73north Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 The good news is that today - the announcement was made that HMS Exeter Item No.: 05350 in Scale: 1:350 was released - so in a couple of months it should be on the shelves in the West ( I believe the new kits get released first in the far East , for a few months ) note confirmation is visible of this fact on the Official Trumpeter of China website kind regards 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 (edited) I'm going to wait until the first reviews come in to see how the kit looks accuracy-wise. I'll almost certainly get one, but if it's riddled with errors, as many of Trumpeter's ship kits are, I will wait until I can get it at a bargain discount price. Trumpeter has been producing high-end kits for about 20 years now and they still keep releasing kits with infuriating mistakes due to poor research. I won't buy their new kits sight unseen anymore. Edited July 2, 2018 by VMA131Marine 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73north Posted July 6, 2018 Author Share Posted July 6, 2018 I agree , I will wait till the Kit is released - and see what a reputable reviewer has to say about it the research part is a problem ( like the Repulse Kit having 1936 Deckhouses and single support prop shafts , to name a few . ) Trouble is that the Exeter kit will be the only game in town ( like the Belfast ) - so a Shapeways correction set is an viable option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 On 7/6/2018 at 5:04 PM, 73north said: Trouble is that the Exeter kit will be the only game in town Possibly, but now that Flyhawk is getting into the 1/350 game and with the new company VeryFire, which so fare has featured 1/350 ships, who knows what we might get in the future. It's unfortunate that Trumpeter basically drove Academy out of the 1/350 ship business. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73north Posted October 7, 2018 Author Share Posted October 7, 2018 (edited) This is the box art on display at the Tokyo Show ( the kit is for sale from 1st November 2018 for about £ 75 ) for HMS Exeter - - there are sprue shots at the Trumpeter website , but they are small photos , note the Hull is not waterline - and comes as a single piece casting hull Edited October 7, 2018 by 73north Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Hobbysearch has the kit up on their website: LINK and LINK. The paint guide is always a good indication of what the model looks like as I suspect it's derived off the CAD used for the kit. Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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