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Imai "Pirate Ship" - anyone else seen this before?

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  • Member since
    January 2006
Imai "Pirate Ship" - anyone else seen this before?
Posted by EPinniger on Wednesday, October 4, 2006 5:54 AM
I spotted this kit on eBay recently, which I've never seen or heard of before:  Imai Pirate Ship

Anyone know the origin of this kit? Is it a unique tooling or a modified reissue of another kit (the latter seems more likely, though unusual for Imai)? Unfortunately the box art isn't large enough in the auction photo to tell for certain what the ship is, though it definitely has a "16th/early 17th century galleon" look to it.

Producing a "Pirate Ship" kit like this, painted black (apparently) with ragged sails decorated with giant skulls-and-crossbones, seems more than a bit out of character for Imai, who are (or rather were!) one of the most "serious" and accurate producers of plastic sailing ship kits.
  • Member since
    May 2003
  • From: Greenville, NC
Posted by jtilley on Wednesday, October 4, 2006 8:21 AM

It looks like a reboxing of their "Spanish galleon," or maybe their Golden Hind.  I never bought either of them (I was a near-starving museum employee during Imai's heyday), so I'm not as familiar with those kits as I'd like to be.

Looks like even the terrific, ingenious artisans at Imai weren't immune to the pressures of the almighty dollar (or pound, or mark, or yen, as the case may be).

Youth, talent, hard work, and enthusiasm are no match for old age and treachery.

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Greenville,Michigan
Posted by millard on Wednesday, October 4, 2006 6:55 PM

    It is a rebox of there 1/100 scale Spanish Galleon 4 mast.I've build it twice its a very nice kit well detailed,and like most Imai kits the fit is excellant.

Rod

 

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