I've been building models since 1984 and that ship is pretty well built for me. in the end the most important thing is what he builds must please himself, if others like it, ok, otherwise ... who cares?
@@sonosoloio You're quite right, but it's also nice of the guy to share his builds online. I wouldn't have known this ship still existed if it wasn't for this video and I wouldn't mind a shot at this kit myself at some point. So thanks again Fun in Scale, I really like your videos.
This ship has special meaning for me. I was the new kid in 5th grade, when our class took a field trip to the local museum. The currator said if we could answer a few questions about a few of the displays, he'd bring out some of the reptiles being kept there temperarily. The last question he asked was the name of that ship. No one else had looked at it but me, so I raised my hand, said The USS Olympia, and we got to handle the lizarda and snakes. I was a brief hero to my new classmates. It certainly eased the transition from new boy to classmate and friend. And that's the exact model I built 47 years ago.
I toured the Olympia while in Philadelphia in 1975, and purchased this same model from the ship's gift shop. I still have it, complete and never assembled, as a reminder of a great trip.
Thanks! i dont know what those bots are doing or why they are posting on my videos, but it was the same on some other videos as well, i just removed those comments. Thanks for keeping the comments clean!
@@TALISMAN7690 Hi Ian, i did not have built an Aoshima kit, but i have some Japanese destroyer in 1/700 scale which i got for 4€ some time ago but havent come around to make it. Have you built any? are they good? the kit seemed very detailed for the small size
@@funinscale2892 I've built the Aoshima 1/700 IJN Yamato very decent kit. It's my first IJN vessel I don't know if there's aftermarket parts for it. For me it's a highly recommended kit.
Nice job! The trick with old decals is to coat them with a clear lacquer or enamel which will help them stay together when they get wet. Not foolproof, but it usually works. Also don't listen to A-holes who say you have no skill, keep on building. I find your channel inspiring! I remember this model and regret not getting one.
Hi Robert! Thanks for the hint, that is really helpful! Luckily, i still have quite a few very old kits, so i can try this out soon! I dont take it personally, everyone can have their opinion, but they should at least not be insulting! I hope you can find one of those in the future, it was really fun to make!
Thanks for producing and sharing this awesome video! Great production and building! I remember building this kit as a lad and thought it very detailed for the time. I purchased a new edition and your video made me look forward to building that one. Thanks!
When I was stationed at NAS Willow Grove just a little bit north of Philadelphia, as a Career Counselor we would do re-enlistments onboard that wonderful ship and were able to take the tour of it. Watching this video brought back many good memories of it. Admiral Dewey had a great ship.
I built the USS Olympia twice as a teen. It was a new kit then. I recently bought one off of eBay and built it again. Same as you, I preprinted everything. It’s a great kit! You really did a great job on it. Your “good enough” approach is better than most modelers’ best efforts, including mine. Keep up with the videos. I love seeing your work.
Thanks very much, Raymond! I am always happy to get such nice comments on my videos, and i hope my videos are enjoyably made! Maybe i can get another one and make her with the correct buff colour on the superstructure, as another commenter advised. It was great fun to make
I was fortunate enough to tour this ship last summer. She is one of the most unique and valuable museum ships in the world. As one of the last remaining warship of her era, its amazing that she is still in existence and in such good of shape for her age. However she is really in need of additional funds to help preserve her.
When it was first released in 1957, it was one of Revell`s most complicated and most detailed kits. The detail may seem a little 'soft' today probably due to the age of the molds. I built it a few times and I sold a built one on E Bay to a collector and got a VERY good price for it. I always loved these late 19th century naval ships. Very steampunk looking.
Fantastic. This kit has been sitting on my bottom shelf for a long while. A lot of the deck railing posts were broken off when I got it and the thought of having to manually repair all of them has me keeping it on the back burner.
Thanks very much! The good thing about this kit is that there are some surplus railing posts included in the kit, but if there are too much missing im sure it will be hard to fix a railing thread to those glued-on posts - something very time-consuming would be drilling the holes for posts, i would not do that, to be honest :)
Excellent job....terrific paintwork and an overall great finish.....you make model making look so easy and are not worried about the so called 'rivet counters' and stay true to your name....a very admirable quality. A number of years ago I built the Revell USS Oregon (BB 3), an Indiana class battleship, in the same scale as the Olympia and possibly is of the same vintage. If you enjoy building ships of this era, I thoroughly recommend the Oregon if you are able to find it.
Thanks very much! Such nice comments are the main reason i keep making videos! the Oregon sounds interesting indeed! Such older kits are quite hard to come by, but are very cool to make, in my opinion. My "vintage" stash is almost bigger than the stash with more recent models
I went aboard in 1985 for a mere 5 dollars and spent 3 rolls of film. The staff allowed me to visit most of the ship freely. The officers wardroom where they took their meals was closed but I got a nice shot of the table through the doors glass window. At Manila Bay engaging the Spanish fleet a Spanish cannonball shattered a starboard side port hole on Olympia and broke a table in the crew galley. That seems to be the extent of her damage. USS Olympia is located at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia as a floating museum. You really must see it.
Очень впечатляющая своей аутентичностью сборка. Ни шпатлевки, ни напильников, ни травления. Модель как есть, в своем собственном великолепии. У нас в России тоже есть похожая модель - бронепалубный крейсер Аврора в масштабе 1/400. Ей тоже много десятков лет, но она, всё таки, выпускается до сих пор.
Peter awesome build and video. The paint job was outstanding. For an older kit it sure looks good, lots of details. I also liked the history of the ship as well. Hopefully this kit will get reissued and updated. Again awesome build and channel. Have a great week and stay safe and healthy my friend. 👍👍🇦🇹🤝🇺🇸
@@funinscale2892 it's coming along, slowly. I really don't get that much time to work on it. The self adhesive wooden decks are a nice touch. This is the first time using them. I'll keep you posted on the progress. Have a great week and stay safe and healthy my friend.
@@chrisC052 That sounds good! Sometimes, the real wooden decks look a little too brightly wooden coloured for my taste but Hasegawa has some great colouring of theirs! Good luck with the build, friend!
Hey mate. I have this kit in my stash just haven't done it yet. But while i was looking for an upgrade set and finding none in UK Grrrrr it seems that the kit was from 1959 they just changed the box in 1974, the model is like 62 years old and the level of detail on it is insane!!!
Some upgrade sets would be nice for this kit, but as you said, the detail is very good for a kit of that age, it was fun to make and paint! Wow, then it is even older than i thought! Must be a valuable mold!
@@funinscale2892 I actually have the Encore repop of this kit that Squadron had made up years ago with the metal barrels PE resin and metal chains. And this kit is actually the closest you will get to 1/350 scale for a Pre WWI protected cruiser.
Fantastic work mate, I love these old warships, they have some "steampunkiness" about them. A couple of weeks ago, when I was modelhunting I was doubting between the USS Maine and the SMS Gneisenau (both paper- and cardboard 1/200 scale models), I finally decided to go with the Gneisenau, mainly because of her background story and her final stance. One of these days I'll try to make a video as well, althought my first vids will actually be more like slideshows..
Awesome video of a great ship and model build!!! Had the opportunity to visit this ship once before while in Philadelphia in the 1990s. Unfortunately, was unable to tour the ship for arrived at site a few minutes before the ship closed for the day. However, was still able to walk around where she is docked, so that made up for me getting distracted by all the other historical sites in town. Also, do believe this ship ALMOST was scrapped during WWII during all those scrap metal drives throughout the war. IF memory serves me correctly, there was a sister ship of OLYMPIA (cannot remember the name) that was based in Portland, OR, (or somewhere along the Pacific Coast) and was also a museum ship. That ship did NOT survive the frenzy of the scrap metal drive and it was then decided that everyone was getting too carried away and thus OLYMPIA was spared.
Thanks for the information, it is very interesting getting to know such things out of first hand, I was not sure about the yellow tone, was the one i made a little too yellow, should it in reality be more ochre coloured?
@@funinscale2892 It wasn't the sister ship of Olympia that was scrapped it was the Battleship USS Oregon that was scrapped during WWII and she too was a museum ship. The Spanish American War ships all were one of a kind builds till WWI when ship building was streamlined making it so you can make many ships of the same class the same way.
@@michaelbenjmitchell1 THANKS!!! Could not remember the exact circumstances of the ship that was scrapped, whether a sister ship to OLYMPIA or not, but did remember that a ship of same era was scrapped during WWII. Thought that it was USS OREGON that was scrapped, just could not remember. found my book on history of US Battleships and confirmed.
Beautiful. I want to build this model ship next after Arizona which has been on a long stop because I can't decide what colour to paint the superstructure. I'll probably use a greyish baby blue as the park service insists it was, the rest of the hull a light grey. Tough decision, I never used a paint scheme like that.
great job! the only problem I have is the yellow paint, it was more of a orange/gold color. I got to visit the ship in Philly in 93'. Fun fact I live in Fall River home of the mighty USS Massachusetts! along w a Destroyer, submarine and PT boats
Nice, that must be cool to live nearby those museum ships! The US really nailed it with how many great ships they preserved. So many huge Battleships they still maintain, I'd love to visit them one day
@@funinscale2892 its funny cuz I live in the suburb across the river now and can literally see the ships everyday out the window, yea if you ever make it here I could definitely give you a tour. I just finished Meng's Fokker tri-plane Red Baron, and the Cruiser Pola (disappointment, left out a lot of detail and fit issues). One of these days I'll maybe do a video too.
The kit was actually introduced by Revell in 1959; your boxing dates to 1974, which appears to be the first re-issue. The kit's complexity seems on a par with several Revell sailing ship kits of the time (all box-scaled, hence Revell's peculiar 1/232 scale), but the kit seems not to have been avidly marketed by Revell, and even in catalogs dated 1976 and 1977 appears lost in a sea of other historical boats. Many castings, particularly the secondary guns, are overscale, or have been engineered to make them moveable, irrespective of their actual appearance in life. The kit has been re-popularized in recent years, due to the appearance of aftermarket products such as Gold Medal Models' excellent photoetched detail set, designed specifically for this kit and that of the USS Oregon by Glencoe. Squadron produced a limited re-spin of the kit, which included multimedia aftermarket detailling parts, such as lasercut wooden decking, turned brass gunbarrels, cast-resin parts, cast metal parts, metal anchor chain, an improved plinth-like stand with etched brass nameplate, and two sets of photoetched detail sprues. I was very fortunate to have recently acquired one of these, and I hope to begin constructing it soon. Thanks for posting!
Amazing job. One thing you could try out if you want to is to use a pin wash. They're usually a thin, black paint that's used to bring out details, such as deck planking. Even without the pin wash it looks really good though. Probably better than anything I could do. Looking forward to your future videos!
Thanks very much! I thought about doing some weathering on her, but when i try to weather white colours, they always fade to grey too excessively, so i left her how she is, but a fine pin wash would have been a good idea!
I got one over twenty years ago, and never finished it. It didn't help that the janitor of the private club where I was making the model at (in the library) somehow managed to "disappear" some of the parts (the funnels and the after turret among them). Maybe... maybe I'll try it again, someday.
The gun turrets and superstructre are not yellow but a color called Buff, it's made by Tamiya. I have been in this ship many times, it's a great place to visit and your build looks great.
An interesting model, and not bad for one so old. But, was the clumsy application of the railing rope deliberate, a little more care there would have made for an even better result?
Hi! I did not make it deliberately clumsy, but it was my second time ever using normal thread for making rigging, and it is much stiffer, even the thinner thread, than EZ-Line or other lycra ropes, so it was a nice experience for the future, i also didn't want to stretch the rope too hard around the poles because they broke off very easily. But more time would surely have been well invested!
This old kit seems to a lot of positive parts placements. Like things snap into place. I like that,like you mentioned,even warped parts are easily fitted because they snap into place. Cool feature!
During the same era Pyro also made a 1/240 scale of the Olympia. Pyro also made the battleship Maine, but before you start scouring E-bay, that release was a rehash of the Olympia with some new parts to offset the gun turrets per the Maine's distinctive design. I have to admit that I didn't know a Revell kit of the Olympia existed. Finally, the comment criticizing the builder's skill was ignorant.
Wow, I built that same model when I was a kid. I was lucky enough to go to Philadelphia two times went on the USS Olympia both times. This video is great, you seem a humble person when you play your skill down, your much better than I am. Wish there was a bit of narration. This inspired me to get another kit of the Olympia and build it again. Thanks for your time and work in posting this video...... Want to sell the finished model?????? LOL
Hi mike! Thanks for your kind comment! I am glad you like the video! I assume you live in the US, i am from europe, so i don't think the ship would survive shipping :) It is really a fun and well made kit! Thanks for watching and subscribing!
@@funinscale2892 Hi, Mike here. Just finished lunch. Thought you were from Europe somewhere as you use the letter U in armor and colored, but we can still be friends---LOL. I built models by the ton as a kid then quit and starting up again, your video was a bit of a inspiration for myself. The instruction sheet seems to be in German? I look forward to watching your past videos. Stay safe and stay strong......
@@jetsons101 Yes I am from Austria, but somehow got used to the British writing with the "U" :D The instructions were in english, but there was an accompanying letter that had some information, which was in German. I think the kit that i had was a rebox of the original Revell USA kit by Revell Germany, but not sure. I hope you had a nice meal, i just got up! thanks for watching my videos!
Great job! Fit & finish looks great, regardless of what any nitpickers say. I would have gone with slightly different colors - Buff instead of yellow and a little more red for the hull bottom. But no criticism - it looks awesome!
Hi Paul! Yes, the colours were not chosen historically accurate, i have to admit. I like to use the Hull Red paint from tamiya for the exact reason that it is not too red, i prefer the slightly darker brown red look of it. And the yellow, well, i just think it looks funny and cool with yellow instead of buff :) Thanks for watching!
Hey, I'm actually building this exact kit. Out of curiosity, did you prime it before you started painting? And what color did you use for the lifeboats wooden interior and the deck?
Hi Jerry! Thanks, i am glad you like it, this was really something different from the other models! I'll try to find out about that USS Oregon, I would definitely like to make another one from that time period! How is your Carrier going?
@@funinscale2892 little rough weathering at first but doing good now. I like the pin wash and brush streaking best not good with oils yet! Oh i wish we were closer i have several OREGONS i give you one!
@@funinscale2892 just remembered the co. Name GLONCOE its about the same size ad the OYLIMPIA. i done think the co. Around anymore but the web might have it.
@@jerrymccrae7202 Thanks very much, that is very kind! But it would be a journey across the planet for the kit! I will definitely keep an eye on the market, maybe i will get one, id be definitely be interested
Great find to do a video on. It's always such a joy to to go see the ship from the water in a pleasure boat then hop across the river to roll up along side of the USS New Jersey. A stunning leap in in naval warfare right there for your enjoyment
New Jersey and Olympia are in the same museum area? I didnt know that, very cool! When you can look at the development of warships in just 50 years, where it came from, to the pinnacle of battleship development
Oh hi mark! I have built a corvette c3 from revell some years ago, but im not sure if this was matchbox molding, but im not very good with cars, i dont know how to get a nice gloss top coat, even the gloss paints are slightly satin it seems
@@funinscale2892 Hi, I was talking about 1:144 scale corvette class ship that Revell still has on sale. Maybe you did not have a good primer for the car? or use pledge floor polish for a shinier finish?
@@marcblank3036 Ah the flower class? I am very interested in this kit, i'd prefer the 1/72 scale from Revell, but shes quite expensive in that size! Hope i get one of those, i have her in 1/350 from Mirage, but there she looks like a tugboat. I tried polishing with tamiyas polishing paste once, on a gloss varnish, and the decals below were rubbed off, so you are right, a better finish would probably solve both problems, maybe i just need more practice with gloss finishes! Thanks for the hints!
Hello Fun in Scale, a nice video i enjoyed it right up to where you started putting on the superstructure colour. I am a bit shocked a skilled modeller such as yourself could not see the true colour used. It is a mistake sadly I have seen on a number of the 2400 scale model manufacturers in Germany make. it was NOT Yellow! not by any stretch of the imagination. It is a Tan/Cream tone that is hard to match as no model paint i could find matches but it is cery important. the Yellow sadly makes your model very second class which is too bad with the hard work you put in. thanks for sharing. She was and is a beautiful ship and the Great White Fleet made a lasting impression on the whole world, it was a masterful stroke of strategy by President Roosevelt and the Navy. thanks again. Better luck next time.
The caption on Olympia's armor is highly misleading. A protected cruiser had only an armored deck that protected the vitals of the ship; in Olympia this was just under 5" thick at its thickest point, which is considerable, but a contemporary battleship would have had at least as much in its armor belt on the hull, and then a similar protective deck within. There were still some vintage 1860's and 1870's ironclads in some of the world's navies, whose wrought iron armor would have given far less protection than Olympia had, but those were "battleships" only by a naming convention; they could not be realistically classed as such. The armor on Olympia's turrets was very good for a ship of its class, as was its 8" main armament, which was generally carried only by "armored cruisers" at that time.
Nicely done. My only comment is that the upperworks should be a bit darker. The official color scheme for the so-called "peace" colors is white and buff, which is a very light yellow brown. I've been on Olympia in Philly, and it not that yellow. In one of Drachs' Sunday "Drydocks'" he posted someone's version of Iowa in the white and buff. different. 'Axe
Thanks for the info! Now i want to make an Iowa-class in the same paint scheme... therefore, i need the Buff colour! luckily i have two new jersey kits around somewhere!
It is a great kit, i was really surprised on the detail and the overall well made manufacturing! It seems that USS Olympia was a class of ship on her own, they are sometimes referenced as sister ships, but i dont think they actually are. Olympia is around 1000 tonnes lighter, and described as a protected cruiser, while the Maine is an armoured cruiser, but i'm no expert on ships, so they could as well be sisters :)
Olympia was a one of a kind new design that introduced what became the modern cruiser class w/long range, speed and decent armament and armor being between destroyers and other light craft and capital/battleships. Maine was designed as a "coast battleship" w/heavy 10" guns (8" on Olympia), more armor bot less speed and range.
Hi! I am glad you like the model! I think they have meant a ship with steel armour, and it seems HMS Warrior has armour made from Iron and wood. I've read it somewhere on the museum's homepage so they might be biased and might have overlooked something. Damn, now i want to make a model of HMS Warrior again. I've never seen one
No, sadly I have never been to any museum ship anywhere in the world. I'd like to, but I'm from Europe and my country doesn't even have a navy, so I'd have to travel quite far to see one!
I have two releases of the kit its great with lots of detail. If you like that type try getting ahold of the USS OREGON same scale i forget the mhg firm.
I would have loved to have built this ship if it were in 700 or 350 scale. I display my ships together and this odd scale would give it a distorted sense of size.😕
@@funinscale2892 I think it might fit in in smaller scale like 1/700 as the real ship is actually quite large for a cruiser. Plus at 1/232 scale she is already a very large kit detail wise so this kit will fit in with someones 1/200 scale ship collection and Olympia if made in 1/350 scale would still be a impressive build.
@@michaelbenjmitchell1 true, you are right. I would like to see some more ship models from that time, there are some very interesting ships out there! maybe some manufacturers will release some in today's common scales
@@funinscale2892 Check Zvezda I believe they still have their Pre-Dreadnaught protected cruiser kits in production in 1/350 scale. I do remember their Aurora kit and the real ship still exists as a museum ship in Saint Petersburgh Russia.
That one sparked an interest. If photo etched parts are available or even scratch built detail to enhance it may push it over the top. Im planning to visit the real thing if this crap ever let's everything open back up.
Lindburg also have an Olympia that does have photo etch available. Most reviews of the kit are pretty negative so not sure if it will build as well as this one.
It is definitely a great kit to make, it is fun to build and paint, and the result is nice! if you can get it cheaply, it is a great deal, but from what i have heard, this has got to be a quite pricey kit for collectors. There sure are some places that would suit some more detail
@@glenchapman3899 If it's the same scale the PE for the lindburgh kit might work but I think the Lindburgh kit might be the revell kit as the plastic was similar.
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Thanks! the paint was still a little wet in the one sequence, but the filler broke again after putting the turret in and there was a gap again, all for nothing :)
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This would be very cool! I have never tried converting something to RC, but with some modification, smoke generators and sound machines, this would make a nice boat!
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no skill, you need to learn hot to add realism and detail
stfu jagit. what he needs to do is enjoy what he is doing
You need to learn some manners and etiquette, it seems to me that far more effort and thought went into that model than you're capable of.
@@drdrumbeat3010 what he said
I've been building models since 1984 and that ship is pretty well built for me.
in the end the most important thing is what he builds must please himself, if others like it, ok, otherwise ... who cares?
@@sonosoloio You're quite right, but it's also nice of the guy to share his builds online. I wouldn't have known this ship still existed if it wasn't for this video and I wouldn't mind a shot at this kit myself at some point. So thanks again Fun in Scale, I really like your videos.
This ship has special meaning for me. I was the new kid in 5th grade, when our class took a field trip to the local museum. The currator said if we could answer a few questions about a few of the displays, he'd bring out some of the reptiles being kept there temperarily. The last question he asked was the name of that ship. No one else had looked at it but me, so I raised my hand, said The USS Olympia, and we got to handle the lizarda and snakes. I was a brief hero to my new classmates. It certainly eased the transition from new boy to classmate and friend. And that's the exact model I built 47 years ago.
Very cool, I sure would like to visit this ship too! How was the visit there? can you go in and under deck too?
I loved the woodwork in the officers cabins
I toured the Olympia while in Philadelphia in 1975, and purchased this same model from the ship's gift shop. I still have it, complete and never assembled, as a reminder of a great trip.
I reported all the rude comments about dating great build I never thought that such an old revel kit was even buildable!!!!!!!
Ik so much spam and bots it so annoying
Thanks! i dont know what those bots are doing or why they are posting on my videos, but it was the same on some other videos as well, i just removed those comments. Thanks for keeping the comments clean!
@@funinscale2892 have you built any Aoshima kits
@@TALISMAN7690 Hi Ian, i did not have built an Aoshima kit, but i have some Japanese destroyer in 1/700 scale which i got for 4€ some time ago but havent come around to make it. Have you built any? are they good? the kit seemed very detailed for the small size
@@funinscale2892 I've built the Aoshima 1/700 IJN Yamato very decent kit. It's my first IJN vessel I don't know if there's aftermarket parts for it. For me it's a highly recommended kit.
Nice job! The trick with old decals is to coat them with a clear lacquer or enamel which will help them stay together when they get wet. Not foolproof, but it usually works. Also don't listen to A-holes who say you have no skill, keep on building. I find your channel inspiring! I remember this model and regret not getting one.
Hi Robert! Thanks for the hint, that is really helpful! Luckily, i still have quite a few very old kits, so i can try this out soon! I dont take it personally, everyone can have their opinion, but they should at least not be insulting!
I hope you can find one of those in the future, it was really fun to make!
Thanks for producing and sharing this awesome video! Great production and building! I remember building this kit as a lad and thought it very detailed for the time. I purchased a new edition and your video made me look forward to building that one. Thanks!
When I was stationed at NAS Willow Grove just a little bit north of Philadelphia, as a Career Counselor we would do re-enlistments onboard that wonderful ship and were able to take the tour of it. Watching this video brought back many good memories of it. Admiral Dewey had a great ship.
I built the USS Olympia twice as a teen. It was a new kit then. I recently bought one off of eBay and built it again. Same as you, I preprinted everything. It’s a great kit! You really did a great job on it. Your “good enough” approach is better than most modelers’ best efforts, including mine. Keep up with the videos. I love seeing your work.
Thanks very much, Raymond! I am always happy to get such nice comments on my videos, and i hope my videos are enjoyably made! Maybe i can get another one and make her with the correct buff colour on the superstructure, as another commenter advised. It was great fun to make
I was fortunate enough to tour this ship last summer. She is one of the most unique and valuable museum ships in the world. As one of the last remaining warship of her era, its amazing that she is still in existence and in such good of shape for her age. However she is really in need of additional funds to help preserve her.
The Olympia was my favorite destination when my cub pack visited Philadelphia. "You may fire when ready Gridley!"
I built that Model when I was a kid in the 70s. Great job. Good memories...
When it was first released in 1957, it was one of Revell`s most complicated and most detailed kits. The detail may seem a little 'soft' today probably due to the age of the molds. I built it a few times and I sold a built one on E Bay to a collector and got a VERY good price for it. I always loved these late 19th century naval ships. Very steampunk looking.
Fantastic. This kit has been sitting on my bottom shelf for a long while. A lot of the deck railing posts were broken off when I got it and the thought of having to manually repair all of them has me keeping it on the back burner.
Thanks very much! The good thing about this kit is that there are some surplus railing posts included in the kit, but if there are too much missing im sure it will be hard to fix a railing thread to those glued-on posts - something very time-consuming would be drilling the holes for posts, i would not do that, to be honest :)
Why is everyone putting weird comments go away you guys this is model building not dating
gorgeous! i love pre-dreadnought warships 👍
Great work! I had a Pyro Olympia and that fought my efforts to build it in my teens. I have bad memories of that kit.
Excellent job....terrific paintwork and an overall great finish.....you make model making look so easy and are not worried about the so called 'rivet counters' and stay true to your name....a very admirable quality. A number of years ago I built the Revell USS Oregon (BB 3), an Indiana class battleship, in the same scale as the Olympia and possibly is of the same vintage. If you enjoy building ships of this era, I thoroughly recommend the Oregon if you are able to find it.
Thanks very much! Such nice comments are the main reason i keep making videos! the Oregon sounds interesting indeed! Such older kits are quite hard to come by, but are very cool to make, in my opinion. My "vintage" stash is almost bigger than the stash with more recent models
My Dad built the Oregon for back in 1959, it was a beautiful kit; I wanted to buy it but I never found it again.😔
Great model kit! Thank you for sharing
I went aboard in 1985 for a mere 5 dollars and spent 3 rolls of film. The staff allowed me to visit most of the ship freely. The officers wardroom where they took their meals was closed but I got a nice shot of the table through the doors glass window. At Manila Bay engaging the Spanish fleet a Spanish cannonball shattered a starboard side port hole on Olympia and broke a table in the crew galley. That seems to be the extent of her damage. USS Olympia is located at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia as a floating museum. You really must see it.
Очень впечатляющая своей аутентичностью сборка. Ни шпатлевки, ни напильников, ни травления. Модель как есть, в своем собственном великолепии.
У нас в России тоже есть похожая модель - бронепалубный крейсер Аврора в масштабе 1/400. Ей тоже много десятков лет, но она, всё таки, выпускается до сих пор.
Awesome! I have been on this ship before, many years ago.
Absolutely incredible build thankyou
Peter awesome build and video. The paint job was outstanding. For an older kit it sure looks good, lots of details. I also liked the history of the ship as well. Hopefully this kit will get reissued and updated. Again awesome build and channel. Have a great week and stay safe and healthy my friend. 👍👍🇦🇹🤝🇺🇸
Hi Chris! How are you? Did you begin your *something japanese*Maru model? Thanks for the compliments, stay safe! Greetings from Austria
@@funinscale2892 it's coming along, slowly. I really don't get that much time to work on it. The self adhesive wooden decks are a nice touch. This is the first time using them. I'll keep you posted on the progress. Have a great week and stay safe and healthy my friend.
@@chrisC052 That sounds good! Sometimes, the real wooden decks look a little too brightly wooden coloured for my taste but Hasegawa has some great colouring of theirs! Good luck with the build, friend!
Hey mate. I have this kit in my stash just haven't done it yet. But while i was looking for an upgrade set and finding none in UK Grrrrr it seems that the kit was from 1959 they just changed the box in 1974, the model is like 62 years old and the level of detail on it is insane!!!
Some upgrade sets would be nice for this kit, but as you said, the detail is very good for a kit of that age, it was fun to make and paint! Wow, then it is even older than i thought! Must be a valuable mold!
@@funinscale2892 I actually have the Encore repop of this kit that Squadron had made up years ago with the metal barrels PE resin and metal chains. And this kit is actually the closest you will get to 1/350 scale for a Pre WWI protected cruiser.
Fantastic work mate, I love these old warships, they have some "steampunkiness" about them. A couple of weeks ago, when I was modelhunting I was doubting between the USS Maine and the SMS Gneisenau (both paper- and cardboard 1/200 scale models), I finally decided to go with the Gneisenau, mainly because of her background story and her final stance. One of these days I'll try to make a video as well, althought my first vids will actually be more like slideshows..
great looking build my friend beautifully finnished thanks for sharing
A great video and nice build. The ship has a very nice colour scheme and I like your preshading.
Un modèle peu courant. Une très belle réalisation. Bravo.
Awesome video of a great ship and model build!!! Had the opportunity to visit this ship once before while in Philadelphia in the 1990s. Unfortunately, was unable to tour the ship for arrived at site a few minutes before the ship closed for the day. However, was still able to walk around where she is docked, so that made up for me getting distracted by all the other historical sites in town. Also, do believe this ship ALMOST was scrapped during WWII during all those scrap metal drives throughout the war. IF memory serves me correctly, there was a sister ship of OLYMPIA (cannot remember the name) that was based in Portland, OR, (or somewhere along the Pacific Coast) and was also a museum ship. That ship did NOT survive the frenzy of the scrap metal drive and it was then decided that everyone was getting too carried away and thus OLYMPIA was spared.
Thanks for the information, it is very interesting getting to know such things out of first hand, I was not sure about the yellow tone, was the one i made a little too yellow, should it in reality be more ochre coloured?
@@funinscale2892 I guess if going for historical accuracy, more of an ochre colour. However, the kit still looks awesome!!!
@@funinscale2892 It wasn't the sister ship of Olympia that was scrapped it was the Battleship USS Oregon that was scrapped during WWII and she too was a museum ship. The Spanish American War ships all were one of a kind builds till WWI when ship building was streamlined making it so you can make many ships of the same class the same way.
@@michaelbenjmitchell1 THANKS!!! Could not remember the exact circumstances of the ship that was scrapped, whether a sister ship to OLYMPIA or not, but did remember that a ship of same era was scrapped during WWII. Thought that it was USS OREGON that was scrapped, just could not remember. found my book on history of US Battleships and confirmed.
@@jamesbednar8625 Okay, thanks for the compliments and the informations!
Good job, as always. ;) What a crazy scale, 1:232!!
Beautiful. I want to build this model ship next after Arizona which has been on a long stop because I can't decide what colour to paint the superstructure. I'll probably use a greyish baby blue as the park service insists it was, the rest of the hull a light grey. Tough decision, I never used a paint scheme like that.
great job! the only problem I have is the yellow paint, it was more of a orange/gold color. I got to visit the ship in Philly in 93'. Fun fact I live in Fall River home of the mighty USS Massachusetts! along w a Destroyer, submarine and PT boats
Nice, that must be cool to live nearby those museum ships! The US really nailed it with how many great ships they preserved. So many huge Battleships they still maintain, I'd love to visit them one day
@@funinscale2892 its funny cuz I live in the suburb across the river now and can literally see the ships everyday out the window, yea if you ever make it here I could definitely give you a tour.
I just finished Meng's Fokker tri-plane Red Baron, and the Cruiser Pola (disappointment, left out a lot of detail and fit issues). One of these days I'll maybe do a video too.
Really enjoyable watch. Thanks for sharing. :)
Have the same exact one. Came out great. About 5 years ago.
The kit was actually introduced by Revell in 1959; your boxing dates to 1974, which appears to be the first re-issue. The kit's complexity seems on a par with several Revell sailing ship kits of the time (all box-scaled, hence Revell's peculiar 1/232 scale), but the kit seems not to have been avidly marketed by Revell, and even in catalogs dated 1976 and 1977 appears lost in a sea of other historical boats. Many castings, particularly the secondary guns, are overscale, or have been engineered to make them moveable, irrespective of their actual appearance in life. The kit has been re-popularized in recent years, due to the appearance of aftermarket products such as Gold Medal Models' excellent photoetched detail set, designed specifically for this kit and that of the USS Oregon by Glencoe. Squadron produced a limited re-spin of the kit, which included multimedia aftermarket detailling parts, such as lasercut wooden decking, turned brass gunbarrels, cast-resin parts, cast metal parts, metal anchor chain, an improved plinth-like stand with etched brass nameplate, and two sets of photoetched detail sprues. I was very fortunate to have recently acquired one of these, and I hope to begin constructing it soon. Thanks for posting!
9:09 memories of lego chains and wire come rushing back from when i was 7
I guess world war one put an end to Navy ships being painted white.After that they were painted grey.
I had this model back in 1974 when it first came out. " Thanks for the memories". Bob Hope song.
Amazing job. One thing you could try out if you want to is to use a pin wash. They're usually a thin, black paint that's used to bring out details, such as deck planking. Even without the pin wash it looks really good though. Probably better than anything I could do. Looking forward to your future videos!
Thanks very much! I thought about doing some weathering on her, but when i try to weather white colours, they always fade to grey too excessively, so i left her how she is, but a fine pin wash would have been a good idea!
I miss the ram bow on ships
I got one over twenty years ago, and never finished it. It didn't help that the janitor of the private club where I was making the model at (in the library) somehow managed to "disappear" some of the parts (the funnels and the after turret among them). Maybe... maybe I'll try it again, someday.
Excellent job on a beautiful old ship!!!
Great looking ship ,love these old battleships 👍👍👍👍
Thanks! I am glad you like it, it was a fun and exciting kit to make
Nice work with that old model kit. Love the ships from that era. Subscribed!
Thanks marcos! I am glad you like the model, thanks for subscribing!
The gun turrets and superstructre are not yellow but a color called Buff, it's made by Tamiya. I have been in this ship many times, it's a great place to visit and your build looks great.
Your right! I remember the color as being very faded yellow or tan, so "Buff" sounds correct! I still have color photos of her taken while on board.
I actually mixed my paint to get the right color.
An interesting model, and not bad for one so old. But, was the clumsy application of the railing rope deliberate, a little more care there would have made for an even better result?
Hi! I did not make it deliberately clumsy, but it was my second time ever using normal thread for making rigging, and it is much stiffer, even the thinner thread, than EZ-Line or other lycra ropes, so it was a nice experience for the future, i also didn't want to stretch the rope too hard around the poles because they broke off very easily. But more time would surely have been well invested!
hi, what kind of glue do you use when connecting painted parts? revell?
This old kit seems to a lot of positive parts placements. Like things snap into place. I like that,like you mentioned,even warped parts are easily fitted because they snap into place. Cool feature!
Thats true, it was a great surprise, and it made gluing much easier, just a few drops required just to make sure. This was really well thought-out!
Nice work on an old classic
During the same era Pyro also made a 1/240 scale of the Olympia. Pyro also made the battleship Maine, but before you start scouring E-bay, that release was a rehash of the Olympia with some new parts to offset the gun turrets per the Maine's distinctive design. I have to admit that I didn't know a Revell kit of the Olympia existed. Finally, the comment criticizing the builder's skill was ignorant.
Wow, I built that same model when I was a kid. I was lucky enough to go to Philadelphia two times went on the USS Olympia both times. This video is great, you seem a humble person when you play your skill down, your much better than I am. Wish there was a bit of narration. This inspired me to get another kit of the Olympia and build it again. Thanks for your time and work in posting this video...... Want to sell the finished model?????? LOL
Hi mike! Thanks for your kind comment! I am glad you like the video! I assume you live in the US, i am from europe, so i don't think the ship would survive shipping :) It is really a fun and well made kit! Thanks for watching and subscribing!
@@funinscale2892 Hi, Mike here. Just finished lunch. Thought you were from Europe somewhere as you use the letter U in armor and colored, but we can still be friends---LOL. I built models by the ton as a kid then quit and starting up again, your video was a bit of a inspiration for myself. The instruction sheet seems to be in German? I look forward to watching your past videos. Stay safe and stay strong......
@@jetsons101 Yes I am from Austria, but somehow got used to the British writing with the "U" :D
The instructions were in english, but there was an accompanying letter that had some information, which was in German. I think the kit that i had was a rebox of the original Revell USA kit by Revell Germany, but not sure. I hope you had a nice meal, i just got up! thanks for watching my videos!
True artistry. I wish I could build as well as you.
Wow, thanks very much! I am glad you like the model!
I built this model back in roughly 1982.
I remember building this back in the 70’s, it was better than the Lindberg kit of the Olympia and Maine.
Great job! Fit & finish looks great, regardless of what any nitpickers say. I would have gone with slightly different colors - Buff instead of yellow and a little more red for the hull bottom. But no criticism - it looks awesome!
Hi Paul! Yes, the colours were not chosen historically accurate, i have to admit. I like to use the Hull Red paint from tamiya for the exact reason that it is not too red, i prefer the slightly darker brown red look of it. And the yellow, well, i just think it looks funny and cool with yellow instead of buff :) Thanks for watching!
Sides of the ship and stacks were buff, not yellow!
Hey, I'm actually building this exact kit. Out of curiosity, did you prime it before you started painting? And what color did you use for the lifeboats wooden interior and the deck?
Awesome work my friend keep up the good work
Hi Peter its Jerry. Enjoying this build cant imagine keeping it clean in real life!!!!
Hi Jerry! Thanks, i am glad you like it, this was really something different from the other models! I'll try to find out about that USS Oregon, I would definitely like to make another one from that time period! How is your Carrier going?
@@funinscale2892 little rough weathering at first but doing good now. I like the pin wash and brush streaking best not good with oils yet! Oh i wish we were closer i have several OREGONS i give you one!
@@funinscale2892 just remembered the co. Name GLONCOE its about the same size ad the OYLIMPIA. i done think the co. Around anymore but the web might have it.
@@jerrymccrae7202 Thanks very much, that is very kind! But it would be a journey across the planet for the kit! I will definitely keep an eye on the market, maybe i will get one, id be definitely be interested
@@funinscale2892 lol! Me to ! Im in Des Moines Iowa if your ever curious! Illkeep a watch out to! Stay safe!
Great find to do a video on. It's always such a joy to to go see the ship from the water in a pleasure boat then hop across the river to roll up along side of the USS New Jersey. A stunning leap in in naval warfare right there for your enjoyment
New Jersey and Olympia are in the same museum area? I didnt know that, very cool! When you can look at the development of warships in just 50 years, where it came from, to the pinnacle of battleship development
A beauty, shame it is not available. Have you built the Matchbox corvette yet from the Revell range?
Oh hi mark! I have built a corvette c3 from revell some years ago, but im not sure if this was matchbox molding, but im not very good with cars, i dont know how to get a nice gloss top coat, even the gloss paints are slightly satin it seems
@@funinscale2892 Hi, I was talking about 1:144 scale corvette class ship that Revell still has on sale. Maybe you did not have a good primer for the car? or use pledge floor polish for a shinier finish?
@@marcblank3036 Ah the flower class? I am very interested in this kit, i'd prefer the 1/72 scale from Revell, but shes quite expensive in that size! Hope i get one of those, i have her in 1/350 from Mirage, but there she looks like a tugboat.
I tried polishing with tamiyas polishing paste once, on a gloss varnish, and the decals below were rubbed off, so you are right, a better finish would probably solve both problems, maybe i just need more practice with gloss finishes! Thanks for the hints!
@@funinscale2892 Looking forward to your next built
Hello Fun in Scale,
a nice video i enjoyed it right up to where you started putting on the superstructure colour. I am a bit shocked a skilled modeller such as yourself could not see the true colour used. It is a mistake sadly I have seen on a number of the 2400 scale model manufacturers in Germany make. it was NOT Yellow! not by any stretch of the imagination. It is a Tan/Cream tone that is hard to match as no model paint i could find matches but it is cery important. the Yellow sadly makes your model very second class which is too bad with the hard work you put in. thanks for sharing. She was and is a beautiful ship and the Great White Fleet made a lasting impression on the whole world, it was a masterful stroke of strategy by President Roosevelt and the Navy. thanks again. Better luck next time.
Nice work.
The caption on Olympia's armor is highly misleading. A protected cruiser had only an armored deck that protected the vitals of the ship; in Olympia this was just under 5" thick at its thickest point, which is considerable, but a contemporary battleship would have had at least as much in its armor belt on the hull, and then a similar protective deck within. There were still some vintage 1860's and 1870's ironclads in some of the world's navies, whose wrought iron armor would have given far less protection than Olympia had, but those were "battleships" only by a naming convention; they could not be realistically classed as such. The armor on Olympia's turrets was very good for a ship of its class, as was its 8" main armament, which was generally carried only by "armored cruisers" at that time.
Nicely done. My only comment is that the upperworks should be a bit darker. The official color scheme for the so-called "peace" colors is white and buff, which is a very light yellow brown. I've been on Olympia in Philly, and it not that yellow. In one of Drachs' Sunday "Drydocks'" he posted someone's version of Iowa in the white and buff. different. 'Axe
Thanks for the info! Now i want to make an Iowa-class in the same paint scheme... therefore, i need the Buff colour! luckily i have two new jersey kits around somewhere!
Great work thanks for posting😁👍
I am glad you like it, thanks for watching!
Awesome video. I have 2 kits..Revell early kit and newer Lindberg.
Hi Paul! Thanks! From what ive heard, the Lindberg is not as nice as the Revell, what do you think? Have you built those two kits?
I also built this kit when I was 16 in 1980.
I got this kit as a Christmas gift from my Aunt in 1961. I loved it. I always thought she was a sister ship to the Maine. True?
It is a great kit, i was really surprised on the detail and the overall well made manufacturing! It seems that USS Olympia was a class of ship on her own, they are sometimes referenced as sister ships, but i dont think they actually are. Olympia is around 1000 tonnes lighter, and described as a protected cruiser, while the Maine is an armoured cruiser, but i'm no expert on ships, so they could as well be sisters :)
Olympia was a one of a kind new design that introduced what became the modern cruiser class w/long range, speed and decent armament and armor being between destroyers and other light craft and capital/battleships. Maine was designed as a "coast battleship" w/heavy 10" guns (8" on Olympia), more armor bot less speed and range.
I think there was dreadfull derivative of the Olympic kit wit a bogus extra turret that called itself the USS Maine but wasn't.
Wow nice hull texture
Very pretty ship. Was this the only issue or was the kit produced again at any stage
Great build however I’m pretty sure HMS Warrior in Portsmouth is the oldest iron ship afloat
Hi! I am glad you like the model! I think they have meant a ship with steel armour, and it seems HMS Warrior has armour made from Iron and wood. I've read it somewhere on the museum's homepage so they might be biased and might have overlooked something. Damn, now i want to make a model of HMS Warrior again. I've never seen one
Why lemon yellow? American ships of this era were a yellow ochre/buff color.
Nicely done!
Have you ever been aboard the USS Olympia?
(I also follow Drach!)
No, sadly I have never been to any museum ship anywhere in the world. I'd like to, but I'm from Europe and my country doesn't even have a navy, so I'd have to travel quite far to see one!
Awesome job man!
Thanks very much, i am glad you like it!
Nice video !
I have two releases of the kit its great with lots of detail. If you like that type try getting ahold of the USS OREGON same scale i forget the mhg firm.
Not really expect the same scale.
I got both.
I would have loved to have built this ship if it were in 700 or 350 scale. I display my ships together and this odd scale would give it a distorted sense of size.😕
True, then it would not fit very well! :) But i think in smaller scales, the model would be a little too small to be representative
@@funinscale2892 I think it might fit in in smaller scale like 1/700 as the real ship is actually quite large for a cruiser. Plus at 1/232 scale she is already a very large kit detail wise so this kit will fit in with someones 1/200 scale ship collection and Olympia if made in 1/350 scale would still be a impressive build.
@@michaelbenjmitchell1 true, you are right. I would like to see some more ship models from that time, there are some very interesting ships out there! maybe some manufacturers will release some in today's common scales
@@funinscale2892 Check Zvezda I believe they still have their Pre-Dreadnaught protected cruiser kits in production in 1/350 scale. I do remember their Aurora kit and the real ship still exists as a museum ship in Saint Petersburgh Russia.
That one sparked an interest. If photo etched parts are available or even scratch built detail to enhance it may push it over the top. Im planning to visit the real thing if this crap ever let's everything open back up.
Lindburg also have an Olympia that does have photo etch available. Most reviews of the kit are pretty negative so not sure if it will build as well as this one.
It is definitely a great kit to make, it is fun to build and paint, and the result is nice! if you can get it cheaply, it is a great deal, but from what i have heard, this has got to be a quite pricey kit for collectors. There sure are some places that would suit some more detail
@@glenchapman3899 If it's the same scale the PE for the lindburgh kit might work but I think the Lindburgh kit might be the revell kit as the plastic was similar.
Wish i had that kit
Is that the right “Stars & Stripes for that era?
I didn't really think about it, but it seems in 1895 there were only 46 states in the USA? I didn't count the stars either, but a nice finding!
When I saw the name of vid I thought is was one of the cursed titanic sisters
Forgot to say, I just subscribed...... Thanks again
Really enjoyed the vidio!
Oh you good at this model very very good
What do you do with all the models you have completed. You would need a TON of space to display them all.
I made that kit back in the 80's don't know what happened to it
I had this kit, but never built it.
cool 😎 nice job, sehr schön gemacht 👋 gruss Peter Wonisch Schweiz 🇨🇭 😉 👌 👍
Hallo Peter, Danke, es freut mich wenn sie dir gefällt! Grüße aus Österreich!
servus und Hallo, das freut mich sehr das sie aus Österreich sind, meine Eltern waren auch von Österreich aus der Steiermark 🦌 all meine Verwandten sind da 👌 😉 👌 👍 ein servus von mir Peter 😉 👌
@@peterwonisch3975 Ich habe auch Verwandte in der Steiermark! :)
the filler was quite good better than mine cus I don’t even have filler
Thanks! the paint was still a little wet in the one sequence, but the filler broke again after putting the turret in and there was a gap again, all for nothing :)
LETS SHOW SOME LOVE FOR THE OL' BIG "O" (AND FOR ADMIRAL DEWEY WHO DANCED HER!)
I built this, probably 45 years ago.
Wait she's a museum ship now
Yes, i was quite surprised as well, she is sitting in Philadelphia and can still be visited, in a nice yellow and white paint scheme
Congratulation from Hun.
Remember having a model of the Olympia years ago as a kid. Like the knuckleheads we were it was shot apart with b.b. guns.
Damn that sounds fun! Not with my Olympia, but now I'd like to shoot up some model kit!
@@funinscale2892 After the damage was done I sure did feel bad about it.
Nice job on a kit thats older than dirt.
The ants go marching two by two hurrah, hurrah, the ants go marching two by two hurrah, hurrah,
Beautivull👍👍👍🇨🇵
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i BUILD THE TRUMPETER USS Saratoga 1/700 scale it doesnt have a front thing but i did my best on it im only a 12 yr old
That's okay. In the 1970s i built german cruisers from Matchbox in the same scale. Today you pay about 30$ for such collectors item.
I am sure your model will look great once you finish it! Trumpeter is a nice kit maker, they are my favourite kits, so great choice :)
Boring. Everything fits perfectly. Now back to doing battle with my Airfix 1:600 Bismarck!!
Stop trying to get haters for this guy because he makes great content so go to somewhere else you bums
Oooh, I can just see her motorized with radio control....
This would be very cool! I have never tried converting something to RC, but with some modification, smoke generators and sound machines, this would make a nice boat!