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Next Ship Kit??? Advice?

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  • Member since
    May 2003
  • From: Greenville, NC
Posted by jtilley on Saturday, July 13, 2013 9:22 AM

None of these would be a bad choice - though both the Trumpeter ones have gotten some strongly negative reviews.  The cog (in any of the forms in which it's been marketed) strikes me as an excellent kit.  (Caveat - I haven't bought one.  But I've seen lots of photos on the web.)  You've already seen that Zvezda has what it takes to make a beautiful plastic ship kit.  And the great thing about the cog is that it has just enough rigging to be interesting, without being so time-consuming.  It would respond beautifully to your wood-grain techniques.  

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

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    December 2012
Posted by rwiederrich on Friday, July 12, 2013 9:34 PM

David...go fer the one you're ready and excited about.

Rob

  • Member since
    March 2012
  • From: Marysville, WA
Next Ship Kit??? Advice?
Posted by David_K on Friday, July 12, 2013 5:33 PM

Hi guys-

So I just finished up a quick race car build, and now I'm looking forward to the challenge of my next model ship....going through the stash, I find myself torn between a few of my kits:

Zvezda 1/72 (dubious scale) Medieval Ship Thomas/Hansa Kogge

ERTL/Imai 1/70 Mayflower

ERTL/Imai 1/70 Golden Hind

If I had a 3-sided coin, I would flip it, but I thought maybe some of the more seasoned among us would have some insight to offer on any of these kits.  Please feel free to discuss *errors* (gasp!)....though I wonder if it would be hard to avoid such topics, considering the limited true reference material for such old subjects....

As of now, I'm leaning toward the Thomas/Kogge....

Anyone??

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Current Project:  Imai/ERTL Spanish Galleon #2

Recently Finished: Revell 1/96 Cutty Sark

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