I've appropriated some of the figures (there are about 3 of each pose) for my current "Sovereign of the Seas" build. It's definitely far beyond the standards of Airfix kits of the time, and at least comparable to Revell's smaller ship kits (Bounty, Mayflower etc.) Other than the lack of lower gun decks (has -any- plastic kit of a multi-decked sailing warship represented the lower decks properly?), and some sink marks + flash, it's hard to fault the kit.
It's the 1980s Revell Germany issue of the kit, which is actually labeled as the Wappen von Hamburg, rather than the completely spurious Lindberg "Captain Kidd".Īnyway, I have to say that I'm incredibly impressed by the kit. I've finally managed to acquire a copy of this kit myself, for about £8 on eBay (the current Lindberg issue of this kit is ridiculously expensive at retail here in the UK, around $30-35). Good work so far! (How did you measure the shape of the lower decks?) Looking forward to seeing more progress. As always, comments and suggestions welcome.
#LINDBERG CAPTAIN KIDD PIRATE SHIP INSTALL#
I expect I'll install each deck separately and paint and detail as I go. Next comes decks, once I figure the best way. I noticed while sanding down HUGE ejector pin (maybe ram is a better word) marks that there was no plank detail on the insides of the hull so I used my draftsman's dividers to scribe some, it's rough but again it will serve it's purpose. It's not the prettiest (there are some gaps at the hull/deck joint) but it will serve it's purpose.
#LINDBERG CAPTAIN KIDD PIRATE SHIP PLUS#
I can't ignore challenges so 1 is out and maybe it's my German blood (or maybe I'm just a bit bellicose) but when I build warships I like to show them with guns bristling all over (hence my lack of interest in modern warships) so option 2 was not gonna work, plus I need practice at option 3 so it got an. Three solutions presented themselves ignore it, close the gun ports or scratch up a deck. The first thing I noticed when test fitting (will be doing a lot of that, it is a Lindberg kit!) is that the lower gun deck has sufficient light getting to it to show that there is no deck, just mounting platforms for the guns. A little more research showed this kit to be the Wappen von Hamburg (The name means "Coat of arms of Hamburg" and the coat of arms from the city of Hamburg is clearly visible in the fancy work on the stern) a German heavy frigate of ca 1660 in the Hanseatic period. As a little research shows Captain Kidd sailed on the Adventure, a 280 ton, 36 gun Galley with 23 pairs of oars launched on 1695 and to make this look like the Adventure would have required major surgery.
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