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Update Academy HMS Warspite
goldenpony
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Posted: Monday, July 25, 2011 - 05:09 AM UTC
Ahoy Shipmates!!!

Academy is pleased to issue test shots of the highly wanted HMS Warspite!

Link to Item

If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
blaster76
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Posted: Monday, July 25, 2011 - 05:52 AM UTC
Looks like a geat kit. A good pe set will be in order. So where is Halfyank? He will go absolutly nuts about this. He has been begging for one of thwse for 6 or 7 years now
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Posted: Monday, July 25, 2011 - 09:28 PM UTC
Looks good, certainly captures the feel of the rebuilt Warspite.

One small and very minor comment, the single 20mm on the catapult deck look a bit to far inboard, surely they should be almost at the deck edge?

If priced relative to their Graf Spee will represnt great value for money.

Count me in!!!!!

Si
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Posted: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 05:08 AM UTC
Peter Hall is already gathering references for our PE 35156, now available for pre-order.
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Posted: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 05:23 AM UTC

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Peter Hall is already gathering references for our PE 35156, now available for pre-order.


Some how I bet we figured he was doing that. But, none the less that si very good news!!

CaptnTommy
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Posted: Monday, August 01, 2011 - 04:00 PM UTC
I was actually looking forward to something along the lines of WORLD WAR ONE ! perhaps Jutland where the Warspite was in the front ranks of Battle Squadron 5. Took and gave with equal valor. Not the land bombarder of the second war.

I will not be buying this unless there is a Jutland option.

Sorry, Disappointed.
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Posted: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 - 12:51 PM UTC
Does anyone have the profile images of the camouflage?
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Posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 10:05 AM UTC

WARSPITE_2273-81 by warship, on Flickr
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Posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 05:19 PM UTC
HMS Warpite is one of my favorite British ships, BTW, she did a lot more than shore bombardment in WW2, and I will definitely get this kit.
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Posted: Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 05:03 PM UTC
Hello Ken,
I have 3 scan's out of my Janes book:




They are not the best scan's But Miss Mary did her best with that large book and being sick as she is.
My system hates printers/scaners with a passion(I ahve gone through 14 in 6 months so far) so she does all of the scan's for me.
I hope they will help.
Cheers,
Bruce
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