I was going to buy Italeri's 1/720 scale U.S.S. Ronald Reagan CVN-76, but most places I looked it was out of stock. So, I went ahead and bought Revell Germany's release.
Well, to my surprise, the box says, "Made in Italy" on it,and almost every part reminds me of both an Italeri Nimitz and Eisenhower that I had several years back. I'm serious, it was deja vu when I opened it up.
There are several parts trees that are new, just for the Reagan such as the island, masts, and aircraft, along with the bubous bow that the Reagan has. But they didn't delete the older release parts completely. Most of the old island parts are there, even the old SPS-43 radar as is the original bow, but all the parts that are not used on the Reagan are pointed out in the instructions by heavy shading out, with the key "Do not use".
All the parts in the kit, new and old, are utterly flawless, no flash anywhere, not even a hint. I suspect it's made by Italeri for Revell Germany.
Does anyone agree?