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The description below is taken from the Airfix catalogue this kit was first seen in. There is also extra information underneath the main catalogues description including any changes to the name of this kit in the catalogues.
Airfix Catalogue description:One of the lease-lend destroyers transferred to the Royal Navy from the U.S. Navy during the early part of the last war, the Cambeltown was previously named the U.S.S. Buchanan. The fifty-one parts of this Airfix Construction kit make into a detailed model 6 inches in length. Special features include motor launches, Whalers, torpedo tubes, twin propellers and rudder. - Taken from the 1st edition catalogue (1962)
13th edition catalogue (1976), listed as HMS 'Campbeltown' from H.M.S. Campbeltown.
Airfix Series (first appearance): 1 First Issued: 1961
Box art ArtistsInformation taken from: Airfix Collectors Club, Artist and Kit list - 6th Ed. Compiled by Jeremy Brook.Artist on Box Type 3: William Howard Jarvis Artist on Box Type 6: Geoff Hunt
This kit appeared in these catalogues:
1st Edition (1962) Ref: F4S 2nd Edition (1963) Ref: F4S 3rd Edition (1964) Ref: F4S 4th Edition (1966) Ref: F4S 5th Edition (1967) Ref: F4S 6th Edition (1968) Ref: F4S 7th Edition (1969) Ref: F4S 8th Edition (1970) Ref: F4S 9th Edition (1971) Ref: F4S 10th Edition (1973) Ref: 01204-3 11th Edition (1974) Ref: 01204-3 12th Edition (1975) Ref: 01204-3 13th Edition (1976) Ref: 01204-3 14th Edition (1977) Ref: 01204-3 15th Edition (1978) Ref: 01204-3 17th Edition (1980) Ref: 01204-3
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