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All hand's on deck! Here's a story for the classic sailing ship modelers out there, a new and upcoming kit from Heller Models, the HMS Victory, in 1/100 scale plastic!

This September, Heller Models will introduce another quality model ship kit to their growing line, and this time, the focus is for the sailing ship fancier.

The HMS Victory will offer the modeler a high quality plastic model kit that promises to compare to the upper scale wooden ship kits currently on the market today, at a much more affordable price, and a build time that will be much less!

Kit Details

HMS Victory
Manufacturer: Heller
Product #: 80897
List Price: $219.99
Availability: due early September

Description and Comments

This is a 1/100 Scale Plastic Assembly Kit for the Ship "HMS Victory" from Heller. For Modelers Age 8 and Older. This kit is being touted as one of the most detailed ship model kits ever produced. For example, each cannon consists of 7 parts and there are over 100 of them!


Features

Plastic kit for static display.
2107 parts in brown, tan, black & white plastic plus vacuum-formed sails.

Detailed hull replicates the carvings along the sides, bow, & stern of the original and also includes the gunports for the cannon.

Full mast detail with cross spars and crow's nests.

Deck detail includes hatches, bulkheads, and lifeboats.

***The kit includes a special "rigging machine" for making the ratlines for the masts. Comprehensive instructions are provided for its use, along with 4 spools of different thickness thread to make the ratlines and other rigging.***

Facts

This model represents the 5th ship to be known as HMS Victory and was launched in May 1765. The ship participated in several important battles with different commanders, but it was as the flagship of Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar the Victory won the most fame. Although fatally wounded Nelson and the British fleet defeated the combined fleet of Spain and France. Today, the Victory is flagship of the Royal Navy's Portsmouth command and is preserved in authentic condition in Portsmouth, England.

See more quality Heller kits at the official company website


When contacting vendors, tell 'em you saw it on the pages of Model Shipwrights!