Hanse Kogge 1:72 Model Kit Unboxing

Model kit unboxing of the Hanse Kogge from Revell or from Zvezda in scale 1:72 from Yoshi / Die Steirer model building club
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Conclusion:
A very nice kit of the Zvezda cog, in this case launched by Revell in 2008. Zvezda will bring this great kit back onto the market in May 2021 - this time again in a Zvezda box - Yes, it is sometimes very confusing with the manufacturers;) The big plus point with the ship is the scale - the merchant ship can thus be in Build 1:72, and is compatible with many other kits. Here you can conjure up a beautiful diorama with buildings, figures and equipment from other manufacturers. For this purpose, the ship can be built in such a way that the cog can either be placed separately on a bracket, or the lower part of the hull (a component) can be omitted, and the ship can thus be positioned flat on the waterline in the diorama - great solution. I particularly like the structure of the components - you can get a lot out of this with the painting. When it comes to the planking of the deck, I'm not so sure whether that's true - I've already read here that the direction of the boards is the wrong one - more information on this from ship kit specialists, which I definitely am not. So why am I introducing you to this anyway? Quite simply - I think the model in this scale is very cool and expandable - when I bought it, I was already thinking of using it in a diorama, namely in a castle diorama with an attached harbor. That looks very cool then :) The kit is kept relatively simple that even beginners can access - the only difficulty will probably be attaching all the ropes, but with a little patience this can certainly be done :)
With this in mind, I am glad that Zvezda is bringing this great sentence back onto the market - more information can be found in the video :)
Info according to Revell:
Since the 12th century, cogs have been used as merchant ships from the Baltic to the Mediterranean. Hundreds of ships went to England, Belgium, France and Portugal to buy wine, wool, salt, oil, cloth, tropical fruits and silver. Stockfish, wax, grain, wood, salt, copper, fur and amber were traded with Sweden, Denmark and Germany. The cog became so important to merchants that it became a synonym for the Hanseatic League. With the early cogs, the development step from a coastal ship suitable for the Wadden Sea to an ocean-going merchant ship took place. In addition to the four main trading houses of the Hanseatic community in Novgorod, Bruges, Bergen and London (in 1266 Hamburg merchants in London received trade rights from King Henry III), many cities on the North and Baltic Sea coasts and on navigable rivers established themselves as powerful Hanseatic cities. This is how Elbing came into being as a fortified settlement near Danzig in 1237. The main features of a Hanse cog from the 13th and 14th centuries are its straight, sloping bow and stern posts, a single mast with square sail, a bow and stern fort and a rudder attached to the stern post. With a carrying capacity of 100 to 200 tons, the cogs were both a merchant and a warship. From the middle of the 14th century, the first ship guns came into use in Northern Europe. At the end of the 14th century, the holk replaced the cog.
Decals of the Elbing version
Information about the model:
Individual parts: 137
Length: 417 mm
Height: 392 mm

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Cool unboxing 👍