Title: Pirate Ghost Ship model kit
Slug: pirate-ghost-ship-model-kit
Date: 2022-09-14 08:05:00
Tags: Painting
og_image: https://images.kartones.net/posts/theelderthoughts/assorted_2/ghost_pirate_ship_05.jpg


I am slowly coming back to miniature painting, and I thought that buying a simple but model kit could be a nice start. After going to a naval museum I thought about maybe some ship, and decided to buy the [Revell Ghost ship model kit](https://www.revell.de/en/products/modelmaking/easy-click-system/ghost-ship.html). It is far easier to assemble than any normal boat (with the sails and cords/ropes) and the "glows in the dark" feature peeked my curiosity.

The model is advertised as "easy-click system", and while most of it can indeed be built without glueing the pieces, as they just snap in, there's a few ones where I think it would very easily go off, like the union points between the (plastic) ropes and the masts. So I just glued everything.

It comes with a glow in the dark paint can, and in theory you don't need anything else, but I decided to basecoat the whole ship with black, and bronze for the brown plastic parts. The special paint is curious, feels like a mix of glowing pigment and glue. You'll have to apply multiple layers, and the ship eventually gets the greenish color, but must also be careful as a too big and non spread chunk of paint will stay when dried. Also the stickers are not water-based, but simple plastic children-like ones, which is sad as I couldn't properly hide them despite applying a few layers of glowing paint over. I should have cut them with scissors to leave just the real skull and crossbones part, but didn't thought about it.

Overall, I really like how the finished model looks. It was a fun assembly, a simple but long painting process, and it really glows nicely in the dark "after charging" with sunlight.

![Ghost pirate ship side view](https://images.kartones.net/posts/theelderthoughts/assorted_2/ghost_pirate_ship_02.jpg)

![Ghost pirate ship close-up view](https://images.kartones.net/posts/theelderthoughts/assorted_2/ghost_pirate_ship_03.jpg)

![Ghost pirate ship rear view](https://images.kartones.net/posts/theelderthoughts/assorted_2/ghost_pirate_ship_04.jpg)

![Ghost pirate ship glow mode view](https://images.kartones.net/posts/theelderthoughts/assorted_2/ghost_pirate_ship_05.jpg)

Glowing photo taken from the official Revell site as my camera is crappy and can't take good photos in the dark. While not as incredibly green, it does glow a lot and looks very cool.