Review Topic: Ships
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Revell Germany HMCS Snowberry
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/144 scale plastic model ship kit, Revell Germany’s HMCS Snowberry. Unsung heroes of World War II, Flower-class corvettes took the battle to German U-boats while escorting North Atlantic convoys. Based on a commercial whaling ship, the 205′ vessels served in large numbers with British and Canadian navies. All of the parts…
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Academy’s M1A2 Abrams, Eduard’s “Rise of the Bubbletops”, Dragon’s big Scharnhorst, & Roden’s VC10
FSM reviews four new plastic scale model kits and accessories.
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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…
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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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Merit International’s 1/24 scale Fokker Dr.1, Roden’s 1/35 scale Opel 3.6-47 omnibus, Trumpeter’s 1/700 scale USS Tennessee, and a special surprise
FSM reviews four new plastic scale model kits!
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Tamiya M4A3E8 “Easy Eight” Sherman
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model armor kit. Let’s get this out of the way: This kit should not be confused with Tamiya’s reboxed Asuka M4A3E8 kit released in 2014. Instead, this is an easy-to-build model of the late-war Sherman that shares a few parts with Tamiya’s M51; most of the parts beyond…
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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.
