This is the well-known Flower-class Corvette kit first released by Matchbox in 1979, and re-boxed here by Revell. This example was from the basic molds, not one of the enhanced or upgraded kits. The kit is very crude by today’s standards both in molding quality and accuracy of many of the details. This was built for a friend who wanted to use it for wargaming with the intention of an out of the box build, but I couldn’t resist improving several of the parts.
Of course, the Kaiju attack is inevitable when one has children!
Construction posts begin here: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2021/12/24/revell-hmcs-snowberry-flower-class-corvette-build-in-1-72-scale-part-i/
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Amazing Jeff. Your friend is going to be very happy.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Thanks Pete!
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Wow, Jeff! Amazing build. i’m curious about the artwork on the main battery. Was this a common practice in the R.N.? Also, is there a good source for aftermarket details?
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Excuse me, i meant the R.C.N. Apologies to the Canadians.
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Thanks Mike! The gun shield was commonly decorated with some sort of artwork, although there are also many examples without. The best place to start for aftermarket is Parkins, he has an extensive range for this kit: https://www.djparkins.com/home.php?cat=264&page=1#:~:text=A%20range%20of%201%3A72nd,by%20Britain%20and%20her%20allies.
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Beautiful work, your friend is going to be thrilled. I love the last shot with the fetching, and angry, mermaid in it. 😉
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There have been quite a few mermaid attacks around here over the years!
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Amazing detail. Must be a very big gaming table!
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Thanks!
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Brilliant piece of work mate 😃I’m certain that your cobber will love it , does the model come with the sailors or is that more detail you have Added for a bit more realism 🤔🤓
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Thanks Pat! There were several figures included in the kit. I re-posed the duplicates and supplemented them with conversions from the old Airfix Bofers kit.
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Just a terrific build. And helpful perspective in the last shot. Unless your daughter is extremely tiny that’s a big model!
I do love the functional simplicity of the corvette. Makes me want to load up War in the Pacific again…
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Thanks Dave! The finished model is 34 inches long.
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That is big! Now you just need to do a destroyer to go with it. I’ve seen the model of the Nevada used in Tora! Tora! Tora! (NASM? It’s been a while) I believe that was also 1/72 scale. That was really big!
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