Review Topic: Ships
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Revell Germany 1/700 scale Container Ship Colombo Express
Models of modern cargo ships are few and far between, which makes Revell Germany’s Colombo Express especially welcome. And it’s a fun build, too!
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Trumpeter 1/350 scale Prinz Eugen
The largest German vessel to escape World War II largely unscathed, Prinz Eugen was an Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser.
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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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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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Roden 1/72 scale Fairchild C-123B Provider
Roden’s new Fairchild C-123B Provider plastic model kit brings sighs of relief from 1/72 scale builders who for decades have had only subpar kits of this significant transport. In its first issue, Roden provides the first production version of the Provider. The parts are molded in gray and clear styrene and include decent interior detail…
