Spent some quality time browsing through my well-stocked local shop. (Spare Time Shop, Marlboro, Mass.) I spotted a couple of new kits:
1. The Hanseatic Cog, in 1/72 scale. (by Zvezda?) I've heard about this kit (on this forum), but this was the first time I've seen it. Looking at the color photos on the back of the box, it appears that the model can be built as either a waterline or full hull model, which was news to me.
2. Vasco De Gama's flagship- forget the name. This is a new-looking Revell of Germany kit- one I've never seen before. It carried a 1999 copyright date on the box, IIRC. I've often read (and agreed with) Prof Tilley's lament that there aren't any new plastic sailing ship kits on the market-- I know the Cog is an exception to the rule, but is the De Gama kit an exception as well?
Just wondering......
-Bill