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Monday, June 01, 2015 - 02:47 AM UTC
Thanks to Steve Joyce (blaster76) for calling our attention to this! Following up with another cold war carrier, Merit lists this kit for a June 2015 release!
The last pre nuclear carrier, the JFK was a unique class of carrier (a Kitty Hawk variant) and served for 40 years before being decommissioned in 2007.

The Merit kit of the "Big John" (No. MIL-65306) has the following features listed:

-Over 1300 parts
-2 Photo-etched sheets
-35 Sprues and Hull and Decks
-Decals Sheet
-A little over 3ft in length
-Beam 9 ½ inches
-One Piece Hull
-Detailed Flight Deck
-Detailed Hangar Deck

Aircraft:
-E2C Hawkeye x 2
-S-3A Viking x 2
-F-18F Super Hornet x 5
-EA-6B Prowler x 5
-F-14B/D Tomcat x 5

Free Time Hobbies has the kit available for $179.95 (US) plus shipping.

Member Tim Petta (tjpetta) has provided in-the-box images of the kit.

A build of the kit by member Mardis Hall (gtb-red) can be found here.
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Note: I made a correction to the first paragraph. I incorrectly referred to the JFK as a 'Midway' variant when she was a 'Kitty Hawk' variant.
JUN 01, 2015 - 06:58 PM
Fantastic! OMG I want one of these!
JUN 01, 2015 - 07:02 PM
Excellent news, Looking forward to this one Cheers Si
JUN 01, 2015 - 11:45 PM
Posting has been updated with in-box images from Tim Petta.
AUG 24, 2015 - 02:13 AM
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