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Biggles2
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Posted: Monday, October 03, 2011 - 05:00 AM UTC
Why isn't there more WWll era accesories available in 1/350 such as tugs, barges, tenders, etc. and dockyard stuff such as cranes, RR equipment, vehicles, etc? All these items are well covered in 1/700. Wouldn't they be just as well recieved as their smaller scale counterparts?
goldenpony
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Posted: Monday, October 03, 2011 - 06:14 AM UTC
There are some 350 tugs coming, but they are not ready yet. As for cranes and the such, I am not totally sure. .

Biggles2
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Posted: Monday, October 03, 2011 - 07:00 PM UTC
Where are the tugs coming from? Are they generic (applicable to any nationality), or based on prototypes?
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Posted: Monday, October 03, 2011 - 11:16 PM UTC
BattleFleet has mentioned they are going to be making 350 tugs based on their 700 scale line. They do make a couple of 350 kits now. i believe they are American.

Another company is working on 100z5 totally new tugs, but they are still in the prototype stage. That is all I can say about those at this time.
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