Academy

[Old Wombat]

Did a spot of necromancy on the old thread - perhaps Mod's could kill off this one?

[strobez]

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[NARSES2]

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[Old Wombat]

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[Thorvic]

Quite impressed with the 1/700 Dokodo LPH which is in the new MCP range. Its a snapfix but the detail is pretty good and will be interesting to see what they do with the Iowa class and Enterprise WWII carrier. However I would have liked to see them do some of the South Korean warships to go with the Dokodo, rather than going over standard WW2 fayre.

[Weaver]

Interesting choice....



From here: https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/AC12540

[PR19_Kit]

And for something that big it's not a bad price by today's standards.

Could it be a re-pop of the Monogram (?)  kit of the same pairing? If so it's pretty good, I did one for a USAF Captain some years back and really enjoyed the build.

[chrisonord]

I had one of those Drones in the scrap yard for years, must have been with one of the blackbirds I got as a kid. So, one day I thought I would put it to use, I put a tail wing from a starfighter on it, and armed it with 6 recessed AIM-120's, to be an air launched escort/interceptor drone.
Chris.

[jcf]

And for something that big it's not a bad price by today's standards.

Could it be a re-pop of the Monogram (?)  kit of the same pairing? If so it's pretty good, I did one for a USAF Captain some years back and really enjoyed the build.

Nope, they have their own kit, originally released in the mid-80s, unlike the Monogram kit
it has recessed panel lines.

[PR19_Kit]

Nope, they have their own kit, originally released in the mid-80s, unlike the Monogram kit
it has recessed panel lines.

Hmmm, worth thinking about then. I think I sanded and re-scribed the one I built, it took a while for sure.

[Mossie]

Quite impressed with the 1/700 Dokodo LPH which is in the new MCP range. Its a snapfix but the detail is pretty good and will be interesting to see what they do with the Iowa class and Enterprise WWII carrier. However I would have liked to see them do some of the South Korean warships to go with the Dokodo, rather than going over standard WW2 fayre.

Begging for a ski-jump and some AV-8Bs or F-35Bs.

And the Tagboard drone is crying out for a cockpit, even a 1/48 version scalo-rama'd to look look like one of those big MiG's.

[Thorvic]

Funnily enough Aoshima, latest JMSDF kit is of one of their Tankers which includes a ski-jump and aircraft to add onto their Ise class DDH 

As for the Dokodo from what I recall its not really a great basis for a carrier, Like the Japanese Shimikita class they are more landing ships with the hanger doubling as the vehicle deck & well deck. Dedicated ships like the USN, Spanish and French ships have the hanger deck above the well deck to allow the ship to be used in both modes.

[strobez]

Just ok a look through he 2019 Academy catalogue.  The biggest surprise for me was a new tooling of a 1/144 B-1B.  Probably a must buy... but makes me lose a bit of steam on my current build.

Here's a link with some pictures - https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235047967-academy-catalog-2019/&tab=comments#comment-3218086

[KiwiZac]

They're doing a 1/35 UH-1Y Venom! More info including CAD over at Large Scale Planes.

[zenrat]

Good to see all model forums are the same.
As soon as a new mould is announced someone will always start whinging that they should be doing a slightly different variant instead/as well.