The Modelling News: Preview: A 700th scale York & Iowa from Trumpeter in January...

We have already seen the new armour kits from Trumpeter due in January, today we see two ships of the line in 700th scale. We look at the sprues, colours, built models & info in our preview...

Preview: A 700th scale York & Iowa from Trumpeter in January...

HMS York

by Trumpeter

Model: #06745

1/700th scale

Price: $43.75 USD from Hobbylink Japan

HMS York was the lead ship of her class of two heavy cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the late 1920s. She mostly served on the North America and West Indies Station before World War II. Early in the war the ship escorted convoys in the Atlantic and participated in the Norwegian Campaign in 1940. York was transferred to the Mediterranean theatre in late 1940 where she escorted convoys and the larger ships of the Mediterranean Fleet.

The colour profile included in this kit

The decal sheet included in the kit

She was wrecked in an attack by Italian explosive motorboats of the 10th Flotilla MAS at Suda Bay, Crete, in March 1941. The ship's wreck was salvaged in 1952 and subsequently scrapped.

The parts of the kit...

Total of 7 sprues , decks and hull

Total Parts: 200+

Model Length: 250.4mm / Beam: 25mm

- Hull made from multi-directional slide moulds.

-Deck wood pattern finely rendered

-Contains engraved name plate

-Photo-Etched parts included

US Navy Battleship BB-61 Iowa

by Trumpeter

Model: #

1/ 700th scale

Price: $43.75 USD from Hobbylink Japan

Lead ship of her class, USS Iowa (BB-61), was commissioned at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, on February 22, 1943. Following the transport of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to and from the Casablanca Conference at French Morocco, in January 1943, she spent the rest of World War II in the Pacific, participating in the Marshall and Mariana Islands Campaigns; Okinawa Campaign; and the Japanese Surrender at Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945.

The colour profile included in this kit

The decal sheet included in the kit

Iowa was decommissioned in March 1949 and was recommissioned two years later for the Korean War, serving as the Seventh Fleet flagship during April-October 1952. Following this duty, she transited to the Atlantic Fleet and made several European cruises until being decommissioned in February 1958. Modernized for the 1980s defense build-up, Iowa was recommissioned in April 1984 and made several cruises to European waters. On April 19, 1989, a fire in her second sixteen-inch gun turret killed 47 crewmen. Iowa was decommissioned in October 1990 and currently serves as a museum battleship at the Port of Los Angeles, California.

The parts of the kit...