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Flyhawk Royal Navy Seaplane Dockyard Base
Flyhawk’s has released a 1/700 Royal Navy Seaplane
Dockyard Base, kit FH1161. This "diorama in a box" comes in
a cardboard box, which opens at the ends, with a painting of the fictional
seaplane base on the box top. On the back is colored panel
to be used as the "water" for the base. There are eight sprues -
two of which are clear - one set of photo-etch, a decal sheet and instructions
inside the box.
On the sprues are parts for a large pier with ramp,
a small dock, a building, water tower, three vehicles, a patrol boat and
two Short Sunderland seaplanes (these are the clear sprues). |
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| SPURE A |
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| The pier is one large piece.
It's well molded with an engraved pattern to simulated poured concrete. |
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| SPRUE
B |
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| This sprue has the water tank, bulkheads
for the pier, a small "wooden" dock (which is really nicely molded) and
some other small parts for the diorama. |
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| SPRUE
C |
| There is a building included
in the package, and you'll find it here. As with everything else,
it's well done, especially the roof. |
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| SPRUE
D |
| The three vehicles included
in the set and one of the boats (which is meant to be carried by one of
the vehicles) is on this sprue. Flyhawk's small boats are excellent. |
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| SPRUE
E |
| The injection molded legs for
the water tower are on this sprue. |
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| SPRUE
GB 44 |
| A motor patrol boat comes with
the set. You'll find the hull, a separate deckhouse and foc'sle,
a mast and some weapons. |
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| SPRUE
GB45 (x2) |
| This sprue consists of the Short
Sunderland seaplanes. Other than the fact that the aircraft
are clear plastic (I think clear plastic is hard to work with), the detail
is terrific. These are cleverly engineered - all the canopies
appear to be separate pieces, so you can paint the planes and then add
the canopies. |
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| PHOTO-ETCH |
| The is a small photo-etch set
included. It includes PE versions of the water tower legs,
rails for the patrol boat, props for the Sunderlands, figures and other
assorted parts. It's all very high quality. |
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| DECALS |
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| There is one small decal sheet included
with the kit, consisting of different styles of ensigns, aircraft codes,
roundels and fin flashes. |
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| INSTRUCTIONS
AND BASE |
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| The instructions are in the form of
a small color booklet and are well done. |
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| CONCLUSIONS |
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| This is a really interesting (would
"cool" be a better word?) release from Flyhawk.
The possibilities here are almost endless. You can build it as is,
or incorporate it into a larger diorama.
This is Flyhawk’s 1/700 Royal Navy Seaplane Dockyard
Base, kit FH1161. The kit appearls to retail for around $44.00 USD,
and should be available from many of our fine sponsors. Thanks to
Flyhawk
for the review sample. Recommended, especially for fans of
small combatants and dioramas.
This is an in box review, your mileage may vary
once you start assembly. |
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