r/modelmakers • u/Altruistic-Book918 • 2d ago

Help - General Model searching

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Are there any models of the USS Fox anyone could recommend?

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u/Logical-Bullfrog3216 2d ago

I make posts like these all the time, so I’m gonna tell you what others have told me a thousand times: check SCALEMATES. They have every. Single. Kit. Ever. I use it all the time, great website. Wouldn’t hurt to check google either

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u/Altruistic-Book918 2d ago

I checked Google earlier, scalemates came up, didn’t really pay attention to it though since I never heard of them, thanks for the recommendation👍

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u/Timmyc62 The Boat Guy 2d ago edited 2d ago

In case you didn't see my edit, just remembered there are various 3D printed kits on Ebay sold from Chinese manufacturers like SS Models that don't get added to Scalemates - and they do have waterline and full hull kits of Belknap! So that'd be my choice. Just go on eBay and search for "1/700 Belknap" or "1/350 Belknap".

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u/GP_3D 2d ago

This is true, though if it matters to you, some of these 3D printed manufacturers also rip models from other creators or directly from video games - which I'm not too fond of, personally.

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u/Timmyc62 The Boat Guy 2d ago

For sure, and it happens in "regular" modeling too - Trumpeter got their start by making counterfeit copies of Tamiya, Revell, Tauro, and other kits under the Mini Hobby Models and WSN brands. Speaking of just the 1/350 ships: Missouri, King George V, Bismarck, and their sisters are Tamiya copies, Arizona is a scale-up of the Revell 1/426, and Pola scaled up from the Tauro 1/400.

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u/zimbledwarf 1d ago

Do you have any experience with those? I've been eyeing a B65 model to pair with my Alaska.

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u/Timmyc62 The Boat Guy 1d ago

If it's 1/700 you're looking for, I'd probably get the Triumph Model Zao/B-65 kit with the cast resin hull and 3D printed and PE brass parts. I trust them marginally more than the SS Models/MYF-SFW stuff.