Guys,

Here my Revell ship "Calypso" .... This ship is on my workbench for about 2 years... on and off building. This is a more then 10 years old kit I've keep in my stash forgotten. Till my late mom found it while spring cleaning the house and brought it over KL to me. So I've now completed the ship with respect and tribute to my late beloved mom.

Although this kit comes with a lot of parts and flsh and seam line to clean up. I must say that some of the part are very crude and don't fit too. I cut off all the ship railing (as Revell plastic railling are thick) and replace them with wires. Manage to salvage the life ring and glue in place on the new railling. Discard the kit incline ladder and replaced with plastic card scratch built version. Thin the Look-out structure and the aerial cut off replaced with wire.



The hecopter resting on the platform.... and that's not a burger. It's a flying saucer look-a-like submarine
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The look-out structure with scratch bult railing


The decal since they are more than 10 years old it brittle... I hand painted the french and calypso flags, For the US flag I manage to stold from other ship kit


Feedback and critiques are wilcome.


CPTan

Nice to see the old Calypso built, I remember putting it together 30 something years ago & loving all the additional stuff like the helo & the mini sub & the divers etc.

Great build CPTan, You have done the kit justice.

Si

Yours is an attractive build of that difficult kit! I too have had one in my stash for many years. I take it out once in a while and look at the parts, but up to now haven't had the guts to take her on. You certainly showed that it can be done.

Tim

Very cool,brings back memories of a great show

That's one great advantage of this hobby--you can come back to a project after many years and still contribute to its eventual completion without missing anything.

Congratulations on your perseverance and on such a good job!

--Karl

Now there is a nice piece of nostalgia!

I have always wanted to do one of those but couldn't find the kit. I hear Revell
has re-released this kit.

Very nice build!

Cheers,
Joe

So a silk purse CAN be made from a sow's ear!