Hi Bob
Yours was certainly a bargain as that other one that had the prop shaft and engine months fitted went for £97. Anyone on here?
Chris
Hi Chris,
Yes I am very pleased with my purchase, but to be fair the one that has just been sold on eBay was well worth the extra £57 as the superstructure had not been assembled - although I do know that the kit did not include the windscreen or any plans (I did ask!) and there could well be some other parts missing too!
I also noticed that it has a rudder and a prop shaft that was already bonded into the hull.
My hot-melt impregnated superstructure did not come apart at all well - and is why I am still looking for a copy of the plans so I will be able to make the new replacement parts. The earlier plans would not show the inter-linking tabs and slots - but that would be fine as I will be cutting mine from 4mm birch plywood and I could fit them without the interlocks.
Hope your builds are coming along well - my Swordsman builds have come to a stop for the time being while I try to sort-out the information I need to complete this pre-started kit.
I did not realise that this Precedent kit had been "re-kitted" sometime between the various known manufacturers of it.
At some stage the early 3 page instructions that Harry kindly sent to me by email would have been accompanied by a full size plan and this would have given me all the information that I needed.
Fortunately Phil noticed my plight and came to the rescue with the later 12 page build guide that included the drawings to identify the parts by number and to show the interlock assemblies that allowed the modified kit to be built without a plan.
My kit is stranded between the two types as the interlocking slots and tabs on the superstructure have been lost as the parts "exploded" when I tried to get them apart. I think the heat from the hot melt and the use of liteply did not go well together. I suspect the wood had been embrittled by the heat and when combined with its likely age it fractured even as I gently tried to cut through the blobs of hot melt with a sharp razor saw!
...........hence the reason that despite all the very helpful information that I have been given (all of which have been gratefully received) I still need to find a copy of the 34" Huntsman 31 plans to enable me to make templates for the cab sides and ends and internal bulkheads and roof spars along with the internal cockpit "capsule"parts that were also "lost".
The good news is that the plywood roof panels came off cleanly enough to make new patterns from - so it is a shame I don't need them as I will be wrapping a single piece of 1/16 ply roof panel across the front and rear cab sections instead
Keep smiling!
Bob.