1250Ships News

The next batch of Hai releases will be focused on destroyers: --HAI 877 Fox TB-12 & Talbot TB-13 US Navy torpedo boats 1899--HAI 878 Mackenzie TB-17 & Goldsborough TB-18 US Navy torpedo boats 1899--HAI 879 Bailey TB-21 & Somers TB-22 US Navy torpedo boats 1899--HAI 880 Manley TB-23 & Bagley TB-24 US Navy torpedo boats--HAI 881 Beagle British destroyer 1909--HAI 882 Acorn British destroyer 1910--HAI 883 Acasta British destroyer 1912--HAI 884 Laforey British destroyer 1913 Here in October....

Back in production from Argos is the final Kiev class carrier Baku. The model depicts the ship in 1988 as original built. We will have it back in stock in September. Laid down in 1978 and launched in 1982, the ship was not commissioned until December 1987 due to software and electronics problems. Renamed Admiral Gorshkov after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. Suffered boiler room explosion in 1994, returned to service 1995 but decommissioned and offered for sale in 1996. Sold to India 2004 and underwent a long and troubled modified to straight deck configuration. In service...

We received an enormous shipment from Argos yesterday afternoon. Re-stocks of many US and Russian warships plus some aircraft and helicopters. There must be lots of pent up demand because a few items sold out again within a few hours of being posted.

Now here are the first set of Atlas full hull 1/1250 scale models. These were original offered by mail order only in the UK market. They have finally made it over here. These are die cast metal and plastic and represent a tremendous bargain at only $19.95 each. ***UPDATE- we have sold our stock of Scharnhorst and Yamato. We will try to get more.  ATL 101 Bismarck German battleship 1941ATL 103 Prince of Wales British battleship 1941ATL 104 Scharnhorst German battleshipATL 105 Yamato Japanese battleship 1945

We received our shipment of RI 258 Marco Polo models. Most were pre-orders. The only one still available is RI 258D Marco Polo as in 2015. RI 258D Marco Polo cruise ship 2015