New REVELL Wasa? 2011?

The gun mounting shortcut might not be too bad. It really depends on how much you can see of the gun carriages through the gunports when the strips are located. Using the gun mounting mouldings as a template would allow pieces of thick plasticard to be cut to replace them and then mount scratch built gun carriages utilising the kit gun barrels. Alternativel, if you want to go the whole hog, with a bit of measuring it may be possible to make a complete gun deck from plasticard to fit inside  the hull.

Awfully tempting to cut them away from the strip and affix them in a more correct manner - or better still recreate your own gun carriages/trucks...

Looks like many fine details are included... A very nice effort regardless of the scale and gun mounting shortcut...!

Well, it's kind of an upgrade from the dummy ports the Airfix kit had.

The only issue I have with the new Wasa is that the gundeck gun carriages are molded on strips that are to be cemented to the sides.  Immediately inboard of these carriages, there is a strange bulkhead.  I have no idea what that bulkhead is for.

I would have wished full gundecks and seperate gun carriages. But, I am thrilled to see a new sailing ship in plastic!

Bill

Hi all!    There is a webside named     scale plastic and rail      where a lengthy out of the box review can be found written by a guy named James Hatch. There are many pictures of the kit parts on their runners in this review whereas the Revell site shows the kit built unpainted.

I've been wanting to pick this kit up to do a comparison build. i built the Airfix kit a couple of years ago and would like to see how this one builds. some things would have to go on the Revell like kit, like the rigging molded into the bow spirit has to go.

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Not review, but some pictures, that shows, that parts molded in plastic are wery crisp (as for Revell) and are wery detailed:

http://www.modellmarine.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2898:revell-schwedisches-linienschiff-wasa-1150-testshots&catid=58:rev

http://www.modellmarine.de/index.php?option=com_imagebrowser&view=gallery&folder=revell-wasa&Itemid=55

Good news!  Hope to see some reviews soon..

Revell's Vasa is on sale, at least in Europe, more precisely on ebay, by UK seller:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/1-150-REVELL-SWEDISH-REGAL-SHIP-VASA-/120826214632?pt=UK_ToysGames_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN&hash=item1c21cdb8e8

Personally, I do think of the Black Pearl and the Peter Pan ship as nautical nonsense.  However, any new plastic sailing ship kit is cause for celebration among those of us who build them because it shows that the industry has a little life.  If those kits can attract kids to build them, they might grow into serious sailing ship modellers and more kits might be manufactured.

I still believe that there is a market for plastic sailing ship kits.  Again, just witness that for the HECEPOB kits that are far more expensive and (sometimes) "nautical nonsense."  If only the manufacturers would do some serious market research!

Bill

Getting back to the new Revell Vasa kit    There are some pictures of their test shots on Revell's website. Generally it looks very good....apart from the moulded plastic ratlines to make it easier for less skilled modellers. Serious modellers however will discard these and make their own. From what I have seen of these test shot photos the potential for a seriously good model is there, and I am looking forward to seeing the refined kit when it goes on general sale.

Enemeink took me to task a few posts ago about my footnote to see HMS Warrior kitted in response to my comment about the Black Pearl and Peter Pan Pirate ships being 'Nautical Nonsense' . At least the Warrior is a real ship!!   Whether it would be commercially viable as a plastic kit is something else. Having said that, I enjoyed all the Pirates of the Carribean movies just like most, so realistically I have to agree that there is much more chance of seeing the fictitious Black Pearl kitted as it is more viable as a plastic kit. One piece of 'Nautical Nonsense' that I would have dearly liked to have seen kitted in plastic is the Disney version of the Nautilus. Airfix almost did it about 20 odd years ago but scrapped the project after it had got to test shot stage. There are kits about for this but generally very large and very expensive.

I dunno about the Vasa, still kinda smallish scalewise, but that Black Pearl looks very tempting....very very tempting

According to the owner of my LHS, it is supposed to be released Dec 31.

Bill

I have asked my local Hobby Shop to order it when it's released.  I am hoping Revell AG does a great job, but to have a new sailing ship model after so many years........ I'd build it anyway.

Enemeink   My apologies I mis typed your name in my last post.

Kind regards

Nice One!     Touche Enemaink!

Bugatti Fan

Is this post about a new Revell Vasa kit or the fictitious pirate ship the Black Pearl? Let's get back on track before we also start on about the Pirate ship from Peter Pan or some other bit of nautical nonsense!

Further to earlier threads that suggest that the new Revell Vasa kit may be a retread of the Airfix one seems remote, as I am not aware of any Airfix kit ever being released under the Revell banner. This has got to be a brand new kit, and hopefully better than the Airfix one. But to be fair the Airfix kit is pretty good considering its age. Just a few innaccuracies when compared to the Eva Marie Stolt Drawings from the Vasa museum. Revell have a much better research advantage now that the ship is displayed dry whereaqs the Airfix kit was researched way back in the 70's when the ship was only partially rebuilt and being constantly sprayed with water. So hopefully it should be very accurate. If the quality of Revell Germany's car and aircraft kits is anything to go by this should be a very good kit.

HMS Warrior would make a superb subject for a new kit as a follow on.

Is this post about the new Revell Vasa or hoping a HMS Warrior kit will be released? lets get back on track and stop talking about new model ship kits others may be excited about and stop all this "nonsense".

The New Revell Wasa should be released in October. I can't wait to see it and the other nautical nonsense that is due to be released this year.

This is supposed to be a completely new kit, including full gun decks.  I cannot wait for its release!

Bill

Is this post about a new Revell Vasa kit or the fictitious pirate ship the Black Pearl? Let's get back on track before we also start on about the Pirate ship from Peter Pan or some other bit of nautical nonsense!

Further to earlier threads that suggest that the new Revell Vasa kit may be a retread of the Airfix one seems remote, as I am not aware of any Airfix kit ever being released under the Revell banner. This has got to be a brand new kit, and hopefully better than the Airfix one. But to be fair the Airfix kit is pretty good considering its age. Just a few innaccuracies when compared to the Eva Marie Stolt Drawings from the Vasa museum. Revell have a much better research advantage now that the ship is displayed dry whereaqs the Airfix kit was researched way back in the 70's when the ship was only partially rebuilt and being constantly sprayed with water. So hopefully it should be very accurate. If the quality of Revell Germany's car and aircraft kits is anything to go by this should be a very good kit.

HMS Warrior would make a superb subject for a new kit as a follow on.

Division 6

I wonder if they plan to also make the Queen Ann's Revenge from the new movie since it's the reworked Black Pearl.

That would be kind of cool. I'm thinking about picking up 2 of the pearl kits(if they ever are released) I would build 1 as the Black Pearl, and the other as the Wicked Wench.

For those of you who don't know. The Wicked Wench was the name of the Black Pearl before Cutler Becket burned the ship and sank it and branded Sparrow as a pirate. which is why Jack Sparrow had Davy Jones raise the ship and thus renamed her the Black Pearl and his curse. In case you can't tell, I like the Pirates movies.

You mean an out-of-box build?! Nahh, I'd have much more fun cutting it up and seeing what I can make of it....

Will

Billyboy

Wojszwillo, Thanks for posting the link to the pictures. Looking at those I struggle to think what, if anything the committed historic sailing ship modeller would be able to make of this. Late 17th century corvette? Who knows, maybe some brave modeller can make something of it?!

 

Will

They could try building the Black Pearl. You know, for fun....

Wojszwillo, Thanks for posting the link to the pictures. Looking at those I struggle to think what, if anything the committed historic sailing ship modeller would be able to make of this. Late 17th century corvette? Who knows, maybe some brave modeller can make something of it?!

Will

OK, have found some more pictures (last 6 pictures on the site):

http://bruce-domain.blogspot.com/2011/02/nurnberg-2011-bilder-eichendorff-ii.html

At the moment don't know, what this is - new tooling or repacking.

Wojszwillo

enemeink:

I'm drooling a little bit over this kit. Serioulsy. Now does any body have any inside info on the Zvezda Black Pearl?

 

I don't know Zvezda's Black Pearl. Maybe You talking about Zvezda's "new" Ghost ship "Flying Duchman" 1/100? It's the same model as Zvezda's Nao "San Gabriel" (was released by Zvezda as Conquistador Ship too) and this model is the same model as Revell's Nao "San Gabriel" and all of them are in fact first issued by Occidental as San Gabriel.

nope i'm not talking about the ghost ship. i'm talking about the Black Pearl. notice the URL.

http://www.modellmarine.de/images/albums/spielwarenmesse_2011/zvezda_black_pearl.jpg

enemeink

I'm drooling a little bit over this kit. Serioulsy. Now does any body have any inside info on the Zvezda Black Pearl?

I don't know Zvezda's Black Pearl. Maybe You talking about Zvezda's "new" Ghost ship "Flying Duchman" 1/100? It's the same model as Zvezda's Nao "San Gabriel" (was released by Zvezda as Conquistador Ship too) and this model is the same model as Revell's Nao "San Gabriel" and all of them are in fact first issued by Occidental as San Gabriel.

This sounds like a really welcome development..  hope there'll be more

I'm drooling a little bit over this kit. Serioulsy. Now does any body have any inside info on the Zvezda Black Pearl?

Okay, now I can't wait to see it!  I hope that this marks a new trend for sailing ship modellers.

Bill Morrison