In Box Review of Revell 1/83rd Scale
Mayflower
Kit no. H-327-300
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright 1966
Out of production
I paid $19.00 for my kit when is marked down a dollar from $20.00.
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright 1966
Out of production
I paid $19.00 for my kit when is marked down a dollar from $20.00.
HISTORY:
Mayflower was an English ship that transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620. After a grueling 10 weeks at sea, Mayflower, with 102 passengers and a crew of about 30, reached America, dropping anchor near the tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on November 21, 1620.
Differing from their contemporaries, the Puritans (who sought to reform and purify the Church of England), the Pilgrims chose to separate themselves from the Church of England because they believed it was beyond redemption due to its Roman Catholic past and the church's resistance to reform, which forced them to pray in private. Starting 1608, a group of English families left England for the Netherlands, where they could worship freely.
By 1620, the community determined to cross the Atlantic for America, which they considered a "new Promised Land," where they would establish Plymouth Colony. The Pilgrims had originally hoped to reach America by early October using two ships, but delays and complications meant they could use only one, Mayflower.
Arriving in November, they had to survive unprepared through a harsh winter. As a result, only half of the original Pilgrims survived the first winter at Plymouth. Without the help of local Indigenous peoples to teach them food gathering and other survival skills, all of the colonists might have perished.
The following year, they celebrated the colony's first fall harvest along with the Indigenous people, an occasion declared in centuries later the first American Thanksgiving. Before disembarking the Mayflower, the Pilgrims wrote and signed the Mayflower Compact, an agreement that established a rudimentary government, in which each member would contribute to the safety and welfare of the planned settlement. As one of the earliest colonial vessels, the ship has become a cultural icon in the history of the United States.
Celebrations for the 400th Anniversary of the landing were planned during 2020 in the U.S., United Kingdom and the Netherlands, but the COVID-19 pandemic put some of those plans on hold. The U.S. Postal Service issued a new Mayflower stamp which went on sale September 17, 2020.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Name: Mayflower
Namesake: Crataegus monogyna
Owner: Christopher Jones (¼ of the ship)
Maiden voyage: Before 1609
Out of service: 1622–1624
Fate: Most likely taken apart by Rotherhithe shipbreaker c. 1624.
Class and type: Dutch cargo fluyt
Tonnage: 180 tons +
Length: c. 80–90 ft (24–27.5 m) on deck, 100–110 ft (30–33.5 m) overall.
Decks: Around 4
Capacity: Unknown, but carried c. 135 people to Plymouth Colony
Mayflower was an English ship that transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620. After a grueling 10 weeks at sea, Mayflower, with 102 passengers and a crew of about 30, reached America, dropping anchor near the tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on November 21, 1620.
Differing from their contemporaries, the Puritans (who sought to reform and purify the Church of England), the Pilgrims chose to separate themselves from the Church of England because they believed it was beyond redemption due to its Roman Catholic past and the church's resistance to reform, which forced them to pray in private. Starting 1608, a group of English families left England for the Netherlands, where they could worship freely.
By 1620, the community determined to cross the Atlantic for America, which they considered a "new Promised Land," where they would establish Plymouth Colony. The Pilgrims had originally hoped to reach America by early October using two ships, but delays and complications meant they could use only one, Mayflower.
Arriving in November, they had to survive unprepared through a harsh winter. As a result, only half of the original Pilgrims survived the first winter at Plymouth. Without the help of local Indigenous peoples to teach them food gathering and other survival skills, all of the colonists might have perished.
The following year, they celebrated the colony's first fall harvest along with the Indigenous people, an occasion declared in centuries later the first American Thanksgiving. Before disembarking the Mayflower, the Pilgrims wrote and signed the Mayflower Compact, an agreement that established a rudimentary government, in which each member would contribute to the safety and welfare of the planned settlement. As one of the earliest colonial vessels, the ship has become a cultural icon in the history of the United States.
Celebrations for the 400th Anniversary of the landing were planned during 2020 in the U.S., United Kingdom and the Netherlands, but the COVID-19 pandemic put some of those plans on hold. The U.S. Postal Service issued a new Mayflower stamp which went on sale September 17, 2020.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Name: Mayflower
Namesake: Crataegus monogyna
Owner: Christopher Jones (¼ of the ship)
Maiden voyage: Before 1609
Out of service: 1622–1624
Fate: Most likely taken apart by Rotherhithe shipbreaker c. 1624.
Class and type: Dutch cargo fluyt
Tonnage: 180 tons +
Length: c. 80–90 ft (24–27.5 m) on deck, 100–110 ft (30–33.5 m) overall.
Decks: Around 4
Capacity: Unknown, but carried c. 135 people to Plymouth Colony
THE KIT:
Revell is an old prolific model company based in Venice, CA. They manufacture all manner of model subjects in the popular scales.
The kit comes in a blousy shrink-wrapped tray and lid type box. It is 2” too long.
The box art shows the Mayflower just off shore at Plymouth Rock. There are 3 Pilgrims on shore. Two men and a woman. All dressed in jet black Pilgrim clothing. The men wear wide brimmed hats and white collars and cuffs on their jackets. The woman wears a black dress and white bonnet. The man in the foreground is carrying a rifle.
Revell is an old prolific model company based in Venice, CA. They manufacture all manner of model subjects in the popular scales.
The kit comes in a blousy shrink-wrapped tray and lid type box. It is 2” too long.
The box art shows the Mayflower just off shore at Plymouth Rock. There are 3 Pilgrims on shore. Two men and a woman. All dressed in jet black Pilgrim clothing. The men wear wide brimmed hats and white collars and cuffs on their jackets. The woman wears a black dress and white bonnet. The man in the foreground is carrying a rifle.
One side panel has a one paragraph history of the kit and kit’s features: Realistic pre-formed sails. Engraved “Mayflower” on stern. Figures of captain and 4 crew members in Pilgrim garb. Rigging blocks, thread and instructions. Pre-formed rat-lines. Whale boat. Colorful flags. Display stand and nameplate.
Over Revell’s street address in Venice, CA and kit made in U.S.A.
The other side panel shows 4 color box arts of other sailing ships that Revell manufactures: H.M.S. Victory, Golden Hind, S.M.S. Seeadler and H.M.S. Beagle.
The other side panel shows 4 color box arts of other sailing ships that Revell manufactures: H.M.S. Victory, Golden Hind, S.M.S. Seeadler and H.M.S. Beagle.
WHAT’S IN THE BOX:
The kit contains: 7 tan parts trees, a length of string, a sheet of white vacuformed sails, the decal sheet and 2 instruction sheets. Nothing is cello bagged.
The main instructions consist of a staple-bound booklet of 12 pages in 8 ¼” x 11” page format.
Page 1 begins with a black and white repeat of the cover art, over the history of the Mayflower.
Page 2 through to page 12 gives a grand total of 21 assembly steps, with a lot of text in the steps.
Unfortunately, no painting instructions are given and there are no parts trees illustrations. You will have to go by the colors on the box art illustration and this kit was quite colorful.
It has red and white sectioned railings above a blue horizontal narrow stripe around the hull.and yellow cabins There is a British “Union Jack” flag atop one mast and a white flag atop the other mast.
Trees are not alphabetized, however, they do have part numbers next to the parts on them.
One tan tree holds ladders and rigging hardware (62 parts)
The kit contains: 7 tan parts trees, a length of string, a sheet of white vacuformed sails, the decal sheet and 2 instruction sheets. Nothing is cello bagged.
The main instructions consist of a staple-bound booklet of 12 pages in 8 ¼” x 11” page format.
Page 1 begins with a black and white repeat of the cover art, over the history of the Mayflower.
Page 2 through to page 12 gives a grand total of 21 assembly steps, with a lot of text in the steps.
Unfortunately, no painting instructions are given and there are no parts trees illustrations. You will have to go by the colors on the box art illustration and this kit was quite colorful.
It has red and white sectioned railings above a blue horizontal narrow stripe around the hull.and yellow cabins There is a British “Union Jack” flag atop one mast and a white flag atop the other mast.
Trees are not alphabetized, however, they do have part numbers next to the parts on them.
One tan tree holds ladders and rigging hardware (62 parts)
The second tan tree holds more rigging parts (242 parts)
The third tan tree holds: stand sections, masts, decks, name plate etc. (44 parts)
The fourth tan tree holds: the lifeboat, walls, crows nests a figure. etc. (unknown amount as parts have fallen off the tree).
The deck pieces are made up of 4 parts.
The fifth tan tree holds the hull sides (2 parts)
String is also included for the rigging.
More rigging parts made up the other 2 tan trees (unknown amount)
I have lost the decal sheet over the 60+ years that I’ve had this kit.
The white vacuformed sheet holds 6 sails.
The white vacuformed sheet holds 6 sails.
There is woven section of black wire rigging in the kit.
I can only find one crew figure left in the box. I must have lost that over the years, like I did the decal sheet.
The second-instructions is also a single-sheet, printed on one side in 8 ½” x 11” format. It gives instructions for constructing the mast wires.
Great detail.
The second-instructions is also a single-sheet, printed on one side in 8 ½” x 11” format. It gives instructions for constructing the mast wires.
Great detail.
Highly recommended.