Love what you did with the sails! This turned out great, paint work was excellent on the hull, so well done to you! You mentioned you missed adding all the little details normally found in wooden ship kits? I've seen projects where folk add much more to the plastic model and end up with a sort of wooden/plastic hybrid of a ship that looks fantastic. Plenty of room on these old Airfix kits for a bit of scratch building.
Of all the tall ships, which are many, the Danmark is my favorite. I served in the US Navy from '68-'72. I was stationed on the USS Independence CVA-62. While sailing off the Bahamas we came across the Danmark under full sail. Years later my Wife and I took a cruise and while visiting St. Thomas, the Danmark was docked right in front of our cruise ship. Although I would love to build this ship model, I do not have such patience nor being in my mid '70's my abilities for doing so is something I no longer have. I certainly enjoyed your video and hope you and your family members enjoy it for years to come!!! I will just have to enjoy my Royal Copenhagen Plate with the Danmark on it.
Okay Rio de Janeiro was not the second capital of Brasil. Salvador --> Petropolis --> Niteroi --> Rio de Janeiro and now Brasilia since 1968. There is no hills in Brasilia.
My wife said I need a hobby and suggested model boat building. I'm having trouble soldering circuit boards now due to tremor in hand. So I can't see boat building happening. Great job.
Built one myself started 1991 finished 1996 ,a lot of rewarding work ,I still have it protected in a glass wood cabinet good on mate from down under,Nick
Thanks for all the info. We will be celebrating a very big birthday next year and have booked onto Queen Victoria. Have cruise before but this will be our first on Cunard. Cannot wait.
Thank you for your video. We're not travelling this route - we picked the video because it's about the Grand Princess (we've got a cruise booked on it for January to Hawaii) and I've got to say it's probably one of (if not THE) best videos we've seen in our extensive research - you've taken enough time to cover the various salient points; you've obviously spent a lot of time in its production, it shows. Thanks again.
Excellent video with very helpful tips. I plan to build a model towboat using solid redwood blocks cut to shape and adding much detail to the exterior as you recommended. You encouraged me to try. I live in Western Kentucky along the Ohio - I see many towboats every day.
What a beautiful video of a cruise on a beautiful ship. Myself and my wife always sail with Cunard. I am fussy about sea safety. Cunard have been around for over 180 years and over that time they never lost a ship except for the Lusitania which was torpedoed by a U boat off the Irish coast in 1915. I fully agree that it is traditional which we love. It does not do 'funfair type activities' like most other cruise lines. (I am not saying that a funfair at sea is wrong. It is great if you like that) we love the nostalgia which Cunard offers and everything else you so correctly pointed out in your insightful video. Thanks again for an enjoyable video.
Hello from Germany, thank you for the great video! I flew on that machine when it was still A3-AWP based in Kingdom of Tonga 2011. Great to see the same captain still flying (in your 2021 video)! Today i was in Giebelstadt (bavaria Germany) to take photos of C-FTGI BT-67 Basler......Andreas
Good morning Ross, just watched your Rabaul video very good. Just wondering if you booked Ralolo Tour Services on line on just when you got off the ship (before walking outside the gates.) We are going in June 2024 with our son and family and want him to get a good experience. We visited Rabaul in 2023 and joined a tour outside the gate and wasn't great. I have looked on line but can't seem to find a website. cheers Judy (Australia, Vic)
A very informative and enjoyable video. Going on her in July and can't wait, looks beautiful. Thank you for taking time to share your little adventure. All the best, Vik 👍
Thank you for a delightful and excellent video of your time on Queen Victoria. We are booked on her for four weeks on the Med and Adriatic later this year and your experiences so clearly and unfrilledly ( an new word) delivered were very helpful.
Hello Sir, I have this kit and I love this ship. I build model ships for a living, over 29 years now. May I make a suggestion. Please try black threads for the standing rigging. NEVER USE WHITE THREAD!!! Try to use a minimum of three diameters of thread, the largest being low and thinner threads aloft the thinnest being at the very tops. That alone will add so much to the first glance of the model. Light brownish threads for the running rigging. One last thing, the flags on a square rigged ship..... the wind is from the rear of the ship, please have the flags blowing towards the bow. I'm shocked at how many square rigged models I see with the sails bellowing full with the wind from the rear and the flags blowing in the opposite direction. The hull on this looks great but, you can do much better with those two simple changes. Take care Sir. Thank you.
Thank you so much for your video. I feel much better informed now. I will be traveling on the Grand Princess to New Zealand next week. I wish Princess cruises would put out a video like the both of you have. I'm sure it wouldn't be as special as the one you made.
Thank you for the great report. You covered the key things I wanted to know about so well. I really liked your matter of fact and to the point style, mixed in with a bit of humour. So much better than gushing travel shows. Your enthusiasm for the NZ ports was palpable. I really appreciate the effort you went to to film and narrate this video. Enjoy your future cruises!
I built this model when I was a teenager and I’m about to build it again when I’m just in my 50’s now. With the plastic models from Airfix, Heller, Tamiya, Revell, etc etc I’ve always used model enamel paint as you can apply just one coat and it holds colour very well. The only caviart is that on white paint when the moulded parts are in a darker colour I’d try to use a very light grey undercoat then the white paint. Only for larger areas like a civil airliner eg the current British Airways livery when the top half of the plane is white and a dark base would need the light undercoat then the white paint will be correctly matched and no shadowing that you might get with some colours. I use the Revell Contacta and it’s a brilliant glue and is solid a second or so after the two surfaces are joined. If there are any gaps or dents needing to be fixed then Revell is ideal. It is easy to use, just a tiny amount on a piece of card or a trowel you might use and sometimes I use the edge of my scalpel,. That works well for me and o have done over 100 models over the years & only one was metal and it was really difficult but so rewarding in the end. It was the Flying Scotsman in a 00 gauge working model for my railway set up. Eventually sold it all years ago but made a massive profit. There was a disasterous try for a wooden model. It was the Santa Maria, I was in late teens early 20’s and it didn’t work out for me at all. Gaps in the planks of wood, splitting and not having a good connection and time of it to the point where I just gave up and binned it …..
PS I loved your idea on the sail cloth. Where could I buy some bearing in mind I’m in the U.K. thanks for your help in advance 🏴🏴🥃🥃🙏🏼🐾🎶🎵🎷🎼🤘🤘🥃🥃🏴🏴🙏🏼🙏🏼
thank you for the video, I'm looking forward to my visit here in a couple of weeks, can you tell me how much your tour cost? and did you pay in Aus dollars or Kina?
Wow! How exciting to see people I know doing a cruise video - means I can really trust what is said. I was busy exploring videos about Princess cruises and came across this one! I was pleased to see some vegetables available in the meals as I now really love my veges!!! Thank you so so much for sharing Ross and Kathy - so good to see you again and to hear and see what you had to say about the trip. Amanda Sargeant (Girls Brigader from Otago)
Amanda. So pleased you found our video. Perhaps we will meet you on a cruise sometime? Would be great to catch up. Check out our Radiance of the Seas video which has Les and Jennifer showing us around Port Chalmers. Ross and Kathy
