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                        Flower Class Reference

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                        Bocks Suv
                        • Member since
                          March 2010
                        Flower Class Reference
                        Posted by Bocks Suv on Friday, October 21, 2016 2:57 PM

                        Working on a 1/72 Platinum Revell kit, and through web research I've learned that about 250 of these ships were built for WW2 and no 2 seemed alike.  

                        Camo, waterline color, super-structure design and color, decking matterials, armament and tech details all varied...making it tough to find enough info to pick one version to build with reasonable accuracy. Any idea on where I can find something fairly  comprehensive? Not interested in rivet counting and radio antennae details, just the basics that work with the kit's parts as is.

                        Heck, I cant even find a good image of the keel to verify if that long ridge was on the real ships or not, or is just to help hold the model together, esp for RC conversions.

                        Thanks!!   

                               

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                        CG Bob
                        • Member since
                          October 2005
                        Posted by CG Bob on Friday, October 21, 2016 9:37 PM

                        During the war, 9 had US crews.  The NavSource website has some pictures and wepaons info on them. 

                        USS ACTION (PG-86)

                        USS ALACRITY (PG-87)

                        USS BEACON (PG-88)

                        USS BRISK (PG-89)

                        USS HASTE (PG-92)

                        USS INTENSITY (PG-93)

                        USS MIGHT (PG-94)

                        USS PERT (PG-95)

                        USS PRUDENT (PG-96)

                         

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                        GeorgeW
                        • Member since
                          February 2006
                        • From: The green shires of England
                        Posted by GeorgeW on Saturday, October 22, 2016 8:49 AM

                        Useful references I obtained when building this model are:

                        Flower Class Corvettes by John Lambert and Les Brown (Seaforth Publishing

                        man 0' war 7 Flower Class Corvettes by Antony Preston and Alan Raven. (Arms and Armour Press)

                        Ensign 3 Flower Class Corvettes, by Antony Preston and Alan Raven.

                        Canada's Flowers by Thomas G. Lynch

                        Corvettes of the Royal Canadian Navy 1939 - 1945 by Ken Macpherson and Marc Milner.

                        Gunshield Graffiti by Thomas G lynch and James B. Lamb.

                        Not sure how many are still available, but if you can find them they do give excellent information for  detailing and camouflage.

                        GW

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                        PTConsultingNHR
                        • Member since
                          December 2005
                        Posted by PTConsultingNHR on Sunday, October 23, 2016 9:21 AM
                        John Lambert also authored a WARSHIPS PERSPECTIVE monograph on the FLOWERS. Tim
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                        Don Stauffer
                        • Member since
                          November 2009
                        • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
                        Posted by Don Stauffer on Sunday, October 23, 2016 11:55 AM

                        I second the suggestion of the Lambert and Brown book.  Excellent book!

                        Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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