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Alan-CJ

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Deans Marine MTB488
« on: November 27, 2025, 10:16:38 am »

I have finally finished putting to gether my Deans Marine MTB488.  I bought this off Facebook as an unstarted kit off a lady whose husband had died, it was probably around 20 years old.  I wonder how many unstarted kits are sat in lofts, garages and sheds that will never be built
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Re: Deans Marine MTB488
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2025, 10:18:21 am »

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Re: Deans Marine MTB488
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2025, 10:20:01 am »

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Re: Deans Marine MTB488
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2025, 09:37:19 am »


Very nicely done Alan!   :-))
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Re: Deans Marine MTB488
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2025, 12:48:40 pm »

I bought a complete & unstarted Model Slipway Drumbeat of Devon a couple of weeks ago - also sold by the widow of the original purchaser who found it in the loft.


If I don't get to work on the kits I have in our loft, some of my precious kits are likely to go the same way.
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Re: Deans Marine MTB488
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2025, 07:05:43 pm »

This was my third rescue, first was an old unstarted Revell Flower class corvette off ebay.  Second was another Deans Marine kit, Dimarcha which was probably a similar age to the MTB, again complete in the box.  Having now finished the MTB, I have just bought another unstarted kit, again about 20 years old, this time a Caldercraft Cumbrae.  As well as getting the enjoyment of building all these old kits, you can also save a significant sum.  My total spend on these four kits is less than the current price of the Cumbrae.
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Re: Deans Marine MTB488
« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2025, 10:56:29 pm »

Well done.  :-))  I really like the flag locker.
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Re: Deans Marine MTB488
« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2025, 09:51:55 am »

First outing on the water
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Re: Deans Marine MTB488
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2026, 10:33:50 pm »

I thought I had finished with this one, but having a bit of time over winter I decided to motorise the 6pdr and add a gun crew
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Re: Deans Marine MTB488
« Reply #9 on: April 03, 2026, 11:09:03 am »

The detailling is looking brilliant, nicely done :-))
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Re: Deans Marine MTB488
« Reply #10 on: April 19, 2026, 06:08:19 pm »

Such a fabulous standard of build.
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