both the revell’s & airfix model ships like arizona, missouri & ajax. still have them after 35yrs.
Not to mention Airfix and their series of Famous Sailing vessels in their plasctic bags with the header cards. Ouch that brings back some old memories.[sigh]
I would have to gree with the Revell Constitution. It was the first large scale ship that I built, to be followed by the Cuttysark, Kearsage, and Alabama. I have built about six Constitutions sonce then with the Constitution being the last rigged sailing ship I will ever build. I just can’t handle the tools as well as I used to.
Add to the list the Aurora Viking ship, and the Revell Charles W. Morgan, the last of the sailing whalers which I have visited at Mystic Seaport and to me seem like a fairly good kits and I built three or four of them.