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In article <9OCT199215200672@rosie.uh.edu> st1ec@rosie.uh.edu (Tse, Oliver) writes:

(1/72 scale Flower class corvette)
>The funny thing is Revell calls their kit a reissue of a Matchbox kit, but how
>can that be when Matchbox still makes and sells the kit!  Well, if the 
>Matchbox kit is entirely different (which it is not) then I suppose Revell
>can call it a reissue... I don't know.  I sincerely believe that both of the
>kits are the same.  

They ARE indeed. See comments below.

>Any comments.  I'd loved to hear them.

Ditto.

>Oliver
>st1ec@rosie.uh.edu

>BTW, I called the company that sold the two kits.  They have no ideal as to
>whether they are identical.

They are the very same kits under just a different company name. Kit companies
Revell, Matchbox, Airfix, Heller and Monogram are today owned by same company 
and they reissue each others' kits under different labels. The Flower class 
corvette has just been reissued by Revell (US), like Monogram has packaged the 
Revell 1/48 Me 109 G-10/K. The Matchbox kits they sell might just be old 
stocks, or it might still be manuufactured under Matchbox label in a different
place. Similarly, the Heller 1/72 Me 109 K is today manufactured both under
Heller (France) and Airfix (UK) "Aircraft of the Aces" ranges.
Hope this helped.


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