New REVELL Wasa? 2011?

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

Kind regards

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.

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

Bill

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

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.

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

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

Good news!  Hope to see some reviews soon..

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

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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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.

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

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

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...!

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.