I purchase the Gold Metal Model PE which is going for $26. Their instruction sheets are excellent on all their PE kits. Very detail and explaining how to bend and place the part.
Does anyone know if any kits of the river class frigates are out there?
In 1/350 injection plastic, the only class of Frigate available that I can think of off the top of my head is the FFG-7 Oliver Hazard Perry Class, made by Academy.
Yep.
CpnMac will heave to soon to remind us what exactly a frigate is.
Bigger than a DD, smaller than a light cruiser?
Back to the OP, I don’t know what he/ she thinks is low cost, but pretty much anything Revell works.
Now the definition of frigate depends upon the era and navy. In the 1960s/1970s, the US Navy called ships that would be cruisers as frigates, in line with the age of sail definition. Nowadays, frigates are more in line with WWII DEs, optimized primarily for ASW work. Other countries may classify them as Corvettes.
Frigates are today’s equivalent of the Destroyer Escort. In fact, when this class of ship began to be built for the US Navy in the early 1960’s (the Bronstein Class), they were originally designated as DE’s. Many of our Cruisers at the time (1951- early 1960’s) were designated as Destroyer Leaders (DLs), as were some ships that were later re-designated as DDGs.
I could not locate any 1/350 scale River Class in plastic, but I did find one in 1/700 scale. There is a Flower Class in /1350. The Resin Shipyard has one in 1/350 scale, however: http://www.resinshipyard.com/pages/catalog.html.
And, if you do build a River, this thread may be of interest to you:
http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=7797&start=80
There are some in plastic 1:700 scale such as these listed on HLJ
https://hlj.com/product/INTSMS-014
There are also some in resin (think bigger bucks) and fiberglass/RC (even bigger bucks)
But in my prior post, where I mentioned moving on to other scales after teaching your thumbs to do what you wanted them to do, consider the goal of a learner kit.
The Buckley-class DE, of which the USS England was a member, served in the RN as the Captain Class frigate
Why I asked HMCS Orkney K448 is interesting to me and I’d want to build it sometime in the future.
The HMCS Kootenay/HMS Decoy kit by Resin Shipyard
http://www.resinshipyard.com/pages/kit_pages/kootenay.html
At 110 Canadian - thats 84.20 American. Not too shabby, but its not a learner kit
Deutsches Panzer,
I think that the advice you are receiving to stick to a “beginner” kit is sound, and you did ask for our advice. At the same time, I’m presuming that you’ve been modeling at least in armor for some period of time, so I’d also tell you that, if you see something you want to build and you are comfortable with it, go for it - within reason. But, take your time, be very, very patient, and read up on the “how to’s” of both ship-building and any new mediums with which you want to work.
I hadn’t built a ship since high school (1980), and only about a dozen kits en toto since then when I pulled Dragon’s 1/350 scale VLS AEGIS Cruiser kit off the shelf in the spring of 2013. My wife had bought this for me some years earlier since I’d served in USS Normandy (CG 60). I didn’t want to build a “prep kit” first, and definitely wanted to dress her up with AM. I’ve attached a link to a photo below…was there frustration, mistakes, and a lot of sailor-speak? You bet! Is she museum quality? No way. But I think she turned out pretty well, and I’m happy with the build.
http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/m/online/1580237.aspx
We’ve given you a lot to think about, but in the end, do what will make you happy…that’s what this hobby is all about!
thanks. Nice job on the ship. Why I’m interested in the ship is because i am living a short way from where the ship was named. I’v built a few armor kits and have got kinda bitten by the boat bug;)
Looks like only 1/700 are within my cost for a river class frigate.
What I want is a WWII style frigates. I’m interested in the wwii area, especially in German armor, paper panzers, luft 46’ and Canadian equiment.
It sounds like the England would be perfect for you.
YUP!!!
I can get the kit off ebay for $31.39 Can.
Sound perfect. I may want to get the little fella
[^o)] perhaps your screen name is a Freudian slip… [;)]
If we’re back to talking about the England, Scale Hobbyist has it for $23.39US. I think that’s about 30.50 Canadian…so it’s only a dollar delta; total cost depends on shipping at this point.