Guest Posted January 13, 2023 Share #1 Posted January 13, 2023 I just opened a box with a new kit from the Ukrainian manufacturer "Ships of Pavel Nikitin". And just delighted with it. The whole ship is made of different types of wood (alder, beech, walnut) and no plywood or MDF... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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grsjax Posted January 13, 2023 Share #3 Posted January 13, 2023 Is the cat part of the kit or is that an after market addition? Dsmith20639 1 Quote My advice and comments are always worth what you paid for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Mash Posted January 15, 2023 Share #4 Posted January 15, 2023 Hello Olha, Looking forward to watching your work with this Viking ship. And . . . of course . . . it is always good to have Imbir's approval. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 20, 2023 Share #5 Posted January 20, 2023 On 1/13/2023 at 3:07 PM, grsjax said: Is the cat part of the kit or is that an after market addition? This is quality control))) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 20, 2023 Share #6 Posted January 20, 2023 On 1/15/2023 at 8:01 AM, Michael Mash said: Hello Olha, Looking forward to watching your work with this Viking ship. And . . . of course . . . it is always good to have Imbir's approval. Mike Thank you Mike Yes, I definitely can't build anything now without Ibir))) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Seiler Posted February 16, 2023 Share #7 Posted February 16, 2023 Pulling up a seat. Chris, pass the popcorn. Another fine offering from Pavel. At 34 inches, this will be bigger than Imbir. I am looking forward to the build. Quote Chuck Seiler San Diego Ship Modelers Guild Nautical Research Guild Current Build:: Colonial Schooner SULTANA (scratch from Model Expo Plans), Hanseatic Cog Wutender Hund, Pinas Cross Section Completed: Missouri Riverboat FAR WEST (1876) Scratch, 1776 Gunboat PHILADELPHIA (Scratch), John Smith Shallop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gummersall Posted February 18, 2023 Share #8 Posted February 18, 2023 (edited) Olha, Oseberg has been on my list of future builds. The version of Oseberg from Pavel Nikitin looks really good. This may be my next build. Looking forward to following your build. Excellent unboxing video. Really first rate. john Edited February 18, 2023 by John Gummersall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 18, 2023 Share #9 Posted February 18, 2023 16 hours ago, John Gummersall said: Olha, Oseberg has been on my list of future builds. The version of Oseberg from Pavel Nikitin looks really good. This may be my next build. Looking forward to following your build. Excellent unboxing video. Really first rate. john Thank you! But I want to finish my carrack first, because I don't have space for Oseberg))) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snug Harbor Johnny Posted February 18, 2023 Share #10 Posted February 18, 2023 (edited) I have the Billing 1:25 kit in stash, which has some very good aspects to it. Yet Pavel's version (also 1:25) has some really good aspects: like MUCH better shields - I love the little shield bosses that come in the kit, and making/decorating each shield is like its own 'little kit' within a kit. The same is true for the sea chests used as seats to down on. Seriously, the rowers didn't sit with their butts on the deck. The woods Pavel uses are nice, whereas the Billing kit is all plywood (I've considered bonding walnut veneer to the sides that will show). Pavel also has a flatter deck amidships in the vicinity of the mast fish. Having served aboard a reproduction Knarr a few times over 3 years (building a 12' Viking dinghy in the process), having a big bulge in the deck amidships would be very inconvenient - not just for movement fore and aft, but also for rowing. I believe the deformation of the original grave ship due to settling under tons of earth exaggerated any 'bulge' (there may have been some close to the 'fish'). If money is no object, one can buy BOTH kits and incorporate the best aspects of each into a fine project indeed ! On a similar note, I came upon a Lindbergh plastic Robert E. Lee kit recently at a rock shop (of all places - must have been in a relative's stash) and snapped it up to compare with the Scientific wooden kit of the same riverboat that I already have. Son of a gun, both hulls turn out to be EACTLY the same length and width, ergo the models (despite some discussion elsewhere as to exactly WHAT that 'real' scale of either kit is) are the same scale. There are positive aspects to BOTH kits, and since each was affordable at $60 each, the plan is to eventually combine both (perhaps with the aftermarket laser cut wood decking available for the Lindbergh -also sold under the PYRO brand) and get the best of both worlds by using whatever individual component is best. Edited February 19, 2023 by Snug Harbor Johnny Quote Completed builds: Khufu Solar Barge - 1:72 Woody Joe Current project(s): Gorch Fock restoration 1:100, Billing Wasa (bust) - 1:100 Billings, Great Harry (bust) 1:88 ex. Sergal 1:65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 18, 2023 Share #11 Posted March 18, 2023 The Channel is 3 Years Old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergey Karelia Posted April 28, 2023 Share #12 Posted April 28, 2023 I built Oseberg a few years ago vossy, Snug Harbor Johnny, Chuck Seiler and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eindride Posted July 6, 2023 Share #13 Posted July 6, 2023 Look forward to seeing the progress. I'll be starting a Billings Oseberg soon but I intend to make a few modifications (one being the sail, mine will be wool as per the original ship) Louie da fly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie da fly Posted July 12, 2023 Share #14 Posted July 12, 2023 You might find that wool is too coarse for a sail at this scale, but it'll be interesting to see the results of your experiment. Steven Ferrus Manus 1 Quote It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler La Lomellina - Theoretical Reconstruction of a Genoese carrack sunk in 1516 FINISHED Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Australian couta boat RMS Titanic HMVS Cerberus 11th century Byzantine dromon Winchelsea Nef - Late 13th century Mediaeval ship Henry Grace a Dieu - Rebuild of 1:200 model I started in 1967 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted August 21, 2023 Share #15 Posted August 21, 2023 This is the first of your builds that i will actually be able to keep up with on this forum, and i will not pass up the opportunity! I have a Gokstad in my stash, that i will donate to my church when it's done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wawona59 Posted December 25, 2023 Share #16 Posted December 25, 2023 I just ordered this Pavel Nikitin kit but haven't received it yet. Can't wait, this looks like a fantastic kit. mtaylor and JeffT 2 Quote Wawona 59 John Next Project: Gifts for friends: 18th Century Pinnace, Kayak 17, Kayak 21 Indefinite Hold for the future: 1/96 Flying Fish, Model Shipways Wish list for "Seattle Connection" builds: 1/96 Lumber Schooner Wawona, 1/32 Hydroplane Slo-Mo-Shun IV, 1/96 Arthur Foss tug, 1/64 Duwamish cedar dugout canoe, 1/96 Downeaster "St. Paul" Selected Previous Completed Builds: Revell - 1/96 Thermopylae; Revell - 1/96 Cutty Sark, Revell - 1/96 Constitution, Aurora - Whaling Bark Wanderer, Model Shipways - 1/96 Phantom, AL - 1805 Pilot Boat Swift, Midwest - Chesapeake Bay Flattie, Monitor and Merrimac, Model Trailways - Doctor's Buggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafael Douglas Posted October 22 Share #17 Posted October 22 Hello all. I would like to purchase the version 3 kit here in the UK. Can anyone tell me of a UK stockist and how much is it. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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