I'm a big fan of this kit. In the unlikely event that anybody's interested, here's a link to a thread about mine, from about two and a half years ago: http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/7/p/155395/1701192.aspx#1701192 .
I'm sure GM will make a fine model. My biggest criticisms of the kit: the two missing triangular boards that should span the gunnels at the bow and stern, and the badly compromised molding of the deck knees. But in most respects it's a mighty fine replica of the Gokstad Ship - one of the most accurate sailing ship kits (plastic or wood) on the market.
I won't talk about that gawdawful cartoon that Revell Germany insisted on adding to the sail. I see the Revell Germany website now offers two versions of it: one with that travesty and one without it: http://www.revell.de/en/products/model-building/ships/sailing-ships.html . Close inspection reveals that, in the boxtop painting with the cartoon, it isn't drawn in perspective. Apparently somebody slapped a decal on a copy of the painting. Sheer advertising foolishness.
That site also refers to a movie called "Northmen: A Viking Saga." I found some stuff about it on the web, but I haven't seen any sign of its being in any theaters in my neck of the woods. In any case, the trailer suggests that little of it takes place on board ships.
I retain very fond memories of that little Aurora "Viking Ship" kit. It was one of Aurora's first three ship kits, back in the early fifties. (The others were the "Black Falcon Pirate Ship" and the Chinese junk.) I remember building it several times, between elementary school and high school. Dig those wonderful figures, with their horned helmets! And that great dragon's head on the bow! Unfortunately the thing bears scarcely any resemblance to a real Viking ship. In those days model companies weren't particularly interested in historical accuracy; that kit apparently sprang from the imagination of somebody who had no idea what the real things looked like. Imagine how big that dragon head would be full-sized - and how much it would weigh. And anybody who's read even a little about Norse history knows that the horned helmet is NOT part of Norse culture. (It apparently originated in German mythology, which shared several myths and characters with Norse myths.)
Anyway, good luck, GM - and you too, Mike!
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