I have "resurrected" several "previously owned" kits and I find it a lot of fun. If I could build kits like you do it would be even better. I enjoy your builds, but I have to say I sometimes have difficulty converting your excellent advice into even close approximations of what you create. If I turn down the lights and squint really hard...maybe, but in the full light of day, nope. This Airfix build is absolutely amazing, well done Sir, well done indeed.

i Just bought the first version of this model kit in a perfect condition. Its very beautiful. Grettins from Argentina

Very nice too display this beauty next too the Revell Batavia and Wasa. I might go and built these kits too. I will watch your videos for instruction.

Cheers Harry. Good to see and hear you getting excited for the rescue and build of this old lady. Lots of great modelling tips and tricks are on the way I see. 😊

Ah that old brown plastic. Brings back memories :)

Wonderful project. Started working on a couple of early sailing ships, I 've had for years. You work has inspired me and I'm following this series for ideas. Love it!!!!!!!

Great stuff! Another fab addition to the Harry fleet.

Awesome Harry. But better you then me.🤣 hard enough just building one fresh out of the box. looking forward to you bringing that to life.

Thanks Harry just what I needed to put me to sleep. From what I did see and interesting kit rescue.

looking forward to this build I did enjoy my build of this very kit

We love you grandpa ❤️

Harry , it's easy to see how much you like these old kits . That's one of the best parts of the video . It kind of takes you back , doesn't it ? Good job on the rehabilitation . Cheers

Welcome back uncle Harry

Nice kits, those old Airfix sailing ships, and their St. Louis is the best one out there in plastic. I have two of them here, waiting to be built someday.

Good ttiming! Im having waffles for breakfast right now!

Огромное спасибо за инструкцию, купил набор 1973 года за шоколадку) набор был начат и без инструкции, писал в airfix но они сказали что к сожалению у них нет инструкций . Веб поиск тоже не выдает результаты, пока в ютубе не решил набрать и не попал на ваше видео, еще раз огромное спасибо за то что оставили скан инструкции😃

You cant imagine how mjch I do love your kit. Me Im already with the Airfix 1:144 Vasa from ( 1975) mine is 1987....l do study spanish vessel from XV centruy to XVII first half...I paint them in oil paint; as well I do study the Spainsh Old Tercios( many of them into ships...as the first marines in the planet ..1537)..Well id love to get yours..and even six of them...I do love the fore castle it has!! I wish you the best !!! Hope you,ll make a Piece of Art!!!. Thanks cause your video !!!👌🐏🐏🦅🦅🦅 Crom Alcalá de Henares, Madrid , Spain 🌱🌳💚🍀

Excellent video. I shall follow this project closely. I have this kit, also a 'rescue pup' but it is I think the 1973 issue (according to the box) and is flash free. The original builder used UHU plastic adhesive (the tube was still in the box) and likewise glued parts mostly separated cleanly with a little gentle persuasion. The wine and cheese lounger was, I think, a frame for repelling boarders. The similarities to the Airfix Wasa are obvious. They produced what turned out to be a reasonably accurate Wasa, a great achievement considering the finer points about the ship were not then known. The lantern turned out to be incorrect, or doesn't feature on the restored vessel in Stockholm, as were some of the decorations on the stern, but all credit to Airfix back then for producing a wonderful range of highly detailed sailing ship kits. I wish they would produce more of them again, but I understand there is probably a very limited market for them.

It cleaned up good, Harry, nice job. Going to enjoy watching this build and the out come. Do you plan to show molding process?

Lovely clean narration very informative and relaxing to watch got a Airfix "Mayflower" Planning to turn it into a cargo ship for my HO scale model railway dockyard area.... Best advice to a newbie kit builder just keep all parts in the box and leave them alone...... do not open box or mess with the kit pieces....

Hi Harry, I remember these kits , flashing was just part of the build , lol we have it to easy these days , don't mind spending time getting parts looking great ! Red wine and cheese lol, These days my french heritage as sercome to beer and pies 😂😂😂😂😂looking forward to the build , very interested in those planks 👍👍👍

Head of model ship salvaging - Harry Houdini.

Hi Harry, we are both members of the same modelling group on Facebook so you might remember my build of Revell's 1965 kit of Golden Hind. Like you I did the deck planking with individual planks. and many modifications including cloth sails instead of vacformed ones. It would be interesting following your build in its various stages. She reminds me of similar 3rd rater named La Couronne. i look forward to seeing your excellent work. Perhaps as a future project consider Heller's 1/75 La Reale De France.

The large deck grate look like it could be an anti-boarding net like the one that trapped all those souls on the Mary Rose, just a thoughtful 🤔

It looks like it's made of chocolate! 😀

I think I made my Saint Louis in 1994, I still have it displayed on top of my bookshelf, and I still have some things that bother me (like the ochre color on the deck). I got me my first airbrush about a month ago and I was considering in painting it again. I think it was the first edition and the moulding was very good, yet I had to make some adjustments.

The grating which goes over the waist of the ship is called a "spar deck". It's a deck made out out of spars, and its function was to protect the gun crews from enemy boarding parties. This feature disappeared by the mid-17th century.

Great video Harry ! Love your clamps. Where did you get them ? I bought the blue ones ( they were crap) and the metal ones are too strong for styrene. Hope you have a great weekend, Tony

I’ve got the Lindberg version of this in my stack.

It will soon be looking 'Ship Shape'.

Hoy mates, I have the Heller Royal Louis. Are these two models the same? Where can we get the CAD scale blocks and guns for this scale? Thank you.

Sounds like Scalemates has you covered, but if you need help localizing or unlocalizing Japanese instructions or text into English, I can help.

In my day you were aloud to look in the box to see what the model was like if it was not tapped shut and l remember the first time l looked in one of these l found it to hard so lve never built one to this day and l believe the person you bought this from started it found it to hard never finished it and sold it to you