Artesania Latina has been producing some very interesting kits lately and revising old ones. This HMS Victory Cross Section kit is a brand new 1/72-scale kit that looks very tempting. While the cross section is at the mainmast, it only shows a mast stub, so it isn’t nearly as lofty as Corel’s smaller scale kit that most of us are familiar with (member Tom Shea built the Corel kit, as some may recall). The larger scale matches that of Caldercraft’s excellent HMS Victory kit, making this look like a nice companion piece.

This also would make a nice stand-alone model. The internal details of the model appear quite nice. Figures are included, along with 8 cannons, and all the various construction details. A good book on HMS Victory would make for a nice gift set for anyone who likes to build models (hint, hint!).

The kit lists for about $230, and I hope to soon see this model built by one of our local ship modelers. If anyone does take on this kit, please send along your photos and we’ll post them on our site. Ω