Cruise liner progress:
We featured the Revell cruise ship kit before its release in November 2011, when the pix available were the plain test shots. Now Revell has released images of the ship in ready-to-show condition, and very handsome she looks too. The model shown here is the 1:400 scale version, and the 300-odd components assemble to make a model that measures some 629 mm (24.8 in) long. A simpler kit is also available, and this one is three times smaller, being made to 1:1200 scale.
Bright and bold paintwork
The ship’s paint scheme makes a welcome relief from battleship grey, and Revell has chosen here to show the Luna, one of three sister ships in the leisure fleet of Anglo-American cruise line, Aida. The other ships in the trio are the Diva and the Bella, both names also supplied by Revell.
Aida’s trademark is a bright red pair of lips on each of its vessels, with wavy blue lines slashed down the sides. Very bright and highly unusual. And as you can see from the pictures we show here, the details on the model look good - with pools, atriums and other leisure gear reproduced well. All in all, a decent kit of ship that in real life caters for the leisure-lover in all of us.
Small-scale Revell Aida liner here.
Other Aida options here.
Great Article and photos! make me want to go cruising again.
ReplyDeletewow fantastic effort very helpful and beautiful model of ship i like to be here.
ReplyDeletegreat fantastic effort i really like to view the model of the ship
ReplyDeleteHave just bought this kit. I intend building it and lighting it up with dozens of LED's and Fibre Optic cables. Looks like a great kit.
ReplyDeleteHi, i am just finishing my Revell Aida kit...looking good... i put 9 led's in it, plus, greeen and red nav lights on the outside edges of the bridge !
DeleteWhen lit it looks great.... will be putting mine in a glass case with a shiney perspex black base, also with led lights in and a 'string' of stickers(2" x3") ,with pictures taken from the Aida web site, in order to add that little bit more to it !!
All in all... one of the best Revell kits i have made.... only problem was fitting the top deck front and rear on... they don't fit that well and are a little 'proud' of the side of the ship, but most wouldnt notice it !!0
Used s railway transformer...so that just plugs into the wall socket,with the lead from the ship coming out though the bottom of the ship via one of the base blocks i made out of balsa wood...so no lead showing at all !!!
Be careful of the led's, the first ones i put in started to melt the plastic, so i havbe had to 'suspend' them away from plastic !
Best wishes
Howard Kirkham
Epsom,Surrey,England.
Sounds excellent - good advice on the LEDs.
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