dancooper Posted January 3, 2022 Share #1 Posted January 3, 2022 Hello ladies and gentlemen, as a first modelling project for 2022 I have started Revell's old Calypso kit, last issued under the generic name "Ocean Exploration Vessel". The boxart : Contents of the box : To the left ; the decals supplied in this issue, to the right, original ones donated by a fellow modeller from another Belgian forum : First parts have been glued together : And have received a first layer of (Vallejo)paints : And a little bit of weathering : And its current state... waiting till some further tlc tomorrow : mtaylor, Ian_Grant, yvesvidal and 6 others 9 Quote On the bench : Revell's Calypso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancooper Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share #2 Posted January 10, 2022 Well, here we are again with a little update... actually it's a couple of little updates later now... The next step was introducing the bridge to the upper deck, wich went with no considerable problems, at that time I also added the inflatable rafts and a winch : The next step was the helicopter, now a Hughes 300 isn't a very big bird in real life and that doesn't get any better when you want to build one at 1/125... well, to be honest ; it went better than I had expected, the only thing that didn't work out as per instructions were the short supports for the tailboom, so I kind of scratched these from leftover parts : With some paint on it : And all parts so far in dry-fit (decals have been added to the helicopter as well now) : mtaylor, ccoyle, yvesvidal and 4 others 7 Quote On the bench : Revell's Calypso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.A.A. Posted January 11, 2022 Share #3 Posted January 11, 2022 Wow!! Great kit! Where did you get it?)) I've been searching it for at lest 5 or 6 years...( Looks good! Old Collingwood, mtaylor and lmagna 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancooper Posted January 12, 2022 Author Share #4 Posted January 12, 2022 18 hours ago, S.A.A. said: Wow!! Great kit! Where did you get it?)) I've been searching it for at lest 5 or 6 years...( Looks good! Thank you for your reaction, I found this kit in my stash right between an Academy Titanic and a Revell Viking ship, where it has been laying dorment for at least 5 years (ever since we moved to this house) 😄 The fact that I started this kit was purely because it was one of the few kits I could start without going out for colours. (I have about 50 different colours and variations but for every other kit in my stash I was about a dozen of colours short). S.A.A., Old Collingwood and mtaylor 3 Quote On the bench : Revell's Calypso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancooper Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share #5 Posted January 17, 2022 Well, Calypso is nearing completion, this weekend I managed to install the two main masts with the antennas to some degree of satisfaction. This job wasn't probably the easiest of things to do when the molds were brand new and the plastic parts were actually fitting... but now it's something really have to accept that I can't do it better than what it is, not without scratchbuilding (something I don't have the materials for now). A few other things (searchlight, compass ...) were also added to the upper deck. Old Collingwood and yvesvidal 2 Quote On the bench : Revell's Calypso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancooper Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share #6 Posted January 23, 2022 (edited) Well, almost there gentlemen. When I started this kit I was kind of planning to make one of those underwater dioramas where she's "floating" on resin while divers are exploring beneath. I already had it planned, even including the vague remains of a wreck... till I discovered the price for resin... well, that plan went south real quick. So, just a ship on its stand... however, since Revell doesn't have the license anymore to sell this vessel as the Calypso, they had to blank out the stand... no more pretty lady swimming, no more "Calypso" on the stand, just a boring thing. Now that the "diorama" was out of the question, I still wanted to do something with at least one of the sharks and divers that are included in the kit, so I started fidling with those, and the stand... and some sand from the beach... Next session should be the final part, I think, there is just a wee flagpole, some tread and Denise to add... oh, and the props of course, almost forgot those Cheers... Edited January 23, 2022 by dancooper Dave_E, yvesvidal, Old Collingwood and 3 others 6 Quote On the bench : Revell's Calypso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancooper Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share #7 Posted February 6, 2022 Well, I'll call this project finished (maybe I'll add Denise later to the stand, I'm not sure yet). But for now these are the final pictures : mtaylor, yvesvidal, Old Collingwood and 3 others 6 Quote On the bench : Revell's Calypso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvesvidal Posted February 6, 2022 Share #8 Posted February 6, 2022 Beautiful model. Congratulations. Yves mtaylor and Old Collingwood 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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