1/700 USS Knox FF-1052 (AFV Club)

Here is a great little kit of an unsung workhorse of the Cold War.  No US Navy 1/700 fleet should be with-out a Knox class frigate.

 It took me a while to find an AFG Club Knox class frigate kit.  Due to decreasing stock numbers of the kit in on-line hobby shops, the kit price varies greatly from $12-25 (as of 2012 when the model was purchased).  With a little diligence, one can still find a shop that has this great little kit on its stock shelves.

I have zero prior experience with AFG Club other than the knowledge that they predominately make aircraft models.  I was really surprised with the level of detail for such a small kit and relatively unknown kit maker with respect to ship models. This kit took me approximately two weeks to complete and was fun from start to finish.

The SH-2 Seasprite that came with the kit was accurate enough for 1/700 purposes.  I painted the Seasprite in Testors-Flat Sea Blue. The PE was a combination of GMM-modern US warships and Tom generic rail PE set. My standard Valspar gray primer, Modelmasters Light Ghost Gray, and Navy Gloss Gray were applied to this model.
 

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