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This is part of the Air Land Sea Gift Set. It's the old Revell PT-212, although it has been rereleased under several other designations as well. I'm no PT boat expert, but I think, as old as it is, it's one of the few kits of a Higgins PT boat, all the others being Elco's, but I may be wrong on that. The kit is very 1950's-ish, which is no surprise as that's when the kit originated. Atlantis has done a good job cleaning up these old molds and for it's age, there was surprising little flash, although the mold seams were unavoidable. It builds up into a nice display model and would be great to get youth or new modelers involved. Personally, I like them as they are simple to build, look nice and don't have thousands of tiny parts to break or lose. In short, they are fun to build.

Note: This is my personal opinion based on my own experience with both our local shows and the IPMS national convention NCC needs to address this issue within the rules asap or well soon possible. With todays electronics there is no reason why anyone should need AC power for their creations. Providing power is a huge expense and pain for the host clubs. Vegas spent over $1000 providing power for the model room. That averaged $110 per model that needed power. If we are serious about keeping convention cost down we need to stop placating to contestants that cannot build around such a rule as "No AC power will be provided for model entries, no exception. Three options, provide your own AC power backup, purchase the AC power from the host site. ($$$$), build your model with simple DC battery power." Not meant as an insult anyone but we somehow need to real in cost and this is simply one convention expense that is way too high. Joe Porche #20296

Well this is gonna be a long one. Not because I bought a lot but thanks to the extreme generosity of someone on another Forums who surprised me with them. Here's the one I bought. I got it with an Amazon Gift card given to me for my birthday: I already did get that started. A few days before that T-62 came in, I got a message letting me know to BOLO, because a box was heading my way filled with small scale treats that he knew he was never going to build. He wasn't kidding. Here they are, armor first, than aircraft, then ships: That is one I'd wanted for awhile, but never figured I'd ever get because I had too many others I wanted more badly for my limited funds to stretch to this. It's been started. Next is this one still sealed: This one I hope to make an air ambulance: Now a few Airfix kits, starting with this one: And now for the ships: This one, as you can see, came with no instructions. No worries, I can download them from Scalemates: I wrote that on the box top so I wasn't frantically trying to find them once I decide to build this. Now for all these Tamiya ships: And finally another one I'd wanted for a long time: And that one is started as well. All those details and more can be seen on my next tour of my plant. Enjoy!