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Patrick, this is nice. I built one of these Aurora Viking ships as a kid - but not as well as the one you have done here! Aurora really got it right by including a crew. The figures really make it pop! Thanks for sharing it with us.
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Nice build Patrick,
A very interesting ship, and an intersting people. I fancy buidling one myelf some time, but the crew does really make it like Tim said.
Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Si
The figurehead is a bit Holyweird. I think this kit is now available from SMER, it’s nominally 1:60th scale.
Emhar do a 1:72nd Longship
and also separately available set of crew figures.
http://plasticsoldierreview.com/review.aspx?id=1317
Revell do a 1:50th scale Longship and I thought one of the Wargames figure manufacturers did a 28mm (1:56th) scale crew but I can’t find it now…
Cheers,
M
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Oh Man, this kit brings back so many memories for me. I built the original Aurora release of this kit back when I was kid in the 70’s. I played with it so many times pretending that Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis were part of the crew.(“Vikings” movie from the 60’s)A few years ago I built Revell’s Viking longship but it never brought back the “feelings” like this kit does so back in the 90’s I bought a Smer release of this kit and it’s still waiting to be built. “Thanks for the Memories”
T.S.
Hi Tom.
Welcome aboard!
May I suggest that you post also in this sub-forum:
to say hello to the rest of the gang?
Cheers / Robin