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looking for the High seas fleet war badge
Wolf-Leader
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Posted: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - 11:54 PM UTC
Hi,I am in need of some help with my Battleship Bismarck in 1/700th scale.What I am looking for is a replica of the German high seas fleet war badge made in resin. I know that there are some companies out there that makes German army badges but so far I have not seen any company that deals with the naval side.I have seen at model shows modelers have added a type of military badge to their model base and it sure does add a nice touch to the model.
Does anyone know of any company or companies that makes these type of replicas?
Thank you
Kevlar06
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Posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 01:22 AM UTC
Squadron used to carry a line of badges-- in metal and and actual size-- they had a high seas fleet badge to my recollection. Check on their website.
VR, Russ
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Posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 03:27 AM UTC
I hope Squadron has one for you Jody! Coming up dry looking here. Best of luck!
Kevlar06
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Posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 05:13 AM UTC
Jody,
I also checked Squadron. I used to work in a LHS, and we carried a line of badges Squadron supplied, but I don't see any on thier website anymore. I know we had a High Seas badge, but frankly, none of the badges sold well. I did a quick check for them on line and found a site called "WW2 Online" which carries them for about $35 plus S&H. $28-35 was what we used to sell them for, so that's about right. They are almost indistinguishable from the real thing-- and look pretty good.
VR, Russ
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