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The good folks at Stevens International have been real busy again and are reissuing their limited production kitset of the Revell 1/720 USS Intrepid WWII Aircraft Carrier.

Please note that these are being made for Stevens International only, and are not available from Revell.

Kit features:

• 2 piece hull;
  
• Full-hull or waterline display;
  
• Detailed flight deck;
  
• 101 guns;
  
• Engraved portholes;
  
• Ladders and hatches;
  
• 12 Helldiver and Hellcat aircraft;
  
• US Navy markings;
  
• Display base.
  

This exciting re -release looks superb from the information available.

Please join me in viewing the current box art image of this pending kitset.

We understand that the expected release date is Early Fall 2009 and a price of $US26.95.

As always we will update you on this kitset as and when we have more detail.

Ship History

Commissioned in August 1943, the Intrepid participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, most notably the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, she was modernized and recommissioned in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA), and then eventually became an antisubmarine carrier (CVS).

In her second career she served mainly in the Atlantic, but also participated in the Vietnam War. Her notable achievements include being the first US aircraft carrier to launch aircraft with steam catapults, and being the recovery ship for a Mercury and a Gemini space mission.

The newly refurbished Intrepid is now a very popular museum resting in the Hudson River in New York City, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors annually.

Image s & Ship History courtesy of Stevens International.