That boats looking realy fantastic! Your doing a wonderful job. I first saw this as a kit 4 or 5yrs ago unbuilt in the shop i used to work at, at the time i was not into boats, but boy i wish i had purchased it then.
Can i ask how much the kit is, and what are the instructions and quality of parts like?
Keep up the good work!
Regards: voyager.
Many thanks for the kind words Voyager
I got the kit from Barry @ Westbournes...around £150 for the kit.
When completed, I shall do a review of it.
The parts are, well, all wood
, Generally they are good quality, though those bulwarks & stern pieces have really given me some grief, as has some parts of the build.
My biggest mountain to climb, was the amount of effort it took to work that wood into a hull shape. ( Usually my kit hulls are preformed in Abs or G/f)
Thank Goodness for the web, & forums, I did get a lot of very useful advice from people.
If you have built a few models before, then I think you could tackle it , definately not a "first timers" model.
Along the way I have picked up some more building skills, it does require different techniques to that I am used to,but some thought is really needed at certain stages of the build.
The instructions "assume" you are an experienced wooden ship modeller, ( I had NO experience with wood till this one !)
An experienced "wooden pro builder" COULD make an excellent top notch model of museum quality with this kit.
I shall, I am sure, be happy with the end result
I think my biggest "kick" is when I look back at the picture of the flat pack contents, and see how she is now, stand back and say " I made that"
It really does feel good
If you need any more info, just ask
Steve