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Title: Any American Flowers?
Post by: tonyH on November 15, 2013, 06:10:57 pm

Hi All,
 
Can anyone suggest a source of fittings for a Revell Flower class post-refit in the US to American spec. as a Coastguard PG such as Saucy. This would call for the 4"/50cal and 3"/50cal weapons, plus the tripod mast bits etc.
 
I've been given an abandoned 3/4 kit and in view of the many missing fittings I thought a change would be in order.
 
I may have missed it but I've not noticed such a conversion.
 
This is the sort of thing>
 
 
 
Thanks :-))
 
 

Title: Re: Any American Flowers?
Post by: longshanks on November 15, 2013, 10:08:06 pm

Hi Tony,
 
Check out White ensign https://www.whiteensignmodels.com/c/172+Scale+Photo+Etch/22/4/ (https://www.whiteensignmodels.com/c/172+Scale+Photo+Etch/22/4/)
 
They do 3 & 4" US deck gun plus 20mm Plus loads more etch
 
longshanks

Title: Re: Any American Flowers?
Post by: tonyH on November 16, 2013, 06:58:02 pm

Many Thanks LS,
 
Just whats needed :-))
 
Tony

Title: Re: Any American Flowers?
Post by: Klunk on November 16, 2013, 09:38:14 pm

Google great little ships.
They do every fitting going for the Revell kit

http://www.djparkins.com/acatalog/Great_Little_Ships.html

Title: Re: Any American Flowers?
Post by: tonyH on November 17, 2013, 12:28:50 pm

Hi klunk,
 
You're probably right, but I checked them out before and they don't seem to do the US armament post-refit. So all the guns, boats, masting, radar etc. seem to be of the original RN/RCN type.
 
Tony

Title: Re: Any American Flowers?
Post by: Sandy on November 17, 2013, 10:12:48 pm

I assume navsource has lots of photos. The Americans seemed to be very good at taking lots of dockyard photos.

Title: Re: Any American Flowers?
Post by: tonyH on November 18, 2013, 10:19:32 am

Aye Sandy,
 
Plenty of pics available plus camo details etc. Can't find any drawings but since this is going to be a re-make I'm only after fair stand-off rather than absolute accuracy %)
 
Tony

Title: Re: Any American Flowers?
Post by: John R Haynes on November 23, 2013, 10:46:22 am

Maybe check out my shop www.johnrhaynes.com/shop (http://www.johnrhaynes.com/shop)

Title: Re: Any American Flowers?
Post by: tonyH on November 23, 2013, 05:45:24 pm

I did John but I was looking for the two main guns first and I think you must have hidden them :embarrassed:
 
Tony