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Trumpeter: A Peak at Trumpeter's Ark Royal
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Posted: Sunday, September 27, 2015 - 05:35 PM UTC


The 55th All Japan Model & Hobby Show has just wrapped up and we have a couple of images of what appears to be the announced HMS Rodney and a 1/350 Ark Royal, labeled as '1939'.

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Posted: Sunday, September 27, 2015 - 09:24 PM UTC
Wondrous news, but will the Ark arrive on shelves in time for the Bismarck epic's 75th next May?

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Posted: Sunday, September 27, 2015 - 09:28 PM UTC
Just in time for the "Sink the Bismarck!" campaign here.
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Posted: Sunday, September 27, 2015 - 09:58 PM UTC
Was thinking that, too....
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Posted: Sunday, September 27, 2015 - 11:53 PM UTC
Excellent news,

Glad to have both of them confirmed.

Si
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Posted: Monday, September 28, 2015 - 05:55 AM UTC
looking at the picture of Trumpy's entire stand, I'd say the Rodney is 1/200...

At least it appears they've managed to avoid any horrible over representation of plating on the Ark's hull, unlike some other recent flat top releases...
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Posted: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 04:19 PM UTC
Have to disagree there. The Rodney/Nelson is much larger than the 1/350 Ark Royal in the picture.
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Posted: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 - 03:15 AM UTC

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Have to disagree there. The Rodney/Nelson is much larger than the 1/350 Ark Royal in the picture.


That's what I'm saying Warren The Rodney is much too large compared to the Ark to be the same scale... Ark must be 1/350 and Rodney 1/200...

No joy for us 1/350 scalers on the Rodney/Nelson side, but definitely over the moon that there's finally a RN in 1/350!
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Posted: Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 02:06 AM UTC
Another image of the Trumpeter/Merit Ark Royal from Trumpeter's Facebook page:



Looking to be an early Spring release.
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