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Merit / Trumpeter USS Hornet
vonHengest
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Posted: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 02:31 PM UTC
New photos of this big beauty have surfaced from the New York Toy Fair!

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russamotto
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Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 08:43 AM UTC
I would love something like this. Just wish I had the skill to pull it off.
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Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 09:47 AM UTC
Hmm, a four foot long Hornet...I wonder if they corrected the thick bow issue from the 1/350 outing?

--Karl
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Posted: Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 07:51 AM UTC
Want have it!
gtb-red
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Posted: Friday, March 01, 2013 - 01:59 PM UTC
it is just a enlarge 1/350 Hornet. not good!
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Posted: Saturday, March 02, 2013 - 09:26 PM UTC
Why did Trumpie have to go and do this Now I have to smuggle an even bigger box past Mrs. Gremlin56
Julian
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Posted: Saturday, March 02, 2013 - 11:02 PM UTC
Image what a PE set for the ship and the air-wing will cost
Maybe I can sell the kids.......................
Julian
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Posted: Sunday, March 03, 2013 - 07:51 AM UTC
Looks like trumpy is starting to push the 200 scale market. Wonder how many more they will do. I got the Arizona (for $100) skipped the Bismarck. Will skip the Hornet. But throw me a Mighty Mo and an updated Yamato...and I'll bust the budget.
CaptSonghouse
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Posted: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 - 07:12 AM UTC

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Why did Trumpie have to go and do this Now I have to smuggle an even bigger box past Mrs. Gremlin56
Julian




--Karl
TimReynaga
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Posted: Sunday, March 10, 2013 - 03:39 AM UTC
I hope Trumpeter completely redid the hull rather than simply taking a pantograph of that awful, inaccurate hull from their 1/350 kit. If the hull hasn't been corrected I won't bother.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 - 08:24 AM UTC
Too big for me. Wish they would release more 1/350 ships like HMS Ark Royal from 1941 etc etc. I can fit a large number of completed 1/350 ships in the same space as one 1/200 ship. As Julian also typed, imagine the price of the PE sets for this one, especially if you are doing the Dooloittle raid with lots of B-25s..
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Posted: Monday, April 29, 2013 - 04:17 AM UTC
it has been said that the hull has been fix. don't know if that is true or not. http://www.boystownmilitaryminiatures.com/MERITTRUMPETER_1200_USS_HORNET_CV-8_AIRCRAFT_CARRIER_SPECIAL_OFFER_PRE_ORDER_JUNE_/p1144420_9448480.aspx
CaptSonghouse
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Posted: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 07:10 AM UTC
Another really big box (remember, we still have the 1/72 Type IX U-boat coming as well)--I already have four 1/6 M4 Sherman boxes in the hallway blocking the door to the spare bedroom!

--Karl
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