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New 1/400 Destroyers from Airfix
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Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 02:02 AM UTC
Ahoy mates!

Airfix stopped by the news room to show off their upcoming 1/400 destroyers. It''s good to see something new from Airfix.

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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
later...Gator
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Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 02:33 AM UTC
Yessir, it sure is good to see Airfix back in the saddle again, AND a new ship kit release to boot!

Thanks for the News, Ken!
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Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 11:48 AM UTC
Good to see Airfix back! Reminds me of long ago... I also like that scale, I wish we still had a "standard" scale between 350 & 700 for certain ships. Thanks for posting!
Murdo
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Posted: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 11:58 AM UTC
Why 1/400?

All their old stuff was 1/600 and the norm after that seems to be 1/350 or 1/700.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 11:50 AM UTC
These are the former Mirage Hobby of Poland kits
There was also a HMS Campeltown due to be released, but a Airfix club newsletter on the 2nd of this month states -

"The following products sadly will not be released in 2008

A03250 HMS Campbeltown 1:400 scale "


Here's what we can expect when these kits are released under the Airfix label.

http://www.epmodels.co.uk/shipkits/mirage_wickes1.html

Gold Medal Models already have a PE set ready to go -

http://www.goldmm.com/ships/gms400-10.htm
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Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 01:28 PM UTC
Dave - Thanks for the info; means Mirage went under? I have couple of their kits in my stash...
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