Model boat kit

HMS Alert 1777

Kit by Vanguard Models

Alert was a Royal Navy cutter built at Dover and launched in 1777, armed with twelve six pounders after a 1778 refit and captured by the French later that year.

The 1:64 kit has lime first planking and pear strip second planking over an MDF frame and 0.8 mm ply subdecks. Resin cannon and three sheets of photo-etched brass are included.

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