French Frigate "Acheron"

I have just got home from the IPMS UK Scale Model World exhibition at Telford . On display there amongst a number of new releases was a kit of a sailing warship described as the French Frigate Acheron by the Russian company Zvezda .The blurb on the side of the box ( top wasn't visible ) described the Acheron as a very powerful and fast warship , the scourge of the British whaling fleet in the southern oceans . Someone has been watching "Master and Commander " i thought .It certainly tallies with the ship in the film . From what I could see it looked very like one of the big American frigates . It carried at least 50 guns(I counted them on one of the sprues available for inspection) on the upper and main decks . Scale was given as 1/200. Shrouds and ratlines were neatly injection moulded , sails were vac formed . Thinking the scale was a favourite of Heller , I had a look at their catalogue . "La Belle Poule " seemed very similar . A little research revealed that La Belle Poule was based on the Constitution , so that accounted for the resemblance .In the film Acheron was supposed to be Boston built . Has anyone seen this kit before , am I simply discovering something everyone already knew  . I would hope it's new , kits of old sailing warships are as rare as the teeth of the hen . The Belle Poule I am referring to was built in the 1830's and brought back the body of Napoleon from St Helena .