B251-125 Pyro HMS Ark Royal
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
From 1965 with excellent AJ Rudisill artwork. There is no scale listed, but the kit is roughly 8 to 9 inches long when assembled. This full hull model is molded in a dark wood brown and white plastic and features excellent engraved hull and deck details, separately molded cannons, anchors, lanterns, bulkheads, masts, crows nests, ratlines and more. Includes name plate and display stand. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes instructions. This is one of the 'intermediate' line of Pyro ship kits, which were first called '$1.00 Models' and in 1967 were renamed '$1.25 Models.' All were roughly the same size and were a significant increase in detail from the '50 Cent Models.' (later called 75 cent models). Kits in the $1.00/$1.25 line (by 1967) included the Skipjack, Cutty Sark, Charles W. Morgan, HMS Bounty, HMS Ark Royal, USS Constellation, British Bomb Ketch, Chinese War Junk, Elsie - Gloucester Fisherman, Henri Grace A'Dieu, Dutch Staten Jacht, Gotta Le Jon and others. 50 Cent/75 Cent kits in 1967 included the Mayflower, Barbary Pirate, USS Constitution, Santa Maria, Golden Hind, Half Moon, Bon Homme Richard, Brig of War, HMS Victory, Flying Cloud, Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria, La Reale French Galley, Venetian Carrack, Roman Merchant, Spanish Galeon and others.
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