discussion Spots on the Internet (2022)

[Mini Me]

This one is only about 2.5 ft. (770+ mm) long. in 1-87 scale......if you like working with resin kits, they are in your neighborhood Jakko.

 

[Dave Ward]

On the Takom Facebook page - a Teaser ( Takom offer - first 3 correct answers get a free model )

Modern Frigate/destroyer is as close as I can guess :rolling:

On the Das Werk Facebook page, a new release

Dragon model reboxed?
Dave

 

[The Smythe Meister]

This one is only about 2.5 ft. (770+ mm) long. in 1-87 scale......if you like working with resin kits, they are in your neighborhood Jakko.

Now I'm VERY tempted by that !!

 

[Guest]

This one is only about 2.5 ft. (770+ mm) long. in 1-87 scale......if you like working with resin kits, they are in your neighborhood Jakko.

I’ve seen them at shows, and though not this particular one, their models look good if you’re into 1:87 — which I’m not I think that if I were to want to build a German submarine, I would probably go for the Revell one in 1:72.

 

[Guest]

On the Das Werk Facebook page, a new release

Dragon model reboxed?

I don’t know at all, but I would strongly suspect a reboxed Dragon kit, as Das Werk has a history of that.

 

[The Smythe Meister]

I’ve seen them at shows, and though not this particular one, their models look good if you’re into 1:87 — which I’m not :smiling3: I think that if I were to want to build a German submarine, I would probably go for the Revell one in 1:72.

I did a Revell one a few years ago Jakko,"It looked like a Sub" is about the best I could say about it..... VERY old kit with rubbish detail,i remember being very disappointed at the time.....maybe there are more recent releases now?!

 

[Guest]

There goes my plan to make a diorama of it being depth-charged by a Flower-class corvette, then

 

[Tim Marlow]

There goes my plan to make a diorama of it being depth-charged by a Flower-class corvette, then :smiling3:

Now that would be a huge amount of resin to pour………the dio would be about two metres deep……

 

[Gary MacKenzie]

On the Takom Facebook page - a Teaser ( Takom offer - first 3 correct answers get a free model )

Modern Frigate/destroyer is as close as I can guess :rolling:
Dave

Looks like the Type 45 Destroyer radar golf ball, so either that or something based on the design.

 

[Allen Dewire]

On the Das Werk Facebook page, a new release

Dragon model reboxed?

I don’t know at all, but I would strongly suspect a reboxed Dragon kit, as Das Werk has a history of that.

Guaranteed a re-box of kit 6223 from Dragon without the figures, command vehicle parts, magic tracks and other extras. Therefore, a retail price of only €44.95...

Prost
Allen

 

[Ian M]

I did a Revell one a few years ago Jakko,"It looked like a Sub" is about the best I could say about it..... VERY old kit with rubbish detail,i remember being very disappointed at the time.....maybe there are more recent releases now?!

I built one early this year. Didn't think it was that bad at all.

There goes my plan to make a diorama of it being depth-charged by a Flower-class corvette, then :smiling3:

Go for it, you can still find the corvette in 1/72, you can do a three layer dio...A torpedo bomber targeting the sub that torpedoed the corvette...

 

[The Smythe Meister]

I built one early this year. Didn't think it was that bad at all.


Go for it, you can still find the corvette in 1/72, you can do a three layer dio...A torpedo bomber targeting the sub that torpedoed the corvette...

Did you do the "cut away" version Ian?.... The one I did was, thought it very "childlike" on the interior details.

 

[Guest]

Now that would be a huge amount of resin to pour………the dio would be about two metres deep……

I actually had the idea when I was helping man a stand at a model convention, held in a typical convention hall with ceilings anywhere between 5 and 10 m high. We were joking about dioramas, and I came up with the idea of a Matchbox (now Revell) corvette and a Revell submarine, with something like 5 metres or more between them and some depth charges suspended in the “water”. Totally impractical to ever make, let alone store, but cool to fantasize about

 

[Tim Marlow]

I actually had the idea when I was helping man a stand at a model convention, held in a typical convention hall with ceilings anywhere between 5 and 10 m high. We were joking about dioramas, and I came up with the idea of a Matchbox (now Revell) corvette and a Revell submarine, with something like 5 metres or more between them and some depth charges suspended between them. Totally impractical to ever make, let alone store, but cool to fantasize about :smiling3:

Great idea to be honest…..could be probably be done in 1/350, not in 1/72 though :tongue-out3: By the way, 5 metres is a bit much isn’t it? Crush depth on a type VII works out at about 3.5 metres?

 

[Guest]

That’s exactly why you should build it in 1:72 — unless you’re Bob Letterman, in which case you would build it at 1:35 The five metres was a guess, either then or now, without looking it up. But if we put it on the bottom, then about four metres is believable:

 

[Lee W]

Looks like the Type 45 Destroyer radar golf ball, so either that or something based on the design.

I'm with Gary, I'd go 45 too

 

[Dave Ward]

This is a new name to me for Scale models - I'd previously only seen their 'eggplanes' ,
but on their Facebook page......................

..........and of much more interest to me:

Their only scale ship & an unusual choice - a French frigate! - On their website it says full hull/waterline & PE included - Hannants have it in their catalogue, but no stock :sad:
Dave

 

[The Smythe Meister]

This is a new name to me for Scale models - I'd previously only seen their 'eggplanes' ,
but on their Facebook page......................

..........and of much more interest to me:

Their only scale ship & an unusual choice - a French frigate! - On their website it says full hull/waterline & PE included - Hannants have it in their catalogue, but no stock :sad:
Dave

Hmmmm,
That ship does look good,BUT a "Frigate"?!!.... Surely not, well, not in my eyes anyway..,. Looks more like a Spaceship to me!!
Bring back PROPER looking Warships I say
Andy, Luddite, from Devonshire

 

[Guest]

That gives the appearance that they censored those planes’ the designations for the box art …

 

[Dave Ward]

Hmmmm,
That ship does look good,BUT a "Frigate"?!!.... Surely not, well, not in my eyes anyway..,. Looks more like a Spaceship to me!!
Bring back PROPER looking Warships I say :smiling3:
Andy, Luddite, from Devonshire

Wot? with sails n'all?
Dave