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[Thorvic]

OK,  thats some help in my search for ships of the right period.  Still need a HMAS Melbourne light fleet carrier model but I think one of the other Triumph class might be to be an easy substitude.  Now for Russian/PLAN ships...   

https://www.modellmarine.de/index.php/modelle/493-nick-shipp/6367-flugzeugtraeger-hmas-melbourne-1-700-umbau-ihp-von-nick-shipp

The IHP Triumph can be converted to Melbourne.

Most of the current PLAN ships are available as kits from Trumpeter or Dreamhobby, the older types may be found as resin kits. For Russian ships, only the 80s Kuznetsov, Kiev, Slava, Sovremeny, Us=daloy and Krivaks have been kitted in plastic. For the older 60s and 70s ships the Kombrig do resin versions, along with the newer corvettes and frigates

[rickshaw]

Interesting.  I had similar ideas.