She served primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic. There are a few mistakes in the instructions (which are fairly obvious) and with a little thought these can be corrected. Testing, testing..... hey, is this thing switched on ?? The kit provides a stand among the clear plastic parts. Other RCN artwork is also available – those done so far include: Arvida, Eyebright, Shediac, Shawinigan, Drumheller & Wetaskiwin. Two booklets provide all the construction sequences plus histories and colour details of all three ships. Built to a scale of 1:144, the pack contains 501 highly detailed pieces and is suitable for ages ten and over. Making of H.M.C.S Snowberry. You should be able to find their number in the book (I'm in Alberta). Revell 1/72 H.M.C.S. Joined: Aug 8, 2013 Posts: 439 Location: El Paso Texas, USA. HMCS Snowberry Missing instructions will be updated. HMCS Snowberry was a Royal Canadian Navy Flower class corvette which took part in convoy escort duties during WW2. I have had the HMCS Snowberry for about a year now, I made the decision to do the ever popular conversion as well. Building instructions can be found in the Downloadcenter. I used Vallejo Model Air paints (as per Snowberry), the colour scheme is quite different though! I finally sat down and tried it .. first up is HMCS Snowberry for those of you building the kit. She fought primarily as a convoy escort during the Second World War. This is a really gorgeous model ship. Crackers From Revell, this is a model kit to construct the famous British warship, the Flower Class Corvette HMCS Snowberry. She fought primarily as a convoy escort during the WWII. I am brand new to this so I will have lots of questions during build. First manufactured by Matchbox Kits more than 30 years ago, Revell later took it over and continued production for a number of years. Build Log HMCS Snowberry 1:72 Scale Boats. I recommend building this first and then affixing it to some semi-permanent surface to ease moving and assembly - I purchased a 36" pine shelf to serve this purpose. HMCS SNOWBERRY arrived at Halifax on December 13 for further work and sailed February 9, 1941, with convoy HX.108 for the U.K. 2020 | New tool + She served primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic. So, one of the first decisions: Several articles suggest "reducing" the overly-heavy molded plating, and even completely removing the heavy stem/keel molding... one article even suggests that these are not present on the real boat at all. He passed away that year and building completely stopped. She served primarily in the Battle of the Atlan-tic. SWANRAIL's MODIFICATIONS AND TIPS. 20mm WW2 Lord Lovatts' RM Commandos - 5 years ago Corvus' Miniatures - painted sf and fantasy miniatures by Gerrie Schenck. Best to shop around for a good bargan. The kit includes all the parts to build USS Saucy and the HMS Bluebell but doesn't include the instructions to build the Bluebell. It is not an aircraft, but a 1/72 scale Revell Flower class corvette, namely HMCS Snowberry. General Board. But with the rising cost of building a house, you n... 5 years ago 1914-45. Click to enlarge. A bit about HMCS Snowberry and Flower Class Corvettes. This is probably one of the most iconic kits produced anywhere in the world. HMCS Snowberry. Take the Snowberry for example, yes it is a 1960' or 70's era kit, but Revell could have re-tooled the ship, with the obvious result that they would have sold many times more than they have. Still some pieces to make and to fit. Build Diarys. Introductions. HMCS Snowberry was a Flower-class corvette that was originally built for the Royal Navy, but spent most of the war in service with the Royal Canadian Navy. This kit isn't completely new to me, I bought the previous Revell release early 90s. Metal or paintable plastic nameplate for: Aconit Free French Navy Model Monkey 1:144 np-Aconit-2 . The Revell kit is a re-release of the earlier Matchbox kit and has parts to build three different ships: The HMCS Snowberry, USS Saucy and the model I am building, the HMS Bluebell. The Brig. HMCS Snowberry was a Flower-class corvette that was originally built for the Royal Navy , but spent most of the war in service with the Royal Canadian Navy . DAVE ABBOTT revisits the Revell 1:72 scale Flower class corvette. I thought that since I haven't uploaded a video for a long time, I'd post a progress video of my Flower Class Corvette that I'm currently building. After giving the hull a clear gloss coat (Tamiya X-22) the decals were applied. Another good one is "Flower Class Corvettes of Canada" by Ken MacPherson and Marc Milner. It is my primary reference for my current project; scratch building HMCS Chicoutimi in 1:48 scale. I saw one of the Snowberry kits for sale a while ago at Argus Hobbies in Winnipeg. ... At first I leaned towards building the Snowberry, because the kit only has photo etched parts for the square gunshield (rivets on it are all wrong btw). The Canadian ship, HMCS Snowberry, is by far the prettiest and most colourful and is the one I chose to depict. HMCS Snowberry was a Flower-class corvette that was originally built for the Royal Navy, but spent most of the war in service with the Royal Canadian Navy.She fought primarily as a convoy escort during the Second World War.She served primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic. I found this version of the ship, it is made by Revell Germany and was created in 2016. Snowberry. My new project HMCS Snowberry in 1/72 scale. SOS Build Logs from Kits - Plastic HMCS Snowberry Scale: 1:144 Product number: 05132. Delivery within 2-4 businessdays. She was ordered by the Royal Navy(RN) but was transferred to the RCN prior to completion. Some pieces was allready glued, the plastic is allready to old to un done. There she completed fitting out at Greenock, completing April 3, and worked up at Tobermory before joining Western Approaches Command, Creenock, in May. Markus Radio Control Corner. The ship comes with depth charge launchers, rotating propeller, a radar tower, authentic decals and a display stand. Length: 439 mm. Well it's arrived!!! Time to clean, paint, assemble and fit a few parts (predominately the rear depth charge racks).. Time for brief Cameo from HMCS Snowberry, alongside her little sister By Jacques Cleghorn (AKA silver_shadow) Preface by the author – “I bought this plastic model ship about 4 years ago and built it with my dad, doing a lot of research into it and actually trying to build every single detail on this ship. Delivery of issues. * Decals supplied for HMS Campanula and HMCS Snowberry The real ships Flower Class corvettes are famed for their service in the Battle of the North Atlantic, though they were used in all theatres of action in World War II.