Revell Carrier and Ship Kits late 1960'-early70's

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Musicman59 - 26 Aug 2010 23:18 GMT

I was just in my early teens then, memory may be fading, but didn't
Revell have a huge inventory of carriers and ships in release?

Now they have next to nothing. Maybe it was all tied into the
Vietnam War or something, but I would not mind seeing those 20 inch
or so carriers coming back. I messed them up then and would probably
do the same now, but then I 'm not a stickler for detail. Glued on
fingerprints equals battle damage !!!!

Anyone know of a list of what they may have had available then and can
list some titles? Anyone have some Revell catalogs from that period?

thx - Craig

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AMPSOne@aol.com - 27 Aug 2010 02:34 GMT

They're still around under the selected subjects release program.

For the most part they were repops of each other:

USS Forrestal and its sisters
USS FDE and its sisters
USS Essex with angled deck and its sisters
USS Missouri and its sisters
USS Los Angeles and its regular systers
USS Boston and its sisters
USS The Sullivans and its sisters
USS Buckley and its sisters
USS Forrest Sherman and its sisters
USS Randall and its sisters
USS Currituck and its modified version USS Norton Sound
(A four stacker which was released at least once as HMS Campbelltown)
(a fleet oiler)

That's all I can recall. Renwal had a complete set of 1/500 ones from
Carriers down to fleet auxiliaries.

Cookie Sewell

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WmB - 27 Aug 2010 02:43 GMT

>I was just in my early teens then, memory may be fading, but didn't
> Revell have a huge inventory of carriers and ships in release?
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> thx - Craig

I built the Saratoga (Forrestal Class). About 2 feet long as I recall. This
was around 1973-75.

WmB

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tomcervo - 27 Aug 2010 03:27 GMT

> I was just in my early teens then, memory may be fading, but didn't
> Revell have a huge inventory of carriers and ships in release?
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> thx - Craig

While they may show up on ebay now and then, they are also being re-
released. The "Buckeley" class DE is now on the shelves, for about
$16--not bad. In a month or so, the "Essex" is supposed to be coming
out.

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Gray Ghost - 27 Aug 2010 04:45 GMT

Musicman59 <cwestbrooke@gmail.com> wrote in news:cf2fd6c1-0c66-4af4-8f24-
9ff4ea4ac099@x21g2000yqa.googlegroups.com:

> I was just in my early teens then, memory may be fading, but didn't
> Revell have a huge inventory of carriers and ships in release?
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>
> thx - Craig

Everything you need to know is at these two sites.

http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/kitlist/kitlist-index.html

http://www.quuxuum.org/rajens_list/rajen.html

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