THE BLUE DAVEL DESTROYER AT ONE TIME WAS VERY POPULAR SHIP FOR $11.95 IT WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE MODEL ON THE MARKET IN PLASTIC, I GOT MINE AT A TO Z DISCOUNT STORE IN VENTURA CALIFORNIA. I GOT IT IN 1962 WHEN IT WAS FIRST RELEASED. A TO Z HAD OVER 200 KITS OF THIS STOCKED TO THE OVERHEAD, ONLY WAY TO GET THESE KITS SOLD WAS TO SELL THEM HALF OFF THE MARKET PRICE. I GOT MINE FOR $5.00 I WAS HOME FOR LEAVE WHEN I WAS IN THE NAVY I TOOK IT ABOARD SHIP AND BUILD IT WHEN I HAD THE TIME I HAD A CHEAP BADGER AIRBRUSH TO PAINT HER BY. THE PAINT THATS ON HER NOW WAS ORIGINAL PAINT I GOT FROM THE PAINT LOCKER ABOARD SHIP, HAZE GRAY. BLACK PALE GRAY WITH RED OXIDE ANTI FOUL PAINT FOR THE HULL. I WAS STATIONED ON THE U.S.S. WILLIAM C LAW A 2100 TON CLASS FLETCHER.


THE HULL WASN,T ACCURATE I HAD TO MODIFI IT I ADDED BILGE KEELS THE MOTOR ASSEMBLY BACK THEN WAS THE STATE OF ART NOW DAYS JUNK BUT USEABLE. MINE HAD THE GEARED REDUCTION THAT OPPEREATED TURRETS AND TORPEDO TUBES. A GIMIC KIT TO SAY THE LEAST 3 YEARS BACK I GUTTED ALL JUNK INSTALLED 2 THREE BLADED SCREWS TO MOTORS DIRECT DRIVE SPEED CONTROLL SET UP 6 VOLT WET CELL BATTERY I,M ALL SET. THERE WERE NO DETAIL PARTS DO IT RIGHT BACK THEN IT IS BUILT OUT OF THE BOX EXCEPT THE MODIFICATION TO THE HULL AND BILGE KEELS