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REVELL 2015 News
Grauwolf
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Posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 - 05:13 PM UTC
Ahoy Shipmate,

Firstly HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone!

Great news from Revell.de!

An early Flower class corvette in 1:144 scale due in Oct 2015

and a new variant of the Uboat, a IXC/40 in 1:72 due Nov 2015

http://www.plastik-modellbau.org/blog/revell-neuheiten-2015/2015/

Cheers,
Joe
Aurora-7
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Posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 - 11:03 PM UTC
And a Happy New Year to you, Joe!

And it's an EARLY corvette at that!! A short fo'csle version would be great in that scale (though a 1/72 would be even better).
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Posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 - 11:13 PM UTC
That is the same U-boat variant that Daniel Moscatelli built! I loved his and this would be a lot less work. They must have seen how nice his looked and decided to make one.
Grauwolf
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Posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 - 11:35 PM UTC

Quoted Text

That is the same U-boat variant that Daniel Moscatelli built! I loved his and this would be a lot less work. They must have seen how nice his looked and decided to make one.


I am almost sure that his build did influence their descision.

I would have preferred a "B" to model Hardegen's U-123...
after all his boat is of great historical significance, it
was the lead boat in Operation DRUMBEAT.

But a IXC/40 is most welcome! Now if they can also shrink
these Type IX's to 1:144....that would be bliss!

So far looking to be a great year!

Cheers,
Joe
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Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2015 - 12:40 AM UTC
Wish it was an early Type IXC, so I could do U-166. Will probably add this one to the stash though. Would also like to see the Type VIIC/41 released again, since I missed it the first time around.
Aurora-7
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Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2015 - 01:14 AM UTC
Egads! I'm a corvette person surrounded by u-boaters!
Grauwolf
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Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2015 - 01:31 AM UTC
Lone-Ronin,


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Wish it was an early Type IXC, so I could do U-166.


You can backdate the U505 to U166.

I believe adding a 10.5cm and swapping the tower armament will suffice.

I will check may references.

Cheers,
Joe
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Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2015 - 08:19 AM UTC
Not sure if my scratch-building skills would be up to the task! Looks like she had the smaller conning tower, 105 up front, and the 37mm on the rear deck.
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Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2015 - 10:43 AM UTC
I know that it is only "cargo" but I was really hoping for some 1/144 U.S. armor and softskins to go with those included with Revell's new Landing Ship Medium kit...

Would like to see additional 1/144 vehicles (and figures!) for my LSM to haul, such as:

- M4A3 tank
- HST & artillery
- Marine trucks (I.H. M2-4)
- Willys Jeep
- DUKW
- M29 Weasel
- M2 or M3 halftrack
- Any LVTs
- LCM3 or LCVP (extra craft for a dio)
- Navy crew, Marines, Army figures

Fingers crossed for any of the above and of course, for some additional craft --- maybe an LST??? --- in that scale.

With Regards and Aloha,

Johnny B.
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Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2015 - 02:18 PM UTC
Hi Michael,

I am with you on the Vette, looking forward to that one.

Si.
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Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2015 - 03:07 PM UTC
Cool a 1/144 Flower class, I'll take one. Never looked at the big 1/72 as for me that was too big, a 1/144 one on the other hand.
Aurora-7
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Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2015 - 06:23 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Cool a 1/144 Flower class, I'll take one. Never looked at the big 1/72 as for me that was too big, a 1/144 one on the other hand.


And there's enough U-boat "buddies" in that scale for companion displays.
CaptSonghouse
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Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2015 - 11:39 PM UTC
Wonderful news! An early, though long-forecastle, Flower will be handy in escorting that Meng SS Taiping steamer around those nasty U-boats...

--Karl
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Posted: Friday, January 02, 2015 - 02:24 AM UTC
Well it seems that 1/144 is being rediscovered as a great scale for models of smaler ships. I dont mind getting a few of the escorts, auxiliaries, monitors and landing crafts in this scale. I like these smaller ships and in 1/350 most of them are too small to have a nice representation of them in the collection. Revell maybe found a hole in the market here.
Aurora-7
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Posted: Friday, January 02, 2015 - 03:16 AM UTC

Quoted Text

I know that it is only "cargo" but I was really hoping for some 1/144 U.S. armor and softskins to go with those included with Revell's new Landing Ship Medium kit...

Fingers crossed for any of the above and of course, for some additional craft --- maybe an LST??? --- in that scale.


There are two Japanese companies that produce a lot in 1/144. They are Fairy Kikaku an Matuo Kasten. Unfortunately 99% of what they produce are Axis Power vehicles or contemporary ones like Abram tanks and HUMVEES but maybe they'll expand their product line. Fairy Kikaku, for example, is coming out with a British Expeditionary Force (1940) set that includes Valentine and Whippet tanks. Maybe with the LSM from Revel they'll be inclined to do more.
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