kit review

Hello guys: Here is my first review of many to come from Model Shipways distributed by Model Expo. I’m sorry I don’t have a high end camera and all of the pictures are taken from IPhone, so I hope at least you can have a peek at what’s inside of all of these great models.

Kit Review: PART 1 HMS GRANADO (1742) section - kit No.2 Plank On Frame in scale 1:48 by CAF model since several months we were able to follow the development of this amazing kit in one of our topics https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/threads/caf-granado-1-48.5628/ -> so we all want now to see...

I promised some of our friends over at another thread that I will show the contents of the kit that I purchased from ZHL for US$258. This is the Royal Caroline 1:50 scale, not to be confused with the exquisite (and much more expensive) 1:30 Royal Caroline with all the bells and whistles. The...

Ever since YuanQing announced their model of the renowned Canadian Schooner - Bluenose on SOS, it has created considerable interest. https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/threads/full-rib-bluenose-finished As to the history of Bluenose, so much has been said and written that there is not much...

Kit Review: PART 1 LE COUREUR french lugger POF-kit in scale 1:48 by CAF since several months we were able to follow the development of this amazing kit in one of our topics https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/threads/1-48-le-coureur-1776.4661/ -> so we all want now to see the final content...

Kit Review: PART 1 LE COUREUR french lugger POF-kit in scale 1:48 by CAF since several months we were able to follow the development of this amazing kit in one of our topics https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/threads/1-48-le-coureur-1776.4661/ -> so we all want now to see the final content...

Just got today in the mail. Wondering what inside? Is it a wooden kit or? Intrigued already? Well...keep visiting this page to reveal the mystery... Need daylight to take photos, most likely on the weekend. Stay tuned...

Kit Review: Cutter HMS ALERT 1777 POF in scale 1:48 by TRIDENT MODEL in the beginning some older renderings of the 3D-model - when I receive actual one´s I will change them Trident Models is a very new chinese manufacturer (since 2018) and this model is the very first kit they produce on a...

Kit Review: Cutter HMS ALERT 1777 POF in scale 1:48 by TRIDENT MODEL in the beginning some older renderings of the 3D-model - when I receive actual one´s I will change them Trident Models is a very new chinese manufacturer (since 2018) and this model is the very first kit they produce on a...

The Ulises Tugboat is a kit tugboat made by Occre. It is based on a steam tug of the 1900's and is 1:30 in scale. The web site states 'The Ulises model was an ocean-going tug. During the sixties, maritime traffic was very intense, the coming and going of goods crossing seas and oceans around...

I just received the Joyyard Missouri kit. A cursory inspection shows that the advertisement hype is no exaggeration. Even the packaging is first class. The PE is in a separate box wrapped like a piece of jewelry. The details are really outstanding. The instruction manual is full color and...

I’d like to present to you another nice Kit designed by Shicheng Model (SC Model Co., Ltd.; Hangzhou) a few years ago: Marmara Trade Boat (16 – 19th century), a trade ship along the Ottoman Bosporus, scale 1:48 I really love those little ships, that you might still see sailing not only in the...

A review of the Swan-class sloop model, Pegasus, designed by Chris Watton and produced by Amati under their Victory brand. Part 2. The Rest. There are six reels of black thread, seven reels of natural and four hanks, one black and three natural, including anchor hawse rope. None of the...

A review of the Swan-class sloop model, Pegasus, designed by Chris Watton and produced by Amati under their Victory brand. Part 1 Inside the reasonably stout box, the larger laser-cut items are all contained and protected inside plastic bags. There are separate bags for the copper plates and...

Dear Friends I have been asked by Maarten and Uwe to submit a kit review on my newly acquired Kolderstok model of the Batavia VOC Spiegelretourschip. This is I do with pleasure. On Tuesday 28 January, I ordered the VOC Retourschip (Return Ship), Batavia from Hans Nieuwkoop - the founder and...

ESSEX - Whaler known by the book and film about Moby Dick History mentioned by Occre: In November 1820, the sinking of the whaling ship Essex, along with the survival of part of her crew, thrilled and moved the US public. The year before she had set sail from Nantucket on a new whaling...

HMS Terror History mentioned by Occre: In 1845, under the command of Sir John A. Franklin, the ships Terror and Erebus set off on an expedition to navigate the famous Northwest Passage. They were the first ships to be fitted out with auxiliary steam engines and were also reinforced with iron...

Hi All The Twelve Apostles was a 120 gun Russian ship of the line launched in 1847.I will not delve into her history,that will be covered when I eventually start a build log.This is being put in the stash for the foreseeable as I have plenty of current projects on the go. I have recently...

The model kit of the Alert is depicted after her refit with twelve six-pounder guns and a full complement of twelve half-pounder swivel guns, giving an ordnance total of twenty-four guns. We have many pages about the history of Alert here at SOS, I will rather concentrate on the kits itself...