Jeff T

John, here is a link to an article which has some photos of the Mayflower II, which was recently restored last year: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12283922/mayflower-ii-sea-trials-plymouth/amp/ I hope this may be of help for you. Jeff

There is a beautiful build log of the Airfix Golden Hind on another forum (Model Ship World) which may be helpful in showing how it fits together. The builder modified it using cloth sails that were not included in the kit. Here is the link: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/23890-golden-hind-by-robert-taylor-finished-airfix-172-scale-plastic/

I use Bondo Glazing & Spot Putty 907. It may be best for narrower gaps such as 1 mm rather than 2 mm. Since it shrinks when it dries, you may need to do more than one application. It sands down nicely.

The two books that I use are specific to galleons: The Galleon: The Great Ships of the Armada Era by Peter Kirsch (out of print, but you can get it maybe from Abe books or ebay). This book focuses on English galleons and covers a replica of a model galleon from Stockholm from about 1610. It is amazing in its detail of galleon construction and has an intricate rigging plan that is likely much more accurate than the plans that Revell provides. The other book may (?) still be in print: Spanish Galleon 1530-1690 by Angus Konstam. Published by Osprey. It is specific to the Spanish galleons, and it also has a lot of illustrations and old engravings of galleons. I hope this informations helps you.

I believe that yes, the two pictured models are of different scales. The Spanish Galleon (Revell H-367) is an older kit, and my search on the web fails to indicate a definite scale for it. It is much smaller than the English Man O’ War (13.5 inches, or 34.3 cm, for the Spanish Galleon, vs. 74.7 cm for the English Man O’ War). The English Man O’ War was initially offered by Revell in the 1970s, along with a Spanish Galleon model which uses many of the same molds and is basically the same size and scale. The newer boxed Man O’ War is, to my understanding, essentially a newer injection of the same molds from the 70’s. It is labeled as 1:96 scale, but it is actually thought to be more like 1:64 scale. I have not built the Man O’ War, but I am currently building the Revell of Germany 1:96 Spanish Galleon, 05620, which is the “counterpart” that shares a number of the molds. I am altering it a bit with modifications. If you are interested in seeing my build log of it, check out the following link on Model Ship World: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/24519-spanish-galleon-by-jeff-t-revell-196-plastic-with-modifications/ There is also a build log of the English Man O’ War by another Model Ship World member: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/24493-english-man-owar-by-robert-taylor-revell-196/ I’m sorry that I do not really know anything specific about the Revell H-367 Spanish Galleon.