Revell 1/96 Cutty Sark revisited..................

I was waiting for that but saw one on ebay 2 days ago and since there were no bids I wrote the guy and he sold it to me for $40 bucks (including priority mail) new in box.  I'm pretty sure its the last american molding of the kit. I should have it  next week.

You can find it on ebay without too much trouble. Many older and I would presume better molded versions of the kit.

Back to work on my  Alabama  kit that jtilley mentions, soon. More mold line cleaning to drive me mad.

very messy molding. Hopefully If the Cutty Sark is re-issued it will be a cleaner mold  run, and my kit in transit  will be cleaner than my Alabama.

I have no idea what Revell's plans for this kit may be.  It's a real classic - the sort of kit that always ought to be available.  (On the other hand, I sure hope Revell doesn't do to it what it did to its old Alabama kit:  warped parts, screwed-up moldings, and a miserable instruction sheet featuring photos of a finished model built by an orangatan who couldn't figure out where the sails were supposed to go.)

Maybe it's worth noting that the Imai 1/125 Cutty Sark is currently being sold under the Aoshima label.  In some respects it's a better kit than the Revell one.  (Virtually all the old Imai sailing ship kits are excellent.  We really lost something when that company went out of business.)  Unfortunately the prices for the Aoshima version are pretty extravagant (at least here in the U.S.), but it's a fine kit.