Ahoy, mates!
Come along with me on a sneek peak tour, inside the box, at Dragon Models Limited's next "Premium Edition" kit, the "U.S.S. Belleau Wood CVL-24"!
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Thanks!
~Gunny
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Gunny
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Posted: Monday, February 26, 2007 - 03:57 PM UTC
Rab
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Posted: Monday, February 26, 2007 - 04:38 PM UTC
You get me all excited then I find out it's another damn 1:700 kit.
Gunny, please add warnings to the posts that they are the real little ones. :-)
Gunny, please add warnings to the posts that they are the real little ones. :-)
Gunny
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Posted: Monday, February 26, 2007 - 05:00 PM UTC
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You get me all excited then I find out it's another damn 1:700 kit.
Gunny, please add warnings to the posts that they are the real little ones. :-)
Hey, Kym, what's wrong with 1/700?. . .that just means that you could fit even more details into one of your dioramas, mate!
skipper
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Posted: Monday, February 26, 2007 - 06:10 PM UTC
:-) :-)
Half the space needed or the double of the action
Skipper
Half the space needed or the double of the action
Skipper
Rab
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Posted: Monday, February 26, 2007 - 07:11 PM UTC
Oh yeah! ..... and don't forget, burn my eyesight up twice as quick.
I just build a bigger base.
My display area is 21 x 10 meter shed. Lots of room left.
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that just means that you could fit even more details into one of your dioramas, mate!
I just build a bigger base.
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Half the space needed or the double of the action
My display area is 21 x 10 meter shed. Lots of room left.
Halfyank
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Posted: Monday, February 26, 2007 - 10:48 PM UTC
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My display area is 21 x 10 meter shed. Lots of room left.
That's about what, 63 x 30 feet, or a bit bigger? That's 3/4 as big as my house! Man I'd kill to have even 1/4 as much room to work in. I've got a lawyers bookcase about 3 foot by 1 foot and four shelves high. No wonder you handle 1/350.
As for me I some day wish to be able to display 1/350 and I hope DML will consider up sizing this to that size.
gator
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Posted: Monday, February 26, 2007 - 11:33 PM UTC
I love 1/700 scale, so it's perfect for me. 
If Dragon keeps this up, we'll have the entire class.
I see that Dragon is coming out with a 1/700 Pennsylvania. Any word if it's after the refit?
Kenny
If Dragon keeps this up, we'll have the entire class. I see that Dragon is coming out with a 1/700 Pennsylvania. Any word if it's after the refit?Kenny
Gunny
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Posted: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 12:00 AM UTC
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Kenny
Not yet, mate....waiting patiently, though.....
Halfyank
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Posted: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 12:45 AM UTC
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Kenny
Not yet, mate....waiting patiently, though.....
I've got $5.00 burning a hole in my pocket. Anybody want to bet it's just the Arizona with different decals and such?
MartinJQuinn
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Posted: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 01:17 AM UTC
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Kenny
It's the 1944, post-refit version.
gator
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Posted: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 02:58 AM UTC
Man, I should have taken the bet! :-) :-)
Halfyank
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Posted: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 10:49 PM UTC
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Man, I should have taken the bet! :-) :-)
Paint "Pikes Peak or Bust" on you car and come on out. I'll pay up and treat you to some Rocky Mountain Oysters. Or if I make it out to your neck of the woods you can treat me to some "mud bugs." Without the heads please.
Seriously while I don't doubt Martin this is one I'm going to have to see to believe. If Dragon really does come out with a 1944 version my already high opinion of them will go up quite a few notches. Every other company would just re box the Arizona.
MartinJQuinn
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Posted: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 11:02 PM UTC
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Quoted TextMan, I should have taken the bet! :-) :-)
Paint "Pikes Peak or Bust" on you car and come on out. I'll pay up and treat you to some Rocky Mountain Oysters. Or if I make it out to your neck of the woods you can treat me to some "mud bugs." Without the heads please.
Seriously while I don't doubt Martin this is one I'm going to have to see to believe. If Dragon really does come out with a 1944 version my already high opinion of them will go up quite a few notches. Every other company would just re box the Arizona.
Actually, I'm just regurgitating what I saw over on Steel Navy, where Ray Bean posted pictures of the box art and some test shots. The box art shows her cruising off Iwo Jima. Definitely a 1944 version...
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