Mr. Pett

Good to see that the project is proceeding. I still have a few years left for my ongoing projects, but building the Prince from a high class kit is still my dream.

I bought mine and other stuff of these guys at Ebay in Germany.

Should be in available in other countries either.

Hello Black Viking

DeAgostini has released a Vasa collecting kit in Italy already.

http://www.deagostini.com/it/collezioni/vasa/

I am sure this kit will be available in UK and Germany soon.

Especially for Proxxon machines to buy in Germany it is a great advantage to look here:

www.idealo.de

Simply type Proxxon and the identifikation of the machine (like MP 400 for the profiling mill) in the search box and you will find the best offers available in Germany. But look carefully for international shipment, before you buy.

It always depends on the type of machine you are looking for who is the cheapest provider.

For example I have bought the profiling machine 400 MP at SatBerlin (http://www.satberlin.de/) and the surface planing machine AH 80 at SMDV (http://www.smdv.de/).

A update regarding the Amati plans for the Prince would be very much appreciated from my side. I have to plan my builds very carefully until i will retire :D . After retirement I will have lots of time for modelling

I used Cherry for the second planking. I ordered american cherry especially, because it is darker than the european. After oiling the wood has a nice red and brown colour.

Hello Don

Yes I have seen a little of your built. The kit is really very interesting if there was not the time issue. On the other hand I think you just have to build and not to change the kit in any way.

My current build is a SotS by DeAgostini, but it shall look like the Morgan drawing. Many things have to be changed and management by error is daily business. At the moment I have ripped off the whole planking from the whales upwards, because I did not like my gunports.

Thanks for your answer.

Meanwhile I have received some informations from the seller. The kit is made of maple for the frames, pearwood for the hull, cherry for the gun sleds and poplar for the deck planking.

Still have to think about buying. Don´t have much time for modelling and a second build might be to much.

Hey folks,

Does anybody know, which wood is included in this kit? Pear, cherry, walnut or only plywood?

Thanks in advance for your answers.

Dear Nigel,

what a pitty, that the work on your amazing model has stopped.

As I am building the DeAgostini SotS as well (with influences of the Morgan drawing, as far as my skills allow) I have taken a lot of inspirations, suggestions and ideas from your build log.

Here are two pics of my current build. Unfortunately I don't have much time for model building and I have started approximately two years later.

Hello there,

are there any news regarding the Prince model?

When can we expect this wonderful ship to be released. My savings box is already well filled