Ahoy all,

Since this is being done over on Armorama,for the armor guys, I thought of doing
the same here for us ship guys.

What ships, boats and submarines would you all like to see released in 2017?

My wishlist:

Type IX A or B or early C uboats in 1:144
Schnellboot in 1:144(early and late)
British submarines( T,U and V class)in 1:144

Cheers,
Joe

CF Adams DDG
Square Bridge Fletcher DD
KM Admiral Scheer pocket Battleship
Cleveland class CL

All in 1/350 plastic

1/350 Plastic German Secret Commerce Raiders,like Atlantis,Pinguin,Widder,Orion.

I'd love to see a US Navy subchaser; maybe around 1/144 scale or larger. Also auxiliary ships like tugs, minesweepers, minelayers, etc. in the larger scales. There's a plethora of types usually found in harbors and naval bases.

I would go so far as a 1/350 Fleet Tanker or replenishment ship. oh and the USS Alaska in 1/350!!!

Dave

More RN cruisers in 1/350th in plastic, WW1 or WW2
Bogue class escort carrier
Illustrious class carrier
Any other British Carrier up to and including Ark Royal IV with phantoms

Easy pleased

Si

Having an 80' Elco, a Vosper, an Italian MAS, a Russian G-5 MTB, and the German S-boat, I'd really love a 77' Elco PT boat, and a 78' Higgins PT, both in 1/35th, to round out my collection. A Vietnam era Swift boat would be nice also. And an addition to my home to keep them in. Al

I'd love to see the second-oldest commissioned ship in the US Navy, USS Pueblo. Pueblo was an intelligence gathering ship captured at sea by the North Koreans in 1968 and is still held captive in Pyongyang.

Chris

Fairmile Dog boat in 1/144

Hi Grant,

Great suggestion on that Fairmile....would not mind seeing that
in 1:72 scale as well...still a manageable size, just a little
longer than a Revell S100 Schnellboot.

Cheers,
Joe

The only ship still afloat that was at Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941. USCGC Taney.

LST
LCI
US Navy Subchaser
All in 1/144th scale

1/350 styrene Forrestal-class and angle-deck Midway-class.

1/350 Baltimore and Atlanta class cruisers

1/72nd Early Schnellboot (something better than the Airfix kit)
1/35th Early Schnellboot (logical thing for Italeri to consider)

Maybe Dragon could get into doing 1/72nd Schnellboots?

Just a radical thought!

Cheers


Sean

Ok, I'll play (I love these things, can you tell? )

All 1/350...

RN Carriers-any one or two of the following:
HMS Courageous as WW2 aircraft carrier
HMS Glorious as WW2 aircraft carrier
HMS Furious as WW2 aircraft carrier
HMS WW2 Illustrious (ww2) Class aircraft carriers
HMS Implacable Class aircraft carriers
HMS Audacious Class aircraft carriers
HMS Colossus/Majestic Class aircraft carriers
HMS Centaur Class aircraft carriers
HMS Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers

Battleships:
HMS Royal Sovereign Class
HMS Majestic Class

Cruisers
Leander Class
Dido Class

Oh, and one other little little class of ships that every manufacturer seems to bl&%dywell forget: Nelson/Rodney in 1/350!

A bit of a bias towards RN, but so many good ships to cover off on.

And the angle deck Essexes in all their iterations.

Here is my wishlist:

1:350 scale
- Kriegsmarine secret Commercial raiders
- some more moden ships (like the nice one from Orange Hobby)

1:72 scale
- Kriegsmarine Submarine Typ XXI (someone said REVELL will come out with one at years end )
- Kriegsmarine Submarine Typ XVII with "Walter Propulsion"
- Bundesmarine Submarine Typ 212
- Any Class of IJN "Monster-Submarine" (not in Lindbergh Quality)

Cheers

Thomas

So far, all excellent suggestions, especially the 1:144 LST (WITH troops and tanks, BTW). My additions:

All RN escorts: frigates, sloops, and corvettes, in 1:144.
1/350 New Mexico class and the American Big Five (Tennessee and Colorado) in their various guises.

--Karl

I'll throw my hat in the ring.

WWII 1/350
British cruisers, Town, County, Leander, Dido, Colony.
British armoured carrier
American Light and Heavy cruisers
French Cruisers
Italian Cruisers (I know the Zara class is due out)
Italian Destroyers

Post war 1/350
1970's HMS Victorious and Ark Royal
Soviet Kresta, Krivak, Ivan Rogov and Alligator classes

In 1/700
Courageous WW2
Glorious WW2
Furious WW2
Leander Class Ajax and Achilles
County Class cruisers
USS Northampton Class cruisers especially Houston
Alaska and Guam
produce things that have not been kitted. we need a Karlsruhe not another Tirpitz an Omaha class not a new Iowa

Very nice thread indeed!!

So for me, I'm focussing on 1/350 plastic kits.
Most of my 'top wishes' are already listed.

So for RN WW II it would be (order is no preference...)

- carriers (Illustrious class, the converted Battlecruisers...)
- R Class Battleship
- HMS Renown in her later fit
- One of the QE's with the old bridge design (one out of Barham, Malaya, Valiant?)
- Rodney / Nelson - are they actually coming in 2017???
- Cruisers, 8" and the later 5,25" ers

For DKM
- Gneisenau 1940/41
- Lützow
- Scheer (late fit, to distinguish for the 1939 Graf Spee)
- Light Cruisers K-Class, or a Nürnberg/Leipzig
- T-Boat

That's about the part of RN DKM WWII that is not represented yet....hm. But I would like to get those!!

Cheers,
Jan

I close my eyes, cross my fingers and make a wish for the following...

In 1/35th scale:

Fairmile D 3-in-1, MGB/MTB/FPB.

Landing Craft, Infantry (Small) - LCI(S) complete with bikes and British troops.

Landing Craft, Support (Large) (MK II) - LCS (L) (2) the hull being the same as the LCI(S).

British Terrapin, MK I or II - not strictly a boat, but it could be a floaty-thing when needed.

1/200 preferably, or 1/350th at a push:

HMS Victorious, both in a 1940s and 1960s variant, and with corresponding aircraft.

Not much to ask for...is it?

G

Damn, almost forgot...

1/35th scale Vosper 73ft Type 1 MTB - as a kid i loved the 1/72nd version Airfix offered, and still do methinks?

G

Ahoy shipmates,

This has turned out to be quite a wishlist...keep it coming...maybe the kit manufacturers are reading!

I forgot one....something I have been waiting for a long time in a plastic kit:

A Kriegsmarine KFK, short for Kriegsfischkutter... 1:144 or 1:72 or even 1:35 would be great!

Cheers,
Joe