Vägg

James Davidson
Hello All!- I have this kit, and if this is the 73 foot Vosper boat, then the scale is incorrect! The kit hull measures 15 & 7/8th inches, which works out to [roughly] 1/55 th scale- any 1/72 figures placed on deck look ridiculous! The kit itself seems solid, good detail and proportions- easy to RC but make sure to seal it well, anything that small will swamp easily! I will try to post the kit instructions soon.

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James Davidson
Hello all! Blackbeard's real best ship was the "Queen Anne's Revenge" and much smaller and less well armed than this! This kit is based on the "sovereign of the Seas" and can be built as such-Cheers!

James Davidson
This kit has been re-issued many times, it is based on the "St. Louis" of France, and can be built as such-{see Airfix "st.Louis"} Cheers!

James Davidson
Hello everyone! Just a note to inform- The "jolly Roger" is an older kit, and was closely based on a real frigate called "La flore" [Or Flora] which was built in the US and Given to France, after the war of independence, as partial payment for the financial debt owed. I believe the Annapolis naval museum has a wooden model of this ship which is contemporary- Cheers!

James Davidson
I believe this was originally released by Carzol models- i have one such/ same box art & scale.

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James Davidson
I have the original release of this kit, and built it between 1979 to 81. Over all, a decent kit! Some glaring errors thought- the scale is [probably] 1/64 to 1/68, not 1/96 and the figures look ridiculous on deck!
The guns are close to correct , for the era depicted, but too small. There Are some depictions [paintings etc] of ships with the foremast leaning forward-[as per the kit] this was never done to my knowledge, for very basic engineering reasons. If you correct the foremast and use larger scale figures, this becomes a good model of 16th century ships.

James Davidson
AS a long time ship modeller, i know revell has a reputation for mis-labelling scale ratios: My copy of this kit [05408] was marked 1/146- they corrected that with later releases-1/225 is probably correct.
The only good thing about it is the hull, which is proportional to the real ship +/- 3%. Usable with a LOT of work, the masts and most fittings are way out-of scale.