Here we go on ...
Of course, the kit was immediately inspected and quote Mark from his thread:
"The kit seems very well thought out and contains a very impressive set of accessories. On the face of it, there are a lot of well-made brass parts and what looks like a very good windlass that I believe can be made with a little bit of cleaning Could work with a small engine, there is also all of the rigging, a 55mm cast brass propeller and a massive tow hook.
The laser cut parts appear to be neatly cut and the plywood looks like it is of good quality. The planking is made of lime wood and there are 135 strips with a size of 1.5 x 7 x 930 mm. It includes a cardan shaft and 4 large 1: 1 scale drawings to make construction easier. The rest of the guide consists of 4 A4 pages of poorly translated Italian instructions so I'll see how I get along with them. "
Oh well. Now that the open kit is unpacked in front of me and all the individual parts are in front of me, my conscience speaks to me.
Hello spoiled model builder, you are finally moving up in the premium class. Please, I'm supposed to be a spoiled model maker. But the conscience is right. All model kits manufactured up to the first day as in my imagination "Received start here ...! / I'm new here - Hello dear model building friends" are closed, all kits with ABS or GRP fuselage and prefabricated parts belong and with a very good description. My mishap with the wooden hull trawler leads to the demissed.
Pampered model maker. Fortunately, only my conscience spoke to me and that is definitely a warning. Do not just start building instead of carefully considering the same, the same construction kit succeeds.
Components numbered in pencil as shown in the construction plan. Looking for a straight and stable wooden base for the slipway in the workshop. 2 x 90 degree angles for left and right next to the course of the keel adjusted.
Afterwards the keel was fixed on a tarpaulin base and glued. The numbered frames checked for accuracy of fit without glue on a probe and inspected.
Very little space in the fuselage due to the frame construction. The thought drawing in the plans didn't reveal much. The PC must take over the further planning in advance. I was piloted the planning with graph paper, pencil and eraser. Battery set, RC system and other expansion kits such as a more powerful electric motor, smoke generator, sound module with steam engine noises, anchor chain noises, announcement, fog horn, etc. I may still bring the steering gear up to the state of the art. The installation of the stern tube was also considered so that I don't have to saw out the sighting strut of the steering gear when working or changing.
Recordings after alignment of the frames on the keel and first grinding work.
Greetings Ralf