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  • Member since
    March 2012
  • From: Marysville, WA
Posted by David_K on Thursday, October 25, 2012 12:00 PM

Awww, Shucks!

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Current Project:  Imai/ERTL Spanish Galleon #2

Recently Finished: Revell 1/96 Cutty Sark

Next Up:  ???

 

  • Member since
    August 2008
Posted by tankerbuilder on Thursday, October 25, 2012 8:56 AM

YOU SIR !!!

That is one fine looking model ship ! I have to give you a very big WELL DONE ! I have built plastic sailing ships for years for myself(to get away from what my clients want) and I will have to have that one.

You did a darned fine job on the pirate ship too!    GOOD ON YOU---TANKER-builder

  • Member since
    September 2005
  • From: Groton, CT
Posted by warshipguy on Monday, October 22, 2012 6:44 PM

Both the Airfix/Heller and the Revell Wasa kits are nice models. The Airfix/Heller kit is somewhat dated and uses several old features such as the dummy cannons being cemented in little holes in the solid gunports, and all of the weather decks are simply one piece molded into the different levels.  They are both of slightly different scales, the Airfix/Heller being 1/144 and the Revell being 1/150.

Bill

  • Member since
    March 2012
  • From: Marysville, WA
Posted by David_K on Monday, October 22, 2012 6:33 PM

Tankerbuilder-

I'm not sure if you're asking about the Revell Vasa?  You mention Heller specifically, and I know they released a Vasa, though I think it was a re-box (?) from the Airfix kit. I can't testify to the quality of that kit, since I haven't built it, but I did put together a Revell 1:150 Vasa, and I really liked it.  It's a new release, and the parts were all very crisp and had much detail.  I didn't have any difficulty with the assembly...

I guess as with any other kit, it really depends on your experiences and preferences.

If you happen to have a Facebook account, I kept a lot of pictures on a public Facebook album while I built it, you can see them here:

www.facebook.com/.../set

 

I built it more or less *out of the box*, except that I ran my own thread shrouds, and made furled sails for it.

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     _!__!__!_         
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Current Project:  Imai/ERTL Spanish Galleon #2

Recently Finished: Revell 1/96 Cutty Sark

Next Up:  ???

 

  • Member since
    June 2012
  • From: Kidderminster, U.K.
Posted by Jockster on Monday, October 22, 2012 5:51 PM

Tankerbuilder, you could message Davidk, I know he won a competition with his Vasa!

On the bench-1/350 Zvezda Varyag, Trumpeter Slava class Varyag and Tamiya CVN65 Enterprise. 1/400 Academy Titanic and 1/96 DeAgostini Victory.

 

 

  • Member since
    August 2008
FAMOUS OLD SHIPS
Posted by tankerbuilder on Sunday, October 21, 2012 9:40 AM

Hi,now,my post is ,I think a fair one. how, why , where , and when did the VASA come out? I have NEVER seen this kit anywhere in the HILL COUNTRY of TEXAS. Is it worth persuing or just another dissappointment like their smaller scale CUTTY SARK ?

 I would really like to know.By the way, I have most of HELLERS sailing ships and really like the way they finish out with a little tweaking. That,s a subject for another thread. thanks for any input----TANKER-builder

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