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Posted: Saturday, November 15, 2008 - 12:57 PM UTC


Airfix/Hornby announced a1/350 RN Invincible Class Thru-deck Cruiser for 2009 this morning at IPMS 2008 at Telford.

HMS Illustrious 1:350 A12202 newly tooled for 2009, no release date specified.

Wonder who is doing the moulds for this one?

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Posted: Saturday, November 15, 2008 - 11:25 PM UTC

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Airfix/Hornby announced a1/350 RN Invincible Class Thru-deck Cruiser for 2009 this morning at IPMS 2008 at Telford.

HMS Illustrious 1:350 A12202 newly tooled for 2009, no release date specified.

Wonder who is doing the moulds for this one?



Would that be a modern Illustrious, or the famed WWII carrier (one can only hope)?

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Posted: Saturday, November 15, 2008 - 11:59 PM UTC
Dear Karl

I don't wish to sound patronising but the answer's in plain sight, namely, it's the thru-deck anti-submarine cruiser/ carrier, as opposed to the WWII fleet carrier. Given the Invincible's Falkland's Conflict record it's likely to be a commercial success.

Cheer

Karol

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