Revell 05403 Viking Ship 1:50 Scale Unbuilt/Unpainted Plastic Model Kit

Very good moulding giving a detailed model. Fairly easy to construct. Not really for children. It's a little too complex for most younger children. You will need to buy some plastic glue as well and paints to finish it off. Gluing the shields on the bulwarks is fiddly so you need to take time to get this right. Its best to paint or affix shield transfers before attaching them to the ship. Then just touch up the bits left unpainted so that you can glue them on. The ship is a complete ship, so if you want a waterline model you will need to carve away the part of the hull that would be below the water level. The scale works well with 28mm figures.

I thought this model was excellent value for money. The pieces are well crafted and fit together well. 64 decel shields were difficult to apply, I found the best solution was to make a hole in the centre of each shield before applying the water. Fiddly but worthwhile taking the time. I found the oars were well fitted and the sail painted well with the large Viking decel looking great. Overall, this is the first Revell model I have built and found it satisfying.

This is the second Revell Viking ship I've built. This one is for a friend with a taste for history. It is a model of the Gokstad ship, and it's a delight to build. The moulding is fine; even the hinged covers for the oar-ports have been moulded. There are 64 shields included, which is how the Gokstad ship was found in the burial mound, but no-one knows if that's how it sailed, or if that's how it was dressed for the funeral. Sensibly, the kit gives you the option of just fitting 32 shields to the gunwales, which matches the number of oars, looks better, and frankly is easier. The decals for the shields only fit if you cut out a little hole in each one to clear the shield boss.

I got this to build for a school project with my daughter, I last built a model like this over 45 years ago and then it was always Airfix models I built, from what my foggy head remembers the Airfix instructions were so much clearer and concise , the instructions on this models were pretty poor to say the least, Still with a bit of common sense it all came together and I must say we both had fun building it, her small hands came in very use full on some parts that my sausage fingers could not do . the kit has great detail ,the rigging is a bit of a pain it is very fiddly, and the water slide stickers for the shields do not stick fully because of the raised boss on the shields , we only saw this issue when trying to stick them in place and it was too late by then , if we had read other peoples reviews we would have seen that to fit them properly you need to cut a hole in the centre of every transfer so it fits around the shield boss and not on top of it ,. I would say the kit is worth the price and the WOW reaction she got from he teacher when she took it into school more than made up for the little niggles on the kit,...don't forget to buy your glue and paint people as this kit does not contain any.

My son (12) was doing a school project, this was the perfect addition - very simple to assemble, and he was only delighted to work on it, great quality and overall very very happy with the finished project.

the stickers are hard to put on and keep on but was a great school project

Very detailed and requiring a lot of patience and skill to build properly but the finished model is excellent

All good

Encontré con Amazon lo que estuve buscando por años

sehr schönes Modell und nicht sehr schwierig zum aufbauen

Très beau modèle, beau détail, hyper solide et facile à monter.

Ottimo rapporto qualità prezzo. Accuratezza dei dettagli anche se parliamo di un modellino di plastica. Veramente carino. Consigliabile a chi è alle prime armi nel campo del modellismo.

Lo compré, a inmejorable precio, para que sirviera de "patrón" de otro modelo que haré a otra mayor escala. Éste adorna ahora mismo una estantería del estudio de manera muy elegante. Muy fácil de montar, el resultado final depende de la destreza y trucos con el pintado, porque la maqueta sí tiene de partida multitud de detalles.