Everyone,
Have been lurking for a while and figured it was time for a post.
I keep all my sailing ship kits proportional to each other by staying in the 1/96 & 1/100 scales.
As such I have all the Revell kits, all the Hellers (even the much loved Soliel Royal), and a few other brands. A couple are in various stages of completion and the rest are stashed away waiting to be assembled in due time, or probably never.
A while ago when I heard about the rerelease of the Charles W Morgan I figured I would jump and add this to my stash. Revell lists this at 1/110 so its well kinda close in scale and since I have a soft spot for this one from my childhood its a no brainer.
When I opened the kit what surprised me was the small size of the hull sections they are dwarfed by the Constitution or Cutty Sark hull. I read that the whalers were not large ships but then the scale question came into play. Checking the hull dimensions from Mystic Seaport site it appears that the scale comes out to more like 1/130 to 1/135 and not Revells 1/110.
Im sure a the scale discussion has been posted before just not on this specific kit. Either Im out in left field on this one or someone pulled the old scale trick again.
Thanks to everyone here I have picked up a lot following this forum and any comments are appreciated.
Good thing I only paid 25 bucks for this one.