1:100 Pirate Ghost Ship (Heller HMS Victory)

Al
Two kinds of people in the world: Those who build model ships (and other things) and those who build model ships with lights and sound systems; never seen this done before, it looks superb! Good job, truly pro.

Gary Dahlström
Appreciate the kind words. I like to fire it up occasionally and scare the crap out of the wife when she walks by. The soundtrack of ghostly pirate phrases is a riot, and is an annoying 10 minutes long. I really want to get back to finishing the ratlines and running rigging with sails. I had an eye condition last year, a chalazion (sic), and it blurred the vision in one eye for a good three months before I had it cut out. The weaving of the ratlines requires depth perception, so I just shelved it at the time. Eye is better, and I know how to take care of those chalazions early on so they don't get out of hand. Nothing worse for a modeler then an blurry eye.

That Heller Victory kit is a real gem, a good year's worth of work for anyone silly enough to start it. I like my version, but it's would be a handsome kit built as it should be.

Slavo Hazucha
Ah, this wakes sweet memories... I built this kit once in the 20´th century... Had the 80´s box version, plastic came in all imaginable colors and questionable values vacuform sails were included too... 🙂

As you say, it was a nice kit, the positive details working well in most situations... not sure it took a full year, but it was several months for sure.

Your version looks (and works) great. 👍