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FROG 123P HMS Ashanti destroyer, 1963

FROG Red series 123P HMS Ashanti destroyer, International Model Aircraft Ltd, Tri-ang, 1963


FROG 123P HMS Ashanti destroyer коробка
HMS Ashanti
Scale 1/500
123P1963-1968E(R)55000F51
F123F1970-1972J2(K)} 150000F51
F123F1972-1974J2(B)F51
F1231974 only H(K)15000F51

The kit showed the ship in its early appearance.

FROG model aircraft 1932-1976, R. Lines, L. Hellstrom

Triang 1963 logo

Tri-ang 123P HMS Ashanti, Lines Freres S.A., France 1963


Tri-ang/Frog (France)
Lines Freres S.A., Route de Dunkerque, Calais, France (to mid-1964);
Meccano - Tri-ang Lines Freres S.A., 70-88 Avenue Henri Barbusse. 93 Bobigny. France (from mid-1964)
Period: 1962?-1972?

Early in 1964 Lines Bros, bought the Meccano group and - almost as a bonus - also got control of their French branch. Meccano was already a well-established name in France - much more so than Tri-ang - and the two companies were therefore quickly integrated, the Meccano name being worked into the Tri-ang brand name on most products. The existing Meccano manager became the new managing director for France. He had no objection to the name Frog - indeed, he thought it a good joke! - and their kit range was thus renamed Frog/Tri-ang.

A new box style and new artwork was adapted for new releases. For reasons unknown, these also reverted to the old suffix-P. Kits already in production were not changed, apart from getting a sticker indicating the colour series when appropriate (red for the Attacker etc.). There is no known example of an old kit being given a new box. The fact that the Britannia was released in this style is admittedly confusing, but probably only indicates that it was never issued in the early style for some reason.

By 1966, kit production was becoming uneconomical and was consequently terminated before long. This was partly caused by poor sales and partly due to problems in planning the mould swapping programmes. In early 1967 some 50000 standard Frog boxes were sent over from Britain and most remaining Tri-ang stocks reboxed - in some cases this was done by simply putting a new box over the existing one. But for certain kits, such as the ships, airliners and small-scale WWII bombers, no new boxes were available and old stocks of these were still sold as Tri-ang in the early 1970s.

"Old" Style
123P HMS Ashanti

FROG model aircraft 1932-1976, R. Lines, L. Hellstrom


UPC logo

UPC 6061 HMS Ashanti, Universal Powermaster Corporation, USA 1967


UPC
Universal Powermaster Corporation, New York 10, NY. USA
Period: 1967-1970?

Compared to most other kit companies, UPC is something of an oddity. They had a very large number of kits in their range - more than 150 at one time or another - but they never made any moulds of their own. Instead they repacked kits from countless other manufacturers and sold these under the UPC label. The company was apparently more or less a "one-man show" under the management of Mike Tager.

The first Frog kits bought were the ten ship kits, in quantities of 15-25,000 pieces each. The R.100, Gannet, Barracuda, Beaufort and Lancaster followed in 1968 with the rest of the aircraft in 1969. Quantities varied between 10,000 and 20,000. The 5,000 Jaguar kits were scheduled for 1968 but eventually delayed until the following year. Most kits had new artwork but used stock decals supplied by Rovcx. Instruction sheets were standard Frog, except for a change of logotype.

The R.100 came without the cardboard base of the Frog issue. A UPC R.100 with kit number 6040 has been reported elsewhere, but this is probably just a misprint.

For four of the aircraft kits the situation is a bit unclear. UPC ordered 10,000 pieces each of these, and apparently at least some were produced by Rovex of all except possibly the Mosquito, but their issue by UPC is still not confirmed. Were they in fact issued, they probably got kit numbers in the 51 xx range.

6061 HMS Ashanti

FROG model aircraft 1932-1976, R. Lines, L. Hellstrom


FROG 1964

FROG F123F HMS Ashanti destroyer, Rovex Tri-ang ltd, 1969


FROG F123F Rovex Tri-ang HMS Ashanti Header card FROG F123F Rovex Tri-ang HMS Ashanti assembly instructions FROG F123F Rovex Tri-ang HMS Ashanti Colour painting guide
FROG 1957

FROG F123 HMS Ashanti destroyer, Rovex Models&Hobbies Ltd, 1975


FROG F125 HMS Torquay destroyer, Rovex Models&Hobbies Ltd, 1975
FROG F123 HMS Ashanti destroyer, Rovex Models&Hobbies Ltd, 1975 FROG F123 HMS Ashanti destroyer, Rovex Models&Hobbies Ltd, 1975 FROG F123 HMS Ashanti destroyer, Rovex Models&Hobbies Ltd, 1975 FROG F123 HMS Ashanti destroyer, Rovex Models&Hobbies Ltd, 1975 FROG F123 HMS Ashanti destroyer, Rovex Models&Hobbies Ltd, 1975 FROG F123 HMS Ashanti destroyer, Rovex Models&Hobbies Ltd, 1975

NOVO F123 HMS Ashanti destroyer, Cat.No.76028, NOVO Toys Ltd, 1977-79


Лепесток NOVO F123 HMS Ashanti destroyer Схема окраски NOVO F123 HMS Ashanti destroyer Инструкция NOVO F123 HMS Ashanti destroyer Инструкция по сборке NOVO F123 HMS Ashanti destroyer Декаль NOVO F123 HMS Ashanti destroyer
76028 HMS Ashanti 70000

FROG model aircraft 1932-1976, R. Lines, L. Hellstrom

Novoexport F123 HMS Ashanti destroyer, тестовые образцы лепестков, 1980


Тестовый образец лепестка Novoexport F123 HMS Ashanti destroyer (реконструкция) Гид по окраске и нанесению маркировки Novoexport F123 HMS Ashanti destroyer (реконструкция)

Ogoniok index 123, Destroyer scale model, 1980-1983


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Ogoniok index 123, Destroyer scale model, 1983-1990


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