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I'm getting ready to slap together the Revell 1/50th. Viking Long Boat kit from 1977. I picked up this kit way back in1999 or so. it went under in Hurricane Katrina. salvaged it out of the mud and muck, re-boxed and stored. Some of the mods I'll make are add are the storage chests/seats, also adding cargo. But try as I might, I'm having trouble finding a pre-sewn sail. HisModel makes one but I hate to order from Europe if I don't have to. Anybody have any leads where I may find one, can anyone sew one?
When Revell produced this kit, the model accurately represents the key features of historical longships, such as their clinker-built hulls (overlapping planks), shallow draft, and ability to navigate both the open sea and rivers for raids, trade, and exploration. This model represents vessels from the 8th to 11th centuries, with the kit particularly inspired by the Gokstad ship, a real 9th-century vessel discovered in Norway. Revell did several things correct, the 'rigging blocks', the Fish (raised hump for the mast), and both the fore and after figure heads.
When Revell produced this kit, the model accurately represents the key features of historical longships, such as their clinker-built hulls (overlapping planks), shallow draft, and ability to navigate both the open sea and rivers for raids, trade, and exploration. This model represents vessels from the 8th to 11th centuries, with the kit particularly inspired by the Gokstad ship, a real 9th-century vessel discovered in Norway. Revell did several things correct, the 'rigging blocks', the Fish (raised hump for the mast), and both the fore and after figure heads.
