Author: Mark Karolus
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Trumpeter USS Tennessee BB-43
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/700 scale plastic model ship kit. Despite being damaged at Pearl Harbor and subsequently rebuilt and designated an OBB (battleship, old) by naval planners, USS Tennessee earned 10 Battle Stars in World War II. During the island-hopping march on Japan, the ship supported assault landings, sometimes firing on targets as close…
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Flyhawk 1/700 scale HMS Naiad
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/700 scale plastic ship model kit. Flyhawk HMS Naiad is a unique combination of engineering and the art of camouflage for a specific era and. It’s a 1/700 scale kit with the detail of a 1/350 or 1/200 scale model!
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Merit International USS John F. Kennedy
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/350 scale plastic model ship kit. Commissioned in 1968, USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), originally conceived as a nuclear-powered ship, became the last conventionally powered carrier in the U.S. Navy. A variant of the Kitty Hawk-class, it was 17′ shorter.
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Merit International USS Yorktown CV-5
FineScale Modeler reviews Merit International’s 1/350 scale plastic model ship kit. Merit International’s 1,100-part kit represents the first USS Yorktown as she was at Midway shortly before being sunk by Japanese torpedoes and bombs. The 12″ x 30″ box has 16 sprues of gray plastic, 15 clear sprues for the aircraft, and 5 large photoetched-metal frets.
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Hasegawa 1/700 scale Akagi
FineScale Modeler reviews Hasegawa’s 1/700 scale Akagi aircraft carrier plastic model kit. Hasegawa’s new 1/700 scale Hasegawa Akagi is based on the ship’s appearance after its 1937-38 conversion to a single flight deck. It can be built as it appeared at the attack on Pearl Harbor or as it appeared at its sinking at the…
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Dragon Black Label 1/700 scale USS Zumwalt
FineScale Modeler reviews the Dragon Black Label 1/700 scale USS Zumwalt. Dragon continues its Black Label product line with a cutting-edge modern ship, the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000), due to begin sea trials in 2015. The kit has just 62 parts for a $7 billion vessel and can be built in a weekend.
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Tamiya 1/700 scale USS Saratoga (CV-3)
FineScale Modeler reviews the Tamiya 1/700 scale USS Saratoga (CV-3) plastic model kit. The kit comprises a two-piece slide-mold, waterlined asymmetrical hull; five medium-gray styrene sprues; one slab of ballast metal; and a sheet of deck decals. The molding has fine detail throughout with no flash or sink marks. The parts count is less daunting…
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FlyHawk 1/700 scale SMS Derfflinger 1916
The FlyHawk 1/700 scale SMS Derfflinger plastic model ship kit comprises a waterline hull base, 10 gray styrene sprues, and one fret of photoetched metal. The molding is clean with no flash and no sink marks. The 10-step instructions are printed front and back on a single page with several six-color sections for photoetched metal,…
