 sertichs wrote: |
Does anyone know where I can find the following plastic model kits?
1) SS Canberra 2) SS France 3) SS United States 4) SS Oriana 5) SS Normandie |
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With the exception of the Normandie for which there is no mass produced kit you will find all of the others listed on an almost regular basis on ebay. Your only choice on the Normandie, other than an extremely rare and expensive resin kit produced some years ago is to purchase a paper card model from some company like Paper Models International. The other ships are available in plastic in various scales, mostly 1/600. The France (Airfix 1/600) will cost you between $40-90.00 on ebay as it is a relatively rare plastic kit. Canberra (Airfix 1/600), Orianna (Revell & CC Lee 1/500 or so) and United States (Revell 1/602) are much more common and cheaper. There are a couple of larger scale but cruder models of France (1/450) and United States (1/400, at least nominally) also to be found on ebay from time to time, of the two the France is probably the better, but each will require TONS of work to make presentable. They can be found under the Glencoe label. The Glenecoe United States, however, has serious proportion issues. A few of the great liners can be found in 1/700 in resin from producers like H-P Models of Germany but they are incredibly expensive. WS