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Next up from Hai will be: HAI 868 Jurien de la Graviere French protected cruiser 1903  HAI 869 Tage French protected cruiser 1890 HAI 870 Nike (Niki) Greek destroyer 1905  HAI 871 Helle(before conversion) Greek cruiser 1913 HAI 872 Aetos Greek destroyer 1911  HAI 873 Thyella Greek destroyer 1906 HAI 874 Vasilika Olga Greek armored corvette 1870 HAI 875 Alarm 1874 + Stiletto 1887 + Cushing 1890 American torpedo boats HAI 876 Ericsson 1897 + Dahlgren 1900 American torpedo boats See them all with histories in the Upcoming Releases section. I do not expect these until August. USS Cushing American torpedo boat part of set HAI 875

September 2020 update- We are sold out of all the Eaglemoss models and they are now discontinued. We will keep this post up for reference purposes. If you are seeking Eaglemoss models we recommend searching on Ebay.   We are now stocking the Eaglemoss range of 1/1100 full hull models. These are a mix of metal and plastic parts originally produced for the Japanese market. While they are slightly larger than 1/1250 or 1/1200 scale they have the advantage of being very affordable. Most of the models are $24.95. With their Japanese focus the series has lots of unusual configurations...

We were out of stock of many of the US Navy releases by Hai, so we have brought in the following (here now and ready to ship): HAI 065 Farragut US Navy destroyer HAI 066 Truxtun US Navy destroyer HAI 067 Lawrence US Navy destroyer HAI 178 Sable US Navy training carrier HAI 179 Wolverine US Navy training carrier HAI 198 AB-1 US Navy crane ship HAI 312 Monterey US Navy monitor HAI 409 Charleston US Navy cruiser HAI 426 San Francisco US Navy cruiser HAI 430 Chicago US Navy cruiser HAI 484 Atlanta US Navy cruiser HAI 485 Concord...

New from Neptun is: NE 1203B Hyuga as during the the Midway/Aleutians operation June 1942. We only have one in stock at the moment, more on the way! In May 1942 while conducting gunnery practice Hyuga's left gun breech in the number 5 turret exploded. Fifty-one crew members were killed and the two after magazines had to be rapidly flooded to save the ship. As the ship was scheduled to sail at the end of May as part of the covering force for the Aleutian portion of the Midway operation there was no time to repair the turret. Instead the...

We have put all the remaining models from the GRU collection on sale. This was a collection of mainly passenger ships, ferries and liners that we purchased in the fall of 2015. This is the first time we have offered any discounts on this collection. Shop early for the best selection because in most cases we only have one copy of each of these models.