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Offline Jeffry Fontaine

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Arkmodel
« on: January 26, 2015, 11:07:42 AM »
Arkmodel.  Never heard of this company before tonight.  HyperScale [Missing-Lynx] has a kit review of the Arkmodel 1:48th scale (yes, you read that right, 1:48th scale) WW2 Type VIIC Submarine (kit number 7602K).  As if the Revell 1:72nd scale U-Boot was not large enough, Arkmodel has upped the ante with this one.  Go large or stay on the porch...



Link to the product at Arkmodel: Germany Type VIIC Submarine (C7602K)

There are a number of other ship models available on the Arkmodel webpage that might interest some of you.  The German Type 143 in 1:72nd scale for instance looks very enticing.
« Last Edit: January 26, 2015, 04:22:34 PM by Jeffry Fontaine »
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Re: Arkmodel
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2015, 11:34:58 AM »
Damn you Jeff!!!!   ;)
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Re: Arkmodel
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2015, 11:52:22 AM »
Good Ghod!  A 1/96 U.S.S. Alaska?  I wouldn't have the shelf space to display it.

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Re: Arkmodel
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2015, 12:30:25 PM »
Obviously they are into the R/C field. These aren't really display models, unless your idea of display is running them on the nearest pond. :)

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Re: Arkmodel
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2015, 01:08:29 PM »
Yeah, I know.  Still, it's likely the only kit that will be made of the CB-1 class.  If they hadn't been so expensive to keep around, I wonder what they would've mod'd into over time as new technologies developed?

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Re: Arkmodel
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2015, 03:39:20 PM »
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Re: Arkmodel
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2015, 04:26:24 PM »
Damn you Jeff!!!!   ;)
Again, blaming the messenger.  :)

That 1:32nd scale Vosper Thornycroft Perkasa kit is looking pretty good for what looks like a scaled up version of the 1:72nd scale Tamiya kit. 
« Last Edit: January 26, 2015, 04:34:40 PM by Jeffry Fontaine »
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Re: Arkmodel
« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2015, 01:19:13 AM »
For my money this is the coolest:
1/100 Chin Yuen.

I agree - the Beiyang fleet ships are cool and well represented in 1/350 by Bronco and one in 1/700 by S-Model. Since they were German designs, they have plenty of turn of the century whif potential.

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Re: Arkmodel
« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2015, 02:45:30 AM »
Again, blaming the messenger.  :)


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Re: Arkmodel
« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2020, 03:15:52 AM »
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Re: Arkmodel
« Reply #10 on: January 31, 2020, 03:40:36 PM »
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