BIG BOAT FROM REVELL - 1:72 SCALE FLOWER-CLASS CORVETTE
SMN REPORT For anyone who saw or built the original Matchbox kit, this Revell Platinum Edition must bring back memories. Even better, this 2012 version, due in November, will bring the Flower-class ship to new levels of detail. About the kit 1:72 scale is big for any ship kit, let alone a naval vessel like a corvette with 90-odd crew, so it’s no surprise that the assembled model measures some 850 mm (33.5 in) long. But it’s the parts-count that is somewhat astonishing - at 1214 parts, it may take longer to put together than one of the real ships. The prototype took more than five months to build, but mass-production soon cut this dramatically, to a new hull down the slipway every 23 days or so. Mind you, there’s a big difference between a shipyard and model bench, so you may be forgiven for taking somewhat longer to build the Revell kit. Platinum Edition details Revell has gone to great lengths to make detail-freaks like us happy. Here’s a list of what to expect in the box: * Phot...