Iron Duke and Dreadnought models

The old Airfix HMS Iron Duke was a 1/600 scale kit but those are hard to fi= nd.=20

Zvezda from Russia (I think - may be ICM) is doing a number of 1/350 scale = WWI Battleships and has covered many of the German ones. They are now offer= ing a 1/350 scale HMS Dreadnought as is Trumpeter. The former is around $60= I believe; the Trumpeter one will be much higher. Also Academy is doing a =

1/350 HMS Warspite but in its post 1930s version.=20

Cookie Sewell

Thanks for the quick reply! Jeez, $60! Another question, are there any kits that show the old "cagemast" ships? What scale was Revell's "Arizona"? I always wanted to build a "cagemast" fleet.

Most of the older battleships are only available in resin with etched brass= components or scratchbuilt using brass wire soldered together to make the = "cage" part of the masts. Not for the faint of heart or light of wallet.=20

The Revell USS Arizona was in 1/426 scale -- "Box Scale" for one of the lon= ger Revell boxes to bring it in on budget as a $1.98 kit when it first came= out. But for not much more you can get one from a Chinese company in eithe= r 1/350 (now the normal scale for many ship kits) or 1/200 but that is a BI= G model -- well over three feet long.

Cookie Sewell

Not any more - it's just been re-issued. About 14 quid.

Cheers,

Moramarth

Battleships and has covered many of the German ones. They are now offering a

1/350 scale HMS Dreadnought as is Trumpeter. The former is around $60 I believe; the Trumpeter one will be much higher. Also Academy is doing a 1/350 HMS Warspite but in its post 1930s version. Trumpeter has HMS Queen Elizabeth in her 1918 form in 1:700 scale for about 23 quid, Master Box have said they will be doing Dreadnought in the same scale. Japanese firms do a lot of their 1905 Tsushima Battle line in 1:700, while a Chinese firm are doing their early Ironclad fleet to match - sadly, I can't find a UK stockist for either.

Cheers

Moramarth

Revell boxes to bring it in on budget as a $1.98 kit when it first came out. But for not much more you can get one from a Chinese company in either 1/350 (now the normal scale for many ship kits) or 1/200 but that is a BIG model -- well over three feet long. Hobby Boss do a dirt cheap Arizona in 1:700, but there are quality plastic kits of the same subject in that scale.

Cheers

Moramarth

Revell boxes to bring it in on budget as a $1.98 kit when it first came out. But for not much more you can get one from a Chinese company in either 1/350 (now the normal scale for many ship kits) or 1/200 but that is a BIG model -- well over three feet long.

Just remembered - Revell also did a 1:720 scale "Arizona" with full-hull and waterline options. They also boxed it as Pennsylvania ( which it wasn't), and it may still be around. However, it was never a good kit and has been totally eclipsed by the Premium Edition of Dragon's "Arizona" in the similar 1:700 scale.

Cheers,

Moramarth

Thanks for the two informative replies. I will check them out here in the States.

Ouch! I am not that proficient to do that kind of detail work! Yeah, I remember when those Revell kits were also the same price. Those days will never come back!

Ouch! I am not that proficient to do that kind of detail work! Yeah, I remember when those Revell kits were also the same price. Those days will never come back!