Thanks Al it’s a much better than I expected for only five shekels

Nice one Hammer.. I now have the Imai Greek Penteconter (single row) and the Heller Bireme Imperator as well.

@@HarryHoudiniModels great stuff, really excited now. The rigging looks intimidating but that's the fun of this hobby

1 mast no ratlines… easy!

Thanks Jan

Thanks and yes I have been lucky enough to score a lot of Wingnut bargains, so the collection exploded.

Thanks mate.. can do

Thanks Matey... it should be fun

Bask lifted an eyelid... that’s about all you will get out of her on a hot day.

Wow! Thank you and welcome... I have a special fondness for Belgium as my forefathers hail from there.

Maybe we are family :-) what part of Belgium did they come from ?

It was a very long time ago in Flanders over a few hundred years, from the family Hartochszch, including one quite famous seafarer.

No Hartochszch in my familytree i’m afraid. I am from Flanders though so at least there is that :-) Good luck with the Trireme, I’ll be watching ! You already helped me with building magic tracks, I followed your method and it worked like a breeze. So fellow modellers check out Harry’s You tube clips, they are a great help ( and he has a great sense of humor) !

Great to hear you had success with my easy indy link assembly method.

Some people say I am better when I keep my moth shut LOL

Thanks SabreDog and yes it should be a head turner... we will find out over the end of year holiday break

Welcome aboard matey

Sure, with so many effects new to my channel I will try to take you through the whole process step by step.

Thanks Gary

Thanks Tom... good to have you aboard.

@@HarryHoudiniModels cheers harry

Me too!

Shapeways do have some figures, but they are not cheap. www.shapeways.com/product/TEBC47F3J/1-72-galley-rower-drive-set-1

Nice to have you back... and yes another bath tub buld!

I will do my best Michael and I had thought of crew... a dozen or so Cats scurrying around the decks and rigging LOL

Thanks

At a wild guess… I think you are Greek? Loved the kit.

Yes I have been burned with Russian armour too, but Zvezda’s ships so far, have all been very nice.

I just looked at the box lid for one of the Russian tank kits. It was something other than a Zvezda. I built about 85% of that kit last year. When trying to slip the wheels on to the axles I found them breaking off with hardly any force being applied. I can probably rebuild the suspension by replacing the plastic axles with brass rod, but have not figured out how I want to do it yet. If you know anyone who wants a Bishop with no wheels you know where to find one.

Yeah that sounds bad. Still it might be a good paint mule to test out effects on?

Not a bad idea. I just got a new airbrush to try out.

There you go... never a wasted kit.

Good thinking on the yellow highlight... I often make lots of notes on instructions for things to watch out for or PE replacement etc.

Oh dear! Well best not watch me build mine lest you get angry again... :(

No way, I look forward to see yr work on the Trireme u may inspire me of doing it again !! By the way the rigging needs some patience but is ok From what I can remember there are some fitting issues and the positioning of the oars need some attention !! Keep up the good work !! Waiting for yr next Video !!

Thanks for the tips. I hope to start the Trireme over the end of year break.

Bask is a very good saver, she gets her allowance out of my coin change jar... it adds up over the year with more than $100 in there.

A wooden model with cloth sails can look a lot more realistic... but I often replace the plastic sails in a styrene ship kit and make my own cloth sails. The rest of the plastic kit can then be painted to look like wood if you have the skills.

Thanks Angus and yes I am still plucking at my Banjo... haven’t done a tune here for a while... maybe one soon eh?

I think you will find knot tying is a very ancient thing and sailors had been developing various knots to suit their needs since boats were first built, many thousands of years ago.

yes

Naw I still like you... better click the bell thingy on my page to get notifications... Yes the amount of coinage which will go into my swear jar during rigging, may be enough to buy another sailing ship kit!

The bell thingy has been clicked... Oh well. But I don't usually do this, but hers a link for a build of I think the same ship. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jLqhpsuQx7itf6s.html

Yep that’s the one I talk about in my kit review. Blue sails and verigated oars... it will be my inspiration. A polite way of saying I’m stealing that look!

Wow how time has flown… I also have the Imai Greek Warship (Penteconter) now, plus the Heller Bireme Imperator.

@@HarryHoudiniModels just saw that comparison vid...

The Ertl/Imai (later reboxed by Aoshima) Ancient Greek Warship is a single level 40 oar Penteconter. This Zvezda Trireme, as the name suggests, is a three level 100 odd oar ship. A little bigger ;)

I didn’t see any decals for the sails, but my plan was to paint them much as I did with the little 1:350 Greek Pentecaster I made earlier this year, but striped blue this time.

Yep that’s all you need to say!

Well at least it wasn’t a truck load of tin fish this time!

Yes this is definitely one for the bath tub!

Well check out the reviews first. Many are very good, but there are some older kits which are just awful. Luckily most of the new mould kits have been very well made. So far all of the 21st century moulded ships I have from them are in the good basket.

@@HarryHoudiniModels Yeah, I have seen that. As you mentioned the bad ones are old and even reboxes of other manufacturers kits. I have built a coupl of their planes and the issues I had were my own making to be honest. I an building their Ural military truck at the moment and that so far is very nice, with plenty of detail. Just building the engine at the moment, but everything fits nicely and no flash. The prices in Russia, you can afford to buy a bad one a trash it. Appartently their new Tiger and Amata T-14 are pretty good.

Yes it is... I own that kit :)

It’s not a very accurate kit, but will be a fun build when I get around to it.

So basically you don’t like this Zvezda kit? I would prefer Pentekontor in real wood... Thanks for the tip... I will see if I can find the Dusek kit.

Thanks for the heads up. I found the Dusek Bireme kit and you are right, it is so much better. I will get the Dusek wood kit and sell this Zvezda plastic kit.

The Roman version, same kit, is about $100 AUD www.frontlinehobbies.com.au/zvezda-1-72-roman-trireme-plastic-model-kit-8515

Wow! I speak Serbian... I never knew that. Thanks for the heads up ;)

Sure is :)

2 and a half millennium old mate!