Author: Mark Karolus
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Academy USS Missouri
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/700 scale plastic model ship kit The kit consists of eight sprues — five gray and one each in blue, red, and black — as well as several large individual parts. No flash mars the crisp moldings; the parts require only careful trimming and sanding of sprue attachments. The armament was…
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Merit International HMS Ark Royal
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/350 scale plastic model aircraft carrier kit. Merit’s kit is finely molded in gray plastic with just a few areas of flash and nice detail throughout, including eyebrow gutters above the portholes. The air wing comprises five Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers, four Fairey Fulmar fighters, and four Blackburn Skua dive-bombers. All…
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IBG Models HMS Badsworth
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/700 scale plastic model ship kit. The Royal Navy’s Hunt-class destroyer escorts, like HMS Badsworth, served from the East Indies to South Africa and Malta and escorted Murmansk convoys. The little ships could be built quickly and 86 were completed before the end of World War II. More than a dozen…
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Tamiya IJN Kagero
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/350 scale plastic model ship kit. Tamiya’s 1/350 scale kit represents the Kagero, the lead ship of its class, in its 1939 fit. Similar in design to previous classes, the Kagero class was considered the pinnacle of Japanese destroyers, with a streamlined bridge structure, 35.5-knot speed, 5,000-mile range, and balanced weapons…
