Viking longboat

[patrick]

I built this 1/60th scale kit as a diversion from my sportscar builds.

[kyledehart5]

Oh wow!! That is awesome!! What a fun little build.

[406 Silverado]

I like sideline projects like this to give us a break from the "norm" that we tend to get into in modeling. For a LONG time I built aircraft, then I switched to auto modeling around 10 years ago. Now.....I'm ready to switch back to aircraft modeling for a while. Funny how we get into our grooves and then break out of it with something like you've done here. Good work on this ship Patrick. Nicely done bud.

[Leon]

Very nicely done!

[tcoat]

So cool. I have been looking for one of these kits for a while

[atomicholiday]

Yup, very cool. It's always good to take a break from the norm. You never know what you'll learn, and you can come back refreshed.

[brandonk]

That's pretty cool. I would definitely build this. Well done.

[themongoose]

A great example of superb marketing, i’d buy this just on the boxart. Nice work replicating it!!
is the sail plastic or do they give a piece of cloth? 

[deafpanzer]

That’s pretty cool! I bet it will make me to watch all of those great Vikings movie series again.

[handiabled]

I did one of these many many years ago. Very cool looking build!

[jeaton01]

Oh, man, all those figures! Painting or decaling the sail would be fun as well.

[moramartht]

Dec 23, 2023 9:33:49 GMT -5 tcoat said:

So cool. I have been looking for one of these kits for a while

From a little reading around, you'd be better off with Emhar's 1:72nd model of the Gokstad ship, it's pretty accurate and they also do a full crew for it (available separately).  Next best is the Revell Gokstad in alleged 1:50th scale (actually about 1:63rd).  Avoid the Heller 1:60th version if you stumble across it in one of it's many boxings.  Their little 1:180th version has the model under oars and sail despite simultaneously having the sail draped over the oars as a tent...

Cheers,

M 

[stikpusher]

Sweet! I think that kit was originally released by Aurora way back when… talk about a blast from the past seeing this build!

[fox]

Nice build Patrick! 
I've been looking for a Viking ship and a Chinese junk for years. Seen a few that were interesting but not really what I was looking for. One of these days I'll find one. Yours looks interesting. Might pick one up.

Stay safe.
Jim

[tcoat]

Dec 24, 2023 15:38:11 GMT -5 moramartht said:

Dec 23, 2023 9:33:49 GMT -5 tcoat said:

So cool. I have been looking for one of these kits for a while

From a little reading around, you'd be better off with Emhar's 1:72nd model of the Gokstad ship, it's pretty accurate and they also do a full crew for it (available separately).  Next best is the Revell Gokstad in alleged 1:50th scale (actually about 1:63rd).  Avoid the Heller 1:60th version if you stumble across it in one of it's many boxings.  Their little 1:180th version has the model under oars and sail despite simultaneously having the sail draped over the oars as a tent...

Cheers,

M 

No doubt there are better kits now but this is another I built as a kid and would like to have again. Think I may still have one sheild around here someplace.

Dec 24, 2023 18:57:43 GMT -5 stikpusher said:

Sweet! I think that kit was originally released by Aurora way back when… talk about a blast from the past seeing this build!

Yep. Even the box art is the same with Atlantis just replacing Aurora.