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Great photos of the 'Big T'. I have a Revell 1:96 kit from 1959 (a lucky find), and my plan is to consider very well what modifications (busts?) can be done to make it much closer to the original. There are a couple of logs for the Reveal Cutty Sark 'bashed', and the many great ideas are applicable for Thermopylae. Wood planking the deck is on-tap; as is reshaping the bow to conform to the Aberdeen profile, angling the stern better (a real challenge), using wire for railings - whiskers and 'dolphin striker', and remaking some of the spars and mast parts in wood. Of course, real deadeyes properly mounted are a must. Nut I must finish my Wasa - a project shelved for decades, yet now I have the information and initiative to re-work the outdated Billings kit so that it is 'good enough'. I've started a log, and you might want to peek into it from time to time - but the going will be slow ... as usual.
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Outstanding ... thanks. 'Not much can be done to change the Revell Leonides. Somewhere (can't recall0 was an account that the sword was detachable from the hand, and was slid into a sheath on the figure (opposite side for a right hander?) when the ship was in port. I tend to doubt this, as it would be fussy and the sword could be lost in rough seas if it were removable. Another option would be to build an accurate wood hull and use what Revell parts would be convenient, like the pump, winch, figurehead, lower masts, tops and crosstrees. Once again, it will be well into the future pending completion of my present project - the Wasa, adapted as best as practical from the ca. 1970 Billings Kit 1:105.
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Speaking of the 1:144 scale Airfix "Vasa" model, have you seen this fellows amazing work? While he admits it doesn't follow modern red As incredible as it looks,these images are from a heavily modified Airfix kit! Since you mentioned that you're currently tackling this project, I thought you might appreciate seeing this.
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Speaking of the 1:144 scale Airfix "Vasa" model, have you seen this fellows amazing work? While he admits it doesn't follow modern red As incredible as it looks,these images are from a heavily modified Airfix kit! Since you mentioned that you're currently tackling this project, I thought you might appreciate seeing this.
After actually looking at your Wasa post, I realized you're project is a Billings Boat kit; not the Airfix one.
Either way, I thought you might appreciate seeing Wasa Museum's "Little Wasa" an identical scale model of her full sized mother behind her. I think she's 1:15th scale of her full sized version.
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