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Hi ship modelers. I would like to ask a question if I may. Do any of you know if there are kits available of U.S. or R.N. gunboats from the era of the China Station? These unique vessels fascinate me and I would love to build one. Thanks for your time.
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Iron Shipwright sells a resin & brass Panay in 1:192 scale
Panay (steelnavy.com)
Loose Cannon made one in 1:700 scale
I'm working from memory, but I'm pretty sure Combrig and Iron Shipwright sell quite a few, a lot of Spanish boats that were repurposed for that. Like the fictional San Pablo.
Bill
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Thanks Ed. I'll check that out.
Ta Bill. I will follow these up. Having read the Sand Pebbles several times, (and seen the movie twice), this would be a great build. I also love Douglas Reeman's various descriptions of this period. Incidently, I posted your book a couple of weeks ago.
Thanks, Rob. It's on a slow boat from China, I guess.
I looked into Combrig, the one that immediately came up was USS Helena.
If you haven't built a resin kit before, Combrig is a good source. As is Iron Shipwright.
http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/09038.htm
http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/09039.htm
http://www.imaco.com.hk/cgi-bin/prod.pl/iscale/192
Haven't seen any reviews of their kits, but they do have some.
Down towards the bottom there's the pages for a basic paper model of the movie San Pablo.
http://www.papermodelers.com/forum/design-threads/4282-uss-san-pablo-sand-pebbels-6.html
Thank you all very much folks. I am now going to follow up on all of these suggestions.
GMorrisonThanks, Rob. It's on a slow boat from China, I guess.
Thats funny! I hope it's not going anywhere near China mate, they don't love Aussies very much. Apparently we've upset them and they think we're no better than the Americans... LOL!
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