Let's take a look inside the box of Neverland Hobby HMS Victory.
The HMS Victory is the 104 gun ship of the line in the Royal Navy that is still in service after 247 years. She has a rich history that can be easily found from most any source. Check it out.
It's a dinky little 1:700 kit but when you're talking HMS Victory she'll still clock in at 140MM, that's about 5 1/2 inches for you and I.
The price was right, at about 22 bucks from the Squadron booth at the Atlanta show. There's a lot in this box so let's get to it.
The box is sturdy enough to support the abundance of parts packed in two sealed bags. There's fret of PE, decals and 2 bags of 3d printed parts.
Instructions are clear and easy to follow.
The PE Includes a metal base that will stand the ship up proudly, rat lines and other things that I'm sure have terribly nautical names that allude me. The 3d parts look to be related to the officers and commanders quarters. I do not see anything in the instructions regarding crews quarters but maybe we can stick some hammocks down in lower decks.
One fret is dedicated to the guns and some of the mast.
Here you can see the decking and frame of the hull. I think a skilled modeler could build this up in a cutaway view that we all loved to see in books years ago.
We have the various boats that a big ship of the line needs to get around.
The two hull halves. Very nicely detailed, over stated at first look but you have to take in to account the scale you're looking at here.
The inner ribs would be visible across the decks if the hull is opened up.
I can feel but can't see some wood plank detail across the decks, this should paint up nicely with all our wood grain techniques we've picked up over the years.
And lastly a sheet of sales with all the textures and lines printed. Just follow the numbering guide to place the sails on the mast and yards, this way you don't have to know the difference between a mizzin sail from a job sail...if there's such a thing.
Just looking in the box from the eyes of a average modeler this looks like a great kit. I haven't test fitted anything yet but the models are very crisp with absolutely no flash to found. I find no references on how to rig her out but I know there's many resources online that could guide the modeler to do a fair job of representing the fully rigged HMS Victory.
The HMS Victory is the 104 gun ship of the line in the Royal Navy that is still in service after 247 years. She has a rich history that can be easily found from most any source. Check it out.
It's a dinky little 1:700 kit but when you're talking HMS Victory she'll still clock in at 140MM, that's about 5 1/2 inches for you and I.
The price was right, at about 22 bucks from the Squadron booth at the Atlanta show. There's a lot in this box so let's get to it.
The box is sturdy enough to support the abundance of parts packed in two sealed bags. There's fret of PE, decals and 2 bags of 3d printed parts.
Instructions are clear and easy to follow.
The PE Includes a metal base that will stand the ship up proudly, rat lines and other things that I'm sure have terribly nautical names that allude me. The 3d parts look to be related to the officers and commanders quarters. I do not see anything in the instructions regarding crews quarters but maybe we can stick some hammocks down in lower decks.
One fret is dedicated to the guns and some of the mast.
Here you can see the decking and frame of the hull. I think a skilled modeler could build this up in a cutaway view that we all loved to see in books years ago.
We have the various boats that a big ship of the line needs to get around.
The two hull halves. Very nicely detailed, over stated at first look but you have to take in to account the scale you're looking at here.
The inner ribs would be visible across the decks if the hull is opened up.
I can feel but can't see some wood plank detail across the decks, this should paint up nicely with all our wood grain techniques we've picked up over the years.
And lastly a sheet of sales with all the textures and lines printed. Just follow the numbering guide to place the sails on the mast and yards, this way you don't have to know the difference between a mizzin sail from a job sail...if there's such a thing.
Just looking in the box from the eyes of a average modeler this looks like a great kit. I haven't test fitted anything yet but the models are very crisp with absolutely no flash to found. I find no references on how to rig her out but I know there's many resources online that could guide the modeler to do a fair job of representing the fully rigged HMS Victory.
