1250Ships News

Starting immediately you will see lower shipping costs almost across the board. Wonder how? Read on.... We recently got some good news- 1250Ships was approved for a lower cost shipping plan. There was only one catch. It required the use of calculated rates and that meant having to input correct product weights and dimensions for every item in our catalog. We have over 4,000 different items so that was a lot of weighing and measuring. After several weeks of work and testing we are happy to report that we have just turned on our new shipping cost calculator. We have scrapped...

Just arrived from Albatros are these new releases: AL 273 Taltitha G British yacht ALK 237 U-35 German submarine 212 class ALK 324 Tidespring British underway replenishment ship Also in are the following restocks, most of them have been unavailable for 2-3 years minimum: ALK 072D Illustrious British carrier 2006 ALK 073 Resolution British missile submarine ALK 074 Trafalgar British attack submarine ALK 075 Vigilant British missile submarine ALK 501 Huang Shan Chinese frigate

Now in production and arriving late May/early June is our second Leahy class ship USS Dale DLG-19 as she appeared in 1970. This model can also represent any of the Leahy class ships that completed with the full set of four AN/SPG-55 missile directors: USS Leahy DLG-16, USS Harry E. Yarnell DLG-17, USS Gridley DLG-21 or USS England DLG-22. And if you haven't picked one up don't miss out on our first Leahy class release, the two director USS Richmond K. Turner:

Just in- the new release from Spider Navy of the US Navy destroyer USS Duncan DDR-874 as in 1966 after her FRAM update. Also in are new models from Saratoga, Albatros, Rhenania Junior and others. See them all on our New Releases page.

We now offer gift cards valued at $10, $25, $50 and $100. It has always been hard to give miniature ships to collectors. You never knew what they had or what they might want. Now just give them a gift card from 1250Ships.com. If you are a collector now you can ask for what you really want- just tell your friends to give you a gift card. Gift cards are emailed with a code that can be redeemed online at checkout.