Made this model in the late 60's early 70s....I remember all the painting at the aft end (or stern) parts. If memory serves me correctly, being a kid the painting was not very neat. I love sailing ship models. I am not ashamed to admit my painting still needs improvement, The models I have Cutty Sark, HMS Bounty, and RMS TITANIC look GREAT from a few feet away. LOL. If I could paint better I think I could be almost up there with the pros. Maybe??..This video brought back memories. I did not know Revell re-released it. Thanks for posting and getting me all sentimental.....
@@nr1osfan Thank you for watching. This was actually a fun build for money and turned out pretty well, but I was building it more as a pirate ship. So it it was a little easier for me. Then having to follow any strict rule, but definitely the hand painting on the back is difficult
Very interesting,Merv. Time to break out the old Errol Flynn movies for some Elizabethan research. It's bound to be either Drake 's or Raleigh's ship. I might get one 🤔.Thanks for showing and best wishes from jolly old England 👍😎Pete 🤓
This is going to have to be one of those that I just focus on building the plastic and not worry about the rigging. If someday I get time and I get bored then I could do the rigging but for now I'm just going to build it as a display model.
David R Lentz, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Saturday, 14 September, 2024) How accurate is this kit, historically and structurally? I have a second issue: I long have wanted ti build different iterations of the USS Constitution U.S. Navy rated 44-gun frigate, 54 guns installed, using the Revell 1:96th-scale kit. 1) No sails, rigging set for station keeping. 2) Sails furled, dockside. 3) at sea, under full sail. 4) engaged with a foe, which has taken heavy damage. This last is the puzzle I cannot solve: what available plastic model kit in the same scale would serve for one to create as a realistic opponent in such a battle? This English Man O' War of the 1600s would have been too old (if even afloat!) to have withstood our warship. The HMS Victory 104-gun first rate ship of the line (e.g., the Heller 1:100th-scale kit) would have been too large. I thought about the caravels of the Barbary Pirates; these, however, would have stood no chance. Alternately, perhaps two 1:72nd-scale pirate ship kits might serve to form the basis of such a sea-battle diorama. Perhaps one of these vessels in actuality is a U.S. Navy brigantine that an admiral has tasked with drawing out these roving corsairs. I next would require a more seasoned model-builder to construct such a tableau, that I could learn how to produce my own.
@@DavidRLentz-b7i Well, thank you for watching, and thank you for commenting. First off, I can't speak to how well this is represented accuracy, either structurally, or Historically. In what little research I have done, it definitely looks correct and I will have to leave it at that. To your next point I am also in the same kind of dilemma. The Constitution only sailed a couple of times that I am aware of under full sail. So realistically pretty much, no matter how you portray it, you're going to need to have some furled sails. There are several techniques for doing that, including white glue and Tissue paper as well as Purchasing actual cloth sails. When I find a texting tonight really like I will definitely be doing a tutorial on it. Lastly, Short of highly modifying another constitution like what I did on my pirate ship videos, Your best option would be the Heller HMS Victory For an adversary to the Constitution. The scale is close enough that it would not Be a noticeable difference in scale. Keep in mind that the English Man O' War even though it says it is in 1/96 scale is not. I can't remember if I mentioned in the video, but it is actually a larger scale. Revell Also made a Spanish Gallion that is in the same scale as the Man O' War. But, it is just the exact same kit with different decals and painting instructions. Good luck!
@@maddogmerv The HMS Victory, with 105 guns in three decks, some insanely huge, would pound the USS Constitution into splinters. I mean to dramatise our Navy's victory at sea. In what scale is the British Man-O-War model, please? I have no means to ascertain it.
@@DavidRLentz-b7i I'm not sure where I found the information. There were several different reviews not only on TH-cam, but on other online forms as well. I believe it was modelshipworld.com. The information I have says it's closer to 1/64th scale. If you have access to a constitution and look at the figures on the Constitution, they definitely are closer to 1/96, but on the Man O' War and the Spanish galleon, the figures are much larger and are definitely not interchangeable. I do have some other figures that are in 1 /72nd scale that are much closer in size to the ones on the Man O' War
Actually having the shrouds already formed in plastic saves a huge effort in the rigging department. Good review 😊
Well, thank you, and thank you for watching. This turned out to be a fun and fairly easy build.
Beautiful looking ship , good luck with the build mate 🇦🇺👍🏻
Made this model in the late 60's early 70s....I remember all the painting at the aft end (or stern) parts. If memory serves me correctly, being a kid the painting was not very neat. I love sailing ship models. I am not ashamed to admit my painting still needs improvement, The models I have Cutty Sark, HMS Bounty, and RMS TITANIC look GREAT from a few feet away. LOL. If I could paint better I think I could be almost up there with the pros. Maybe??..This video brought back memories. I did not know Revell re-released it. Thanks for posting and getting me all sentimental.....
@@nr1osfan Thank you for watching. This was actually a fun build for money and turned out pretty well, but I was building it more as a pirate ship. So it it was a little easier for me. Then having to follow any strict rule, but definitely the hand painting on the back is difficult
Very interesting,Merv. Time to break out the old Errol Flynn movies for some Elizabethan research. It's bound to be either Drake 's or Raleigh's ship. I might get one 🤔.Thanks for showing and best wishes from jolly old England 👍😎Pete 🤓
I’m building it rn, bought it in a old hobby shop, it is tuff for sure
@@bradtheman3242 But it does turn out amazing.Don't let It discouraged, you. It's like eating an elephant. You do it a bite at a time.
@@maddogmerv thx man, yes I’ve been taking breaks by painting other stuff
Rigging looks insane.....
Yes, it does. I probably will only do minimal rigging
That kit looks insane,time consuming!
Merv,how do you do it!
This piece is showroom...
This is going to have to be one of those that I just focus on building the plastic and not worry about the rigging. If someday I get time and I get bored then I could do the rigging but for now I'm just going to build it as a display model.
Is this the commisioned kit? If so,he owes you a burger.😉
No, this will be a pirate ship
David R Lentz, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Saturday, 14 September, 2024)
How accurate is this kit, historically and structurally?
I have a second issue: I long have wanted ti build different iterations of the USS Constitution U.S. Navy rated 44-gun frigate, 54 guns installed, using the Revell 1:96th-scale kit. 1) No sails, rigging set for station keeping. 2) Sails furled, dockside. 3) at sea, under full sail. 4) engaged with a foe, which has taken heavy damage. This last is the puzzle I cannot solve: what available plastic model kit in the same scale would serve for one to create as a realistic opponent in such a battle? This English Man O' War of the 1600s would have been too old (if even afloat!) to have withstood our warship. The HMS Victory 104-gun first rate ship of the line (e.g., the Heller 1:100th-scale kit) would have been too large. I thought about the caravels of the Barbary Pirates; these, however, would have stood no chance.
Alternately, perhaps two 1:72nd-scale pirate ship kits might serve to form the basis of such a sea-battle diorama. Perhaps one of these vessels in actuality is a U.S. Navy brigantine that an admiral has tasked with drawing out these roving corsairs. I next would require a more seasoned model-builder to construct such a tableau, that I could learn how to produce my own.
@@DavidRLentz-b7i Well, thank you for watching, and thank you for commenting. First off, I can't speak to how well this is represented accuracy, either structurally, or Historically. In what little research I have done, it definitely looks correct and I will have to leave it at that. To your next point I am also in the same kind of dilemma. The Constitution only sailed a couple of times that I am aware of under full sail. So realistically pretty much, no matter how you portray it, you're going to need to have some furled sails. There are several techniques for doing that, including white glue and Tissue paper as well as Purchasing actual cloth sails. When I find a texting tonight really like I will definitely be doing a tutorial on it. Lastly, Short of highly modifying another constitution like what I did on my pirate ship videos, Your best option would be the Heller HMS Victory For an adversary to the Constitution. The scale is close enough that it would not Be a noticeable difference in scale. Keep in mind that the English Man O' War even though it says it is in 1/96 scale is not. I can't remember if I mentioned in the video, but it is actually a larger scale. Revell Also made a Spanish Gallion that is in the same scale as the Man O' War. But, it is just the exact same kit with different decals and painting instructions. Good luck!
@@maddogmerv The HMS Victory, with 105 guns in three decks, some insanely huge, would pound the USS Constitution into splinters. I mean to dramatise our Navy's victory at sea.
In what scale is the British Man-O-War model, please? I have no means to ascertain it.
@@DavidRLentz-b7i I'm not sure where I found the information. There were several different reviews not only on TH-cam, but on other online forms as well. I believe it was modelshipworld.com. The information I have says it's closer to 1/64th scale. If you have access to a constitution and look at the figures on the Constitution, they definitely are closer to 1/96, but on the Man O' War and the Spanish galleon, the figures are much larger and are definitely not interchangeable. I do have some other figures that are in 1 /72nd scale that are much closer in size to the ones on the Man O' War
@@DavidRLentz-b7i Here is a link to the video I made of my build of the man of war: th-cam.com/video/prKCESFjSQY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=PTHJKWP-0rXm1B1M
@@DavidRLentz-b7i Also, sorry for the sound on some of these earlier videos of mine. I was going through a time of having equipment issues.