This is an old Lindberg kit that I found deep in my stash, and it said something= why have I never built this thing! Now, Lindberg kits can be hits or misses, but 've never turned away from them for that. I see a lot of mods will be necessary. Obviously the cast styrene rigging will have to be thrown out, deck furniture and guns will need a bit of work, maybe cloth sails (furled?)… I dont work that fast these days (I’m 86), but I’ll be crawling along.
BTW, it seems to be 1:350.
An old Pyro model from 1965. It’s scale is a bit iffy, since it is listed as 1:250 to 1:300. Good luck on the build!
Gary
Looking forward to seeing your work
I too have been “slugging away” at some Lindberg ship kits recently and even though the curse words do fly sometimes,(I’m 63) I really do enjoy them. I’m anxious to see your first update on it. Good luck with this build.
Couple of questions. Firsts did they holystone decks in 16th Century, or did they let them weather naturally?
Second did that period use round deadeyes, or that they use those heart-shaped things?
The Wasa appears to have the heart shaped ones lower and round upper. Since it sank in 1628 ( the Ark Royal was still in use) it would seem that it could be either or both. Of course the round ones could be newer and just used to reconstruct the masts.
The Ark Royal spent most of her life as a Flag Ship of one Lord High Admiral or another so you can be pretty sure those decks were stoned on a regular basis, all paint was kept perfect and it would have been immaculate by the standards of the day.
Thanks Tcoat. In looking at the plastic cast rigging,at this scale the shape of deadeyes are hard to make out. I intend to cut the pieces just above deadeyes and rig myself for shrouds and footropes.
Incidently. here is what kit looks like.
Yep. In that scale I doubt you would ever tell the difference in shape anyway.
How are you going to make the shrouds? I have the 1/96 Constitution kit that will be started probably next year and I was thinking of making up my own shroud loom.
Like this
Interested to see how others deal with it though.
I did the shrouds on my 1/96 Constitution on the ship in pairs - no pre- made or loom needed. There are tons of threads with advice on how to do the shrouds, but I found that doing them on the ship helps you to “dial in” the tension and align the masts perfectly in the center.
Bob
