{"product_id":"ships-in-scale-sep-oct-2026","title":"Ships In Scale - Sep\/Oct 2026","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShips in Scale — September\/October 2026 (Vol. 29, No. 5)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA German shrimp cutter at golden hour on the Baltic, 103 readers grading the kit makers, and the famous warships that never made it into a box.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSurvey data, plank-on-frame, radio control, 1\/700 miniatures, and original research into seventeenth-century sloops. 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