Is there a kit available on the 1/96 U.S.S. Kearsage?

Revell had the Kearsage out back in the '70s I believe. Same time they came out with the Alabama. Back then Revell had several great ships, now?

Revell Germany I think is re-releaseing it for a while contact a good model importer or check revell homepage.

ebay has both the Kearsarge and Alabama on the block, but be expected to pay dearly. I've seen both ships run between $100.00 and $250.00. A 1960's Kearsarge went for $436.00. These are nice kits and yes, they are almost identical. There is an article about the differences btween the two kits and how you can make either one the Kear. or Ala. on this website. I did a google search a while back and also found a lot of information on both ships and their differences.

http://scalemodel.net/

Scott

The Kearsarge was released in 1961, then the moulds were altered to Alabama. so you will not see the Kearsarge again, Neither model is very accurate.
But, If you look at plans of the two ships, you will see that the Alabama is actually a better model of the Kearsarge .
So, if you want a Kearsarge, buy another Alabama!!!!.

Hello again,
If you go to ,
www.steelnavy.com
then model kit review, you will find a review of the ships and the Revell kits.
hope this helps.

Thanks for the help, we will check out those sites and will see if we can locate one and remodel it to the Kearsage if we can't find an original at a fair price! Joe

redwiper : Thanks for the steelnavy site, I had never been there and it looks like it has a wealth of information that will be useful! Joe

Glad to be of help.