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Posted: Saturday, September 27, 2008 - 04:13 AM UTC
At next month's Tokyo Hobby Show, Trumpeter are going to unveil a NEW Cruiser in 1/350th scale.

I don't, as yet, know any more, as they're keeping it under wraps. However, I should be getting images of this one as well....Be patient!
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Posted: Saturday, September 27, 2008 - 04:27 AM UTC
Thanks Jim...I've got a feeling of a new RN cruiser in the mist...........waiting with bated breath!
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Posted: Saturday, September 27, 2008 - 04:31 AM UTC
Very cool!

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Posted: Monday, September 29, 2008 - 09:17 AM UTC
They wouldn't be counting the Prinz Eugene or is that considered already announced?
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Posted: Monday, September 29, 2008 - 10:11 AM UTC
So, the plot thickens. A new curiser, hmmmmm, I wonder she will be.

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Posted: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 - 10:17 PM UTC
Well, HMS Repulse?

Yes yes..but its a battleCRUISER
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Posted: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 01:29 AM UTC
I have a guess......I think its the HMS Ajax.....
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Posted: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 02:49 AM UTC
Let's wait and see!
We can be patient....

Thanks for sharing, Jim


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Posted: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 06:08 AM UTC

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I have a guess......I think its the HMS Ajax.....


With Prinz Eugen out, completing the Denmark Strait action in 1:350, I could stand to see River Plate get the same treatment.

Who's up for a 1:350 Exeter?

--Karl
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Posted: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 06:18 AM UTC
How about the U.S.S. ALASKA ???? Or would that be wishful thinking ??
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Posted: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 10:07 AM UTC

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How about the U.S.S. ALASKA ???? Or would that be wishful thinking ??


Hi Lou!

Well, she is rather German-looking....

--Karl
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Posted: Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 01:45 AM UTC
I am DEFINITELY up for the Exeter!!...I grew up in the town of Ajax in Canada which was named after the ship...main street is Harwood Ave.....most of the streetnames are after crewmambers names...we had the largest munitions factory in the free world there also....I used to paly in the old bunkers left over ...way cool man
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Posted: Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 11:12 AM UTC

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I am DEFINITELY up for the Exeter!!...I grew up in the town of Ajax in Canada which was named after the ship...main street is Harwood Ave.....most of the streetnames are after crewmambers names...we had the largest munitions factory in the free world there also....I used to paly in the old bunkers left over ...way cool man


Hi Jim!

So that means your town had a street named for Bell, Woodhouse, Parry, and even a Langsdorf Lane?

I believe there's a Porter County in Indiana where the town of Valparaiso is located, named for the captain and battle site of the USS Essex in 1814.

--Karl
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Posted: Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 12:39 PM UTC
My vote is for Graf Spee....its German or possibly a Baltimore class based on the success of the S.F.
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Posted: Friday, October 24, 2008 - 05:16 AM UTC

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My vote is for Graf Spee....its German or possibly a Baltimore class based on the success of the S.F.


Hi Steve!

Rather than a Baltimore first, I hope Trumpeter would go retro from the San Francisco and produce the earlier treaty cruisers or even a Brooklyn.

--Karl
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Posted: Friday, October 24, 2008 - 05:41 AM UTC
It's the Repulse, guys. HLJ has a nice big picture.



HLJ has a bunch of other pics of new stuff too...
http://www.hlj.com/hlj_gallery2/v/ajmhs08/nav/?g2_page=1
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Posted: Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 07:53 PM UTC
Jim,
Have you any more news to give us about what 350 cruiser was unveiled at Tokyo?
Maybe you've posted it and I've missed it



With baited breath (wonder where that term originated)
Tom
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Posted: Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 03:40 AM UTC

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Jim,
Have you any more news to give us about what 350 cruiser was unveiled at Tokyo?
Maybe you've posted it and I've missed it


You did see the post right above yours with the big photo of the Repulse, right? Yes, it's a battlecruiser, but the Repulse is the only thing approaching a cruiser in 1/350 from Trumpeter aside from the already known Prinz Eugen. The other ships shown from Trumpeter were the Burke and Udeloy II.
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Posted: Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 06:33 AM UTC
Cheers Dade,
Yes, I saw the post. But I was still hoping for another cruiser.
Ah well, time will tell.
Tom.
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Posted: Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 07:49 AM UTC
Howdy Tom,

More is coming for sure, but when it comes to a cruiser unveiled at the show Jim was talking about, the Repulse was pretty much it. I'm not complaining, mind you...
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Posted: Monday, November 24, 2008 - 04:39 PM UTC
Any idea on price. Just curious as I am tapped out for the year.

My Akagi arrives tomorrow and I've pre-ordered the ISE. I also bought a new computer that hs done nothing for me but make me curse the world. Seems the modeum fritzed on me and I hd files transfered from the old into the new. Found out that means the old computer had all files wiped. Luckily I had an old AOL disk which I loaded into the old so I could play on the internet a few days.
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