interior and exterior sets, you would have thought at 1/48 they would have added more details? such as the piping runs under the command section, shown on the CMK illustration. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 In 1/48 scale I'd have expected to find a pair of crankshafts, 32 piston and connecting rod sets, a pair of camshafts and 64 poppet valves on the sprues... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamwalker Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Ok maybe not the place for it, but if your into 1/600 ebay spot never heard of them before "old glory" this is nothing to do with me just saw it and thought of 1/600 modellers http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-600-Old-Glory-HMS-Royal-Sovereign-pre-Dreadnought-Battleship-kit-/391372999635?hash=item5b1fa60bd3:g:sXAAAOSwpzdWp9dT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamwalker Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 hataka paints is bringing a RN WWII set out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 hataka paints is bringing a RN WWII set out Someone showed me this the other day. Even the wording of the names matches ours word for word... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Ok maybe not the place for it, but if your into 1/600 ebay spot never heard of them before "old glory" this is nothing to do with me just saw it and thought of 1/600 modellers http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-600-Old-Glory-HMS-Royal-Sovereign-pre-Dreadnought-Battleship-kit-/391372999635?hash=item5b1fa60bd3:g:sXAAAOSwpzdWp9dT Old Glory is normally associated with wargames models http://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/products.asp?cat=532 I have no idea how good these are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfqweofekwpeweiop4 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 (edited) hataka paints is bringing a RN WWII set out Interesting, especially as Lifecolor have 2 very nice RN sets out in acrylic. thanks Mike PS, meant to say, at the moment Hataka's UK Importer (Emodels) won't stock individual paints, I know as I want the PRU Pink but I don't want to buy a whole set for 1 colour. Edited January 29, 2016 by Mikemx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I've got 2 Xtracolor enamel tins of PRU pink if you want one Mike. I bought the second having misplaced the first inside the box of the PR Spitfire I wanted to paint pink... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfqweofekwpeweiop4 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I've got 2 Xtracolor enamel tins of PRU pink if you want one Mike. I bought the second having misplaced the first inside the box of the PR Spitfire I wanted to paint pink... Thanks for the kind offer James but I really want acrylic and the plus for lazy people like me, is that Hataka paints can be airbrushed straight from the jar.... thanks Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forlornhope Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Showcase Models have some kit contents shots of their 1/350 scale injected molded V/W class destroyer HMS/HMAS Vendetta up on their Facebook page, they say it will be out by March or April https://www.facebook.com/Showcase-Models-Australia-222221141193683/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestar12chris Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 At last, an HMS Dreadnought SSN model, 1/700 by OKB Grigorov. http://shop.okbgrigorov.com/product/431/hms-dreadnought.html All the best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestar12chris Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Mikromir have just released their 1/144 Holland class submarine http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-144-UK-Holland-class-submarine-WWII-NEW-Mikromir-model-with-PE-/371562270151?hash=item5682d64dc7:g:th8AAOSw~OVW0BiL More brit subs, its a good start to the year, with the promise of more to come including a 1/350 HMS Resolution SSBN, rumoured for this year, A class modified, (HMS Alliance) and a modified T class. All the best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 The pictures says it all 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 At this rate I'm going to have to think about changing scales down to 1:700! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfqweofekwpeweiop4 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 The pictures says it all Now that's something worth getting! thanks Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Good grief - Flyhawk and Aoshima doing the Hermes?! Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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