April 2014 ©2014 Alnavco Superior’s new 1:1200 R101 SOVETSKY SOYUZ, Russian “Never-was” design circa 1938; Photo & paint job by Wayne Smith Superior’s new 1;1200 A143 TILLMAN IV, U.S. “Never-was” BB design, circa 1916; Photo & paint job by Wayne Smith MEMO FROM PETE PASCHALL Wow, lots of new “stuff” this issue! Neptun & Kraus Modelbau have new releases as does Saratoga & Mountford. Check out the Superior availability list. Available again are British CV’s, Japanese CL’s, lots of DD’s and even some World War I’s which I’m sure a lot of you never thought you’d see again. “Never-were” reissues are a sleek Russian BB and CB to keep SOYUZ company, the GRAF ZEPPELIN & the British hybrid LION…and the new TILLMAN IV & the aforementioned SOYUZ are now in production. We have just received huge shipments of GHQ & SeaBattle 1:2400 models. This would be an excellent time to beef up your 1:2400 fleet. In early March, we sent out the first of our customer emails giving you a heads-up on what’s on the horizon. We will be sending these out periodically. If you did not receive this email and would like to receive future ones, send us your email address and we’ll get you on the list…and we promise, we will not “flood” you with them! Have you joined our Facebook page yet? Good idea to do so as we have posted a lot of new photos of the Superior collection of Ron Pegg. Check out other photos of our customers’ work as well. Great paint jobs! And if you have photos of your own work, by all means post them. Oh and for color versions of the photos in this issue, go to our website. As we enter our 49th year in business, I want to thank you for your orders and your support. Obviously, without you we would not have been around this long. NEW SUPERIOR 1:1200 “NEVER-WERES” Here are the new “Never-were’s” by our esteemed model maker Wayne Smith, announced last issue. They are really spectacular! A143 $37.50 TILLMAN IV, U.S. BB 1916 80,000T, 975’L, 25.2K, 24-16” This is an alternate design from our previous TILLMAN model (A126). Both designs were done at the request of the colorful Senator from SC, Ben “Pitchfork” Tillman. The main battery was particularly unique in that it was made up of four “Six-shooter”, six gun turrets. R101 $35.50 SOVETSKY SOYUZ, Russian BB 1938 59,150T, 889”L, 9-16”, 12-6”, 8-3.9”, 32-37mm This was generally acknowledged as the best of the Russian BB designs. There were 16 planned but only four started and none of them were completed. They would have rivaled the U.S.MONTANA BB and the Japanese BB YAMATO designs. Superior 1:1200 “Never were” reissues And speaking of Russian designs that were never built, we are re-issuing the following. R103 $34.50 PROJECT 24 (Variant XIII), Russian BB, post war 72,950T, 925 ‘L, 9-16”, 16-5” This proposed ship would have been 60% larger than IOWA and 20% larger than MONTANA plus being beamier, slightly faster and with superior protection. This was the last BB designed by any country and would have outclassed any other ship in all other navies. R202 $31.50 STALINGRAD, Russian CB, circa 1950 38,540T, 897”L, 9-12”, 12-5.1”, 24-45mm This beautiful design was another pet project of Joseph Stalin who wanted 12” guns and 35 knots to outpace the IOWA’s. These ships would have formed part of a mix of coastal and naval forces to disrupt U.S. Battle Groups to prevent them from launching atomic weapons against the USSR. They would not have survived massive air attacks from U.S. CV aircraft. B114 $31.50 LION, British BB/CV hybrid WWII era. 44,750T, 800’L, 6-16”, 15-5.25”, 12 fighters, 2 torpedo planes This design was proposed in 1941 as a way of providing fighter coverage and limited strike capability. She would have had the BB LION hull with the aft 16” battery eliminated and a carrier deck added. While an interesting concept, there were too many drawbacks to proceed with such a design and the idea was shelved. She would have had the same main and secondary turrets that were planned for the LION class BB’s. There are differing opinions on how many aircraft she would have carried. G501 $28.50 GRAF ZEPPELIN, German WWII CV 33,550T, 861’L, 33.8K, 16-5.9”, Numerous AA, 12 fighters, 30 dive bombers Germany’s only CV, she was launched in 1938 85% complete. She never became operational. Her AC complement would have consisted of 12 Bf109 fighters and 30 “Navalized” Ju87 Stukas. Note: For aircraft for above, order CAP AERO C2G1 Bf109 and C2G3 Ju87 Stuka, They come five to a pack. $4.50 per pack.
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April 2014
©2014 Alnavco
Superior’s new 1:1200 R101 SOVETSKY SOYUZ, Russian “Never-was” design circa 1938; Photo & paint job by Wayne Smith
Superior’s new 1;1200 A143 TILLMAN IV, U.S. “Never-was” BB design, circa 1916; Photo & paint job by Wayne Smith
MEMO FROM PETE PASCHALL Wow, lots of new “stuff” this issue! Neptun & Kraus Modelbau have new releases as does Saratoga & Mountford. Check out the Superior availability list. Available again are British CV’s, Japanese CL’s, lots of DD’s and even some World War I’s which I’m sure a lot of you never thought you’d see again. “Never-were” reissues are a sleek Russian BB and CB to keep SOYUZ company, the GRAF ZEPPELIN & the British hybrid LION…and the new TILLMAN IV & the aforementioned SOYUZ are now in production. We have just received huge shipments of GHQ & SeaBattle 1:2400 models. This would be an excellent time to beef up your 1:2400 fleet. In early March, we sent out the first of our customer emails giving you a heads-up on what’s on the horizon. We will be sending these out periodically. If you did not receive this email and would like to receive future ones, send us your email address and we’ll get you on the list…and we promise, we will not “flood” you with them! Have you joined our Facebook page yet? Good idea to do so as we have posted a lot of new photos of the Superior collection of Ron Pegg. Check out other photos of our customers’ work as well. Great paint jobs! And if you have photos of your own work, by all means post them. Oh and for color versions of the photos in this issue, go to our website. As we enter our 49th year in business, I want to thank you for your orders and your support. Obviously, without you we would not have been around this long.
NEW SUPERIOR 1:1200 “NEVER-WERES”
Here are the new “Never-were’s” by our esteemed model maker Wayne Smith, announced last issue. They are really spectacular! A143 $37.50 TILLMAN IV, U.S. BB 1916 80,000T, 975’L, 25.2K, 24-16”This is an alternate design from our previous TILLMAN model (A126). Both designs were done at the request of the colorful Senator from SC, Ben “Pitchfork” Tillman. The main battery was particularly unique in that it was made up of four “Six-shooter”, six gun turrets.R101 $35.50 SOVETSKY SOYUZ, Russian BB 1938 59,150T, 889”L, 9-16”, 12-6”, 8-3.9”, 32-37mmThis was generally acknowledged as the best of the Russian BB designs. There were 16 planned but only four started and none of them were completed. They would have rivaled the U.S.MONTANA BB and the Japanese BB YAMATO designs.
Superior 1:1200 “Never were” reissuesAnd speaking of Russian designs that were never built, we are re-issuing the following.R103 $34.50 PROJECT 24 (Variant XIII), Russian BB, post war 72,950T, 925 ‘L, 9-16”, 16-5” This proposed ship would have been 60% larger than IOWA and 20% larger than MONTANA plus being beamier, slightly faster and with superior protection. This was the last BB designed by any country and would have outclassed any other ship in all other navies.
R202 $31.50 STALINGRAD, Russian CB, circa 1950 38,540T, 897”L, 9-12”, 12-5.1”, 24-45mmThis beautiful design was another pet project of Joseph Stalin who wanted 12” guns and 35 knots to outpace the IOWA’s. These ships would have formed part of a mix of coastal and naval forces to disrupt U.S. Battle Groups to prevent them from launching atomic weapons against the USSR. They would not have survived massive air attacks from U.S. CV aircraft.B114 $31.50 LION, British BB/CV hybrid WWII era. 44,750T, 800’L, 6-16”, 15-5.25”, 12 fighters, 2 torpedo planesThis design was proposed in 1941 as a way of providing fighter coverage and limited strike capability. She would have had the BB LION hull with the aft 16” battery eliminated and a carrier deck added. While an interesting concept, there were too many drawbacks to proceed with such a design and the idea was shelved. She would have had the same main and secondary turrets that were planned for the LION class BB’s. There are differing opinions on how many aircraft she would have carried.G501 $28.50 GRAF ZEPPELIN, German WWII CV 33,550T, 861’L, 33.8K, 16-5.9”, Numerous AA, 12 fighters, 30 dive bombersGermany’s only CV, she was launched in 1938 85% complete. She never became operational. Her AC complement would have consisted of 12 Bf109 fighters and 30 “Navalized” Ju87 Stukas. Note: For aircraft for above, order CAP AERO C2G1 Bf109 and C2G3 Ju87 Stuka, They come five to a pack. $4.50 per pack.
Neptun’s new 1:1250 1537 TRIESTE, Italian TRENTO class CA 1940
Neptun’s new 1:1250 1434 SUFFERN, French CA 1940
Superior restocksHere is a list of recent restocks (or soon to be in stock) Superior 1:1200 kits. If you would like a list of all Superiors in stock, we will be glad to email you one.
A129 $24.50 MICHIGAN, U.S. BB 1924A607 $ 7.00 GRIDLEY, U.S.. DD 1944A608 $ 7.00 LIVERMORE, U.S. DD 1944A613 $ 7.00 SIMS, U.S. DD 1944A803 $16.50 CIMARRON (AO-22), U.S. WWII OilerA804 $16.50 CURTISS (AV-4), U.S. WWII AVA805 $16.50 DIXIE (AD-14), U.S. WWII ADA806 $16.50 FULTON (AS-11), U.S. WWII ASA807 $16.50 HENDERSON, U.S. WWII AP/AMA821 $16.50 ELDORADO (AGC-11), U.S. WWII Amphib Cmd ShipB107 $24.50 ROYAL SOVEREIGN, British BB 1942B110 $29.50 VANGUARD, British BB 1946B508 $16.50 EAGLE, British CV 1942B509 $16.50 HERMES, British CV 1942B901 $19.50 DREADNOUGHT, British WWI BBB902 $19.50 IRON DUKE, British WWI BBB922 $19.50 LION, British WWI CBB923 $21.50 TIGER, British WWI CBF107 $24.50 BRETAGNE, French BB 1940G921 $19.50 SEYDLITZ, German WWI CBG922 $19.50 VON DER TANN, German WWI CBG923 $19.50 MOLTKE, German WWI CBI401 $17.50 DUCA D’AOSTA, Italian CL 1940J403 $12.50 KUMA, Japanese CL 1944J404 $12.50 ISUZU, Japanese CL 1944J405 $12.50 SENDAI, Japanese CL 1944J407 $12.50 YUBARI, Japanese CL 1944J602 $ 7.00 ASASHIO, Japanese DD 1944J613 $ 7.00 YUGUMO, Japanese DD 1944
NEW NEPTUN 1:12501097 $79.50 ALTMARK, German WWII Tanker/ Supply shipNote: She was the support ship for the GRAF SPEE operations in 1939. She was later renamed UCKERMARK and served in the same capacity for GNEISENAU & SCHARNHORT. She was also famous for “The ALTMARK incident.”1434 $ 78.50 SUFFERN, French CA 1940 1537 $ 74.50 TRIESTE, Italian TRENTO class CA 1940
Recent Navis/Neptun 1:1250 releases1315A $119.50 RANGER (CV-4), U.S. CV 19431407 $ 78.50 BRETAGNE, French BB 1940340N $ 49.50 SALEM (CL-3), U.S. Scout Cruiser 1908-1921
NEW KRAUS MODELBAU1:1250
NN1171 $26.00 TRITON, British WWII T class SubmarineNote: There were 53 members in the class and they played a major role in RN WWII operations.NN2367A $37.00 HISSEM (DER-400), U.S. Radar Picket Ship 1955NN2367B $37.00 CHAMBERS (DER-391), U.S. Radar Picket Ship 1955NN2750 $89.00 ONTARIO, Canadian MINOTAUR class CL 1945
Recent Kraus Modelbau 1:1250NN1392 $104.50 BLUE RIDGE (AGC-2), U.S. Amphib Cmd Ship 1943NN1165C $ 39.50 TENACIOUS, British DD 1943NN1165D $ 39.50 CAVENDISH, British DD 1944NN57BN $ 62.50 PRINCESS WILHELM, German Cruiser 1886
NEW SARATOGA MODEL1:1250
SMY54 $86.50 LAKEHURST (APM-9), U.S. Transport 1943Note: This ship was a “Mechanized Artillery Transport”. Ex APM-1, APV-3
Recent Saratoga 1:1250SMY47 $ 81.50 ALBEMARLE (AV-5), U.S. CURTISS class WWII seaplane tenderSMY50 $ 24.50 GOLDCREST (AM-80), U.S. Minesweeper 1942 SMY51 $ 24.50 GOSHAWK (AM-79), U.S. Minesweeper 1941 SMY53 $ 16.00 S-38, S-Class SubmarineSMY55 $ 27.50 BARRACUDA (SS-163), U.S. SubmarineSMY43 $ 74.50 ST. MITHIEL (AP-32), U.S. Transport 1942Note: This ship was conveted to a hospital ship in 1942. She was built at Hog Island, PA.SMY46 $81.50 HENDERSON, U.S. Transport, WWI, WWIINote: In 1943 she was converted to the hospital ship BOUNTIFUL (AH-9)SMY F-3 $ 8.25 MARTIN PBM-2, U.S. seaplane Note: This aircraft was designed to complement the PBY Catalina. Available in unpainted form only SMY44 $72.00 RIGEL (AD-13), U.S. WWII Destroyer Tender 1938Note: She was in the yards at Pearl Harbor 7 December 41 and operated in the South Pacific during the war.SMY59 $182.50 JUPITER (AC-1), U.S. Collier 1913Note: Converted to and commission as USS LANGLEY (CV-1) in 1922. This indeed is a very unusual model. All those cranes have to be handset on the hull (Hence the price).SMY52 $37.50 PANAY, U.S. Gunboat 1937
NEW MOUNTFORD 1:1250MM351P $87.50 JOHN GLENN, USNS Mobile Landing Platform 2014 (painted) MM351K $58.50 The above in kit form Note: Comes with 3-LCAC, 2-Landrovers, 2-Hummers, 2-10T Trucks. 1-Fuel Tanker, I-Bulldozer;This new ship will serve as part of a pre-positioning force of the future. She can be used as a seagoing pier.MM352P $29.50 DAVIS (DD-395), U.S. DD 1944 in Measure 32/20 camouflage (painted) MM352K $19.00 The above in kit form Note: This model is by the noted modelmaker John Youngerman.MM353P $75.50 RFD FORT VICTORIA, British FORT class modern transport (painted) Note: This ship supplies the RN with fuel and stores.MM353K $41.50 The above in kit form Note: Comes with a pennant and helicopter deck decal.MM354P $93.50 BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19), U.S. Modern Command Ship (painted) MM354K $67.50 The above in kit form MM355P $93.50 MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC-20), U.S. Modern Command Ship MM355K $67.50 The above in kit form Note: The above are sister ships but have different deck configurations.MM356P $68.50 HMS FORTH a submarine tender as she was in 1940. (painted)MM356K $39.50 The above in kit form MM357P $68.50 HMS FORTH a submarine tender as she was in 1972. (painted)MM357K $39.50 The above in kit form MM358P $142.50 ULYANOVSK, Russian modern super carrier (painted)MM358K $87.50 The above in kit formMM361P $14.50 CONQUEROR, British Churchill class nuclear submarine (painted)MM361K $10.50 The above in kit form Note: Mountford is issuing new models at a very rapid pace. There is not enough room to picture them all in this issue but photos will be posted on our Facebook page.
NEW GHQ 1:2400UKN51 $8.95 CIRCASSIA, British Armed Merchant Ship 1938 Note: This ship was converted to an armed merchant cruiser and in 1943 to an LCI. She took part in the invasions of Sicily and southern France in 1944. She was converted back to a liner after the War.IJN53 $14.50 SHOHO Japanese WWII CVGWH04 $ 7.75 HUZAR Austro-Hungarian WWI DDHUS18 $ 8.95 INDEPENDENCE (LCS-2), U.S. modern Littoral Combat Ship
Recent GHQ 1:2400 releasesUKN49 $ 8.95 OTAIO, British WWI Motor MerchantUKN50 $ 8.95 CLAN MACAULEY British MVIJN52 $ 7.75 ADEN MARU, Japanese WWII TransportGWB32 $ 8.95 CAROLINE, British “C” class WWI CL
LATE NEWS…New Neptun 1:12501310C $129.50 RANDOLPH (CV-14), U.S. CV 1944Note: This is an ESSEX class “long hull” design came into being in March 1943. This involved the lengthening bow at the waterline into a “Clipper” form. The first of these was TICONDEROGA (CV-15). This model represents any of the ships in this class including your editor’s ship VALLEY FORGE (CV-45). Thanks, Rudi Kraus at Neptun!).
New Saratoga 1:1250SMY57 $82.00 WRIGHT (AV-1), U.S. WWII Seaplane Tender Superior’s reissue 1:1200 G501 GRAF ZEPPELIN, German WWII CV; Photo & paint job by Bob Weymouth
GHQ’s new 1:2400 UKN51 CIRCASSIA, British Armed Merchant Ship WWII era
Mountford’s new 1:1250 MM358 ULYANOVSKI, Russian modern super carrier
Saratoga’s new 1:1250 SMY57 WRIGHT (AV-1), U.S. WWII Seaplane Tender
Saratoga’s new 1:1250 SMY54 LAKEHURST (APM-9), U.S. Transport 1943
Neptun’s new 1:1250 1097 ALTMARK, German WWII era Tanker/Supply ship
Superior’s reissue 1:1200 R103 PROJECT 24 (Variant XIII) Russian “Never-was” post-WWII design; Photo & paint job by Bob Weymouth
Superior’s reissue 1:1200 R202 STALINGRAD, Russian “Never-was” CB circa 1950 design; Photo & paint job by Bob Weymouth
Superior’s reissue 1:1200 B114 LION, British “Never-was”Hybrid BB/CV, WWII era design. Photo & paint job by Bob Weymouth
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