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Originally Posted by John Youngs

Pappy - Sorry, but I've got a friend who's got one of these & while like most Armour stuff in that from a distance it looks impressive - up close, to me, anyway, it sucks big time! The detailing is horrible - the lower front portion of the hull is shaped totally wrong - ever see a large ship with a flat front end (under the water line)??? The OS2U-3 Kingfisher floatplanes are horrible - the real planes had two-bladed props. The guns look like they were made by a child, and most of the other detailing looks like it came from a hodge-podge of discarded plastic odds & ends from other projects. For the kind of money they're asking for this model, it's as far removed from being "museum quality" as you can get. You wanna great Missouri model? Go plastic... - Sorry, I'd pass - even for $150 - forget it!! - JY [/quote]

JY, thanks for the update. Now I'm going to have to reconsider! Would you happen to know whether the one offered on sale by Military Issues dot com is the FM one? It looks to be different because of the display stand.