New Takom 1/700 scale ships previews , Gearing class destroyers and SMS Derfflinger 

I just finished an old Tamiya 1/700 Fletcher class destroyer, and I am almost crying seeing the plastic detail on this Takom kit!

Takom should do the real Scharnhorst (armored cruiser) in 1:350. There isn't even 1 armored crusier kit avilible at the moment! and this would be a good choice for the first one.

Keep up the great work, Andy! Really awesome to see some more ship models! Ships are my favorite to build. Great to see WWI kits! I wish there were more Civil War/WWI era ship kits out there. Even ships from the Spanish American War would be awesome.

Tell Takom to model their ships in 1/350th scale. Then I'll buy some.

Right on Andy Takom is wonderful Thank you for sharing !!!

Hopefully, Takom can break Trumpeter’s near stranglehold on the ship model market! You never know if their “A” or “B” team worked on a particular subject! Dragon dabbled a bit but probably felt the market wasn’t big enough. Also, there are still plenty of (non IJN) 1/350 possibilities worth exploring. I think, given some of their off the beaten path releases, Takom has the balls to jump in!

Thanks for the video! You should definitely check out Derfflinger's history, it is amazing. The British called her Iron Dog for her stubborn resistance to British gunfire at Jutland in 1916, where she played a pivotal role on the destruction of 2 British battlecruisers, Invincible and Queen Mary, both of whom sank with very heavy loss of life. Lützow is credited with sinking the armored cruiser Defence with her entire crew of 857 men, and shares the credit for Invincible with her elder sistership. Unlike Derfflinger, Lützow sank as a result of battle damage early the next day.

Great looking kits if (big IF) you do 1/700 ships. I'm working on one now and I think it will probably be my last 1/700 ship. However, I do know that this scale is popular with masochists worldwide.

Hi Andy’s Model HQ, these videos really cheer me up, I look forward to every post, sooooooo inspirational and motivating. thank you

It's a Big box for such a little model.

The Von Hipper figure is worth buying the kit alone!

I own Flyhawk's SMS Lutzow, it seems as though Takom's Derfflinger/Lutzows are reboxes with the addition of a full hull option

Holy Ship!! Takom are pumping out some kits lately!!

The ship kits are all made by Flyhawk, who make small scale kits with crazy details. Takom has just reboxed these. 👍

Nice review, Andy! Nice to see that Snowman has teamed up with Tacom. The later stepping up the game for Snowman. Great to see.

Thankyou very informative and interesting Excellent presentation Take Care

I model 1/700 ships. I really hope they'll do HMS Vanguard Britain's last Battleship and the new QE class carriers.

My preference is the 1:200 scale. The Trumpeter kits have so far have all been excellent. It would be good to see other manufacturers getting involved in this scale.

I suffer from sea sickness,might stick to my armour kits

I don't usually build ship models but, those would be fun, quick results.

Really looking forward to the Takom limited edition with two ships, a zeppelin and a resin figure.

I made a number of the Airfix range of ships back in the sixties, but they never really took my interest as much as AFVs. I just upgraded to 1.35 scale for the better detail and also to help my 68 year old eyes and fingers - ! 😁

I have to get that Gearing-class destroyer. The Joseph P Kennedy Jr (preserved at Battleship Cove) is one surviving member of this class.

How good is that dry dock and crane! I've not got any particular interest in naval history, but watching this I really want to make some of these. Thanks!

I bought a 1/700th scale FFG-7 once in my innocence. Big box, teeny, tiny widdle ship. Too small for my heavily corrected eyes. Kudos to the artists who work in that scale-- some of their work is beyond impressive. I'll stick to moving foxholes, 1/48th aircraft and kits I messed up as a kid and want a second crack. Anyone know where I can get an old Lindberg USS Rudderow for a decent price? :-) Andy??

God I hope Takom does a 1/700 Vanguard and Nelson/Rodney in full hull and not waterline

Takom is so adventurous - I would love to see them do a big 1/96 or 1/100 scale ship for those of us who like to drop radio control into models; something like a Destroyer Escort or a World War II German Torpedo Boat type 35 or later. These would be around 3 feet or less in length but would make for very impressive static or running models.

I hope they take the same whacky approach with ships as they did with other kits like 1/72 turrets, the ekranoplan etc. Project habakkuk and other bizarre concepts in the ship category, extraordinary stuff ya know

Thought that this was a newer video and it turns out that it is older........ I just got the Navy 5" turret in 1/35, wishing that Takom released both the US 5" and the Japanese 6" Triple in 1/72 so that they can go with their 1/72 scale main gun turrets. And it turns out that they already released (at least the US 5" twin) months ago. Too bad that its part of another kit that I wouldn't buy. Hopefully they do what you suggest, release the 5"-ers as part of a larger chunk of the ship. Takom should release the IJN 6" in 1/72 as the front and rear placments on the Yamato class. That would be a nice add on to the main guns.

Wow nice kits! I guess I’m off to the optometrist to get new glasses and a good magnifying lens. I would love them to do a good 1/350th USS Saratoga though!

Derfflinger, Lützow AND Zeppelin! WW1 nerd out activate!

Agree, I might buy them if 1/350 or more likely 1/200 scale old dreadnoughts ships.

Good job Takom

Hopefully they did their homework and made the Derfflinger different from the Lutzow. The midship superstructure was very different between the Derf and her sisters. Derf had an antiroll system at the midship which necessitated removal of several secondary and tertiary gun mounts. I have a scratch built 144 scale Derf and did a LOT of research into it and the design differences between her and the other two of her class.

Takom...... Next do superstructures for Yamato, Iowa and Bismark in 1/72.

Another great broadcast. Wish a manufacturer would build 144 British Royal Navy submarines, instead of the never ending German Uboats. 8th and 10th flotillas Mediterranean WW2 would be perfect, as these boats were one of the main reasons Rommel failed, being more prolific, sinking more tonnage. But unless you know different they are as yet not in production.

Great video!

Being a player of World of Warships Legends and having the Gearing as part of my fleet I'm very tempted by this model.

Interesting to see that Takom have decided to get into 1/700 ships? Although they look very good, they don’t look as good as Flyhawk’s kits (but I’m looking at this on an iPad, so I might be wrong on that)? As usual another fine review of what’s available! Thanks Andy and you have a good’un dude! 👍🏻👍🏻

Gearing looks good. Hope a FRAM Gearing comes out at some point.

Nice kits!

Always found the Luttzow best looking ww1 dreadnought.

Oh if only they were 1/350 scale.

Hope for more 350 scale ships

For some reason the US version of the SMS Lützow kit is misspelled ”Luetzow”😀 which is sort of dumb. But the correct pronunciation in any case is Lootzov, not Lootsau. OK?😉

1/700 scale is a very enjoyable scale for me, not SUPER fun to put together as things are tiny and you need patience but it usually doesnt take terrible long and then painting is extremely enjoyable, overall its a fun scale (1/350 is very annoying for me personally, i prefer 1/700)

If the Derfflinger and Lützow kits were the same, they would not offer two different models. The superstructure is very different between the two of them.

Hey Andy this would be a nice model, the car that started the first worldwar..Das "Sarajevo Auto" und das Attentat auf den Thronfolger am 28. Juni 1914 - RU-vid

"Derfflinger"? I know a modeler that might build it just to say the name. At least he will have a cool model after.

I hope someone will make Derfflinger/Lützow in 1/350! And equally for example light cruisers like Konigsberg, Leipzig, Abruzzi, Aosta, ...... I miss these ships in 1/350......

These ships kitd looks interesting

Hopefully takom makes some shermans or zimmerit panzer iv some day.

Dry dock is very interesting, but twin gun turret in 1/72 is a really monster. Where is Southerland in DDR configuration? DDR Gearings were the only Gearings participated in WWII. In that point of view Allen M Sumner would be better.

when I fill the tamyia paints up to the lip with thinner ... can I still easyly mix the colours ?

Wow, the molding is beautiful for 1/700!! Any idea what the price will be for the combined German ships?

Could the Derfflinger model be the same as the Flyhawk model of the same ship? Although that is only a waterline version it seems very similar.

They should make a model of that evergreen container ship.

Hey man it’s a little off topic. However, if you need any help during these busy holiday times I would be more than happy to help you ship things out. I live a couple hours but have some friends around Phoenix and would be more than happy to fly down and help you ship things out if you need any help.

i would like to find a plank on frame gearing destroyer iserved on one for 6 years and 4 more on a fletcher class 6 years in pearl harbor while arizona memorial was being built

I've watched a couple times. Maybe I'm still missing it. When are these due for pre order?

Nice!

hi, i love you videos and i was wondering if you could do a jagdpanzer E-100

I have been looking for a gearing class. My grandfather served on one. Early 50's. Is there any word on a 1/350 scale? I don't know if I can build something that small. I'll sure try though.

its more like old Snowman Models distributed by Takom 1/700 CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD DRY DOCK cat# SWMSP07050 1/700 USS DD-742 FRANK KNOX 1944 GEARING CLASS DESTROYER cat# SWMSP07002 etc.

Anything for us 1/350 people?

I hope they make model of U.S.S. Tarawa LHA1 Model kit

Very interesting, because offerings of ships on the market are extremely limited mostly to crapy Trumpeters, very old Tamiyas or costly and insanely detailed Very Fires and Flyhawks. Takom ships would be very nice addition considering the quality of their AFVs. Hopefully one day they will move to 1/350 scale as well.

is there an eta on when these go up on the website?

I love 1/700 ships but the cost is so outrageous to the point I just can't justify paying out $ 50-70cad for a kit that has half the plastic of a 1/35th armor , it makes me sad.

Wow small...😀😀😀

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Small enough to slip into a bottle.

We're just going to pretend that those enormous sprue gates are OK in 2021? Come on Takom, we know you can do better.

rather have these in 350 , too small

Itd be nice if building a model could be as simple as your intro. Maybe not though.

1:700 scale ship detail is terribly overscaled

So sick of 1/700 ships, utterly pointless. Why can’t these manufacturers make kits in 1/350, you know, the scale that everyone wants to build in. You even said it, “very tiny little ship” which means lots of details they can’t include. Pointless.

I wish takom would remanufacture their landkruizer in 1/144. I recently ordered the Takom Lun class ekranoplan.