Monday, October 05, 2009 - 12:18 PM UTC
You may recall that Zvezda have announced that they are releasing their new tooling of the 1/200th French Frigate "Acheron".

The hot news is that Zvezda have now released the box art for this kitset along with some additional information. It appears that this new tooling is now not far from release.

Kitset features:


  • 320 parts on 6 sprues;
  • Vacuformed sails;
  • 50 guns;
  • Ripping thread included.


Full details are outlined as follows:

1/200th French Frigate "Acheron"
Manufacturer: Zvezda
Scale: 1/200
Regular Price: To be confirmed
Expected release date: To be confirmed
Item code: 9034

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

The expected release date and the suggested final retail price have yet to be confirmed.

Image courtesy of Zvezda.

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This is the frigate from Master and Commander, right? Originally she was supposed to be an American 44 gun frigate, but was changed to be French to avoid angering Americans. Are they basically doing an American 44, but as a French ship, or doing some kind actual French ship, or what?
OCT 05, 2009 - 04:42 PM
Hello Sean, I guess that this is going to be a plastic model? That means that we are going to have to make the plastics Hull, Deck, Etc, look like a wooden ship, Right. Have you seen any of the hull and other wooden items to see if they are overly scaled large? Thanks for the update and Thanks for the news you put out for us. Cjeers, Bruce
OCT 05, 2009 - 07:41 PM
Seeing new releases (assuming its not a Heller rehash) in fighting sail is always welcome, but 1:200 is a bit tiny for the subject. I keep a lookout for this one, though. --Karl
OCT 06, 2009 - 05:35 AM
same here - i would love to try a non-Heller plastic sailing ship at some point.
OCT 10, 2009 - 01:32 AM
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