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Vintage Ship model kits
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2023 7:53 pm
by BlackSheep214
Who remembers having built the old Revell 1/350 scale model kits from the 70s and 80s? I did USS Lexington, Intrepid, Fletcher Enterprise, Independence, New Jersey, etc…
Nowadays 1/350 scale ship kits are asking stupid money - $125 and up. Heck, I can’t even find a specific vintage Revell WW2 era aircraft carrier or any ship from my younger years. Too many USS Arizona kits though. Not that I need one since I do have one started. Resuming it has been suspended for the time being.
Re: Vintage Ship model kits
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2023 8:52 pm
by Stikpusher
Most of the vintage Revell ship kits were “box scale”, not 1/350. They did do a series of 1/720 kits. But aside from a straight deck Essex Class Carrier, and HMS Ark Royal, the few other kits in that scale were mostly battleships.
Re: Vintage Ship model kits
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2023 4:04 pm
by Tojo72
$125.00 ??? I saw that the new USS Midway will be a high a $359.00
Re: Vintage Ship model kits
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2023 5:07 pm
by BlackSheep214
Yeah.... they're asking stupid money for them. Maybe I'll get lucky at a couple antique stores I frequent at at a better price.
Re: Vintage Ship model kits
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2023 5:46 pm
by Stikpusher
Tojo72 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 4:04 pm
$125.00 ??? I saw that the new USS Midway will be a high a $359.00
$125.00 is for old or small 1/350 ship kits. Most of the new stuff and larger stuff is asking twice that much for MSRP.
Re: Vintage Ship model kits
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2023 12:36 pm
by Duke Maddog
BlackSheep214 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 7:53 pm
Who remembers having built the old Revell 1/350 scale model kits from the 70s and 80s? I did USS Lexington, Intrepid, Fletcher Enterprise, Independence, New Jersey, etc…
Nowadays 1/350 scale ship kits are asking stupid money - $125 and up. Heck, I can’t even find a specific vintage Revell WW2 era aircraft carrier or any ship from my younger years. Too many USS Arizona kits though. Not that I need one since I do have one started. Resuming it has been suspended for the time being.
Those box scale kits you mentioned: I think I've built every one of them. Back in the day, they were the only game in town next to the Airfix 1/600 scale ships and the occasional Monogram and Lindbergh ship kits.
Re: Vintage Ship model kits
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2023 6:46 pm
by BlackSheep214
Yup. That’s why I’d love to find them for another go at it… Yorktown, Lexington, Hornet, Wasp, Bismarck, Tirpitz, New Jersey, Intrepid, etc…