mtdoramike
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I would like to offer an observation here, When it comes to a ship model kit of the caliber of the Sovereign, Victory and numerous other expert level kits, you really shouldn't need the instructions and should have the ability to build mainly by the plans. If you have 5-6 midlevel kits under your belt, then I would give the Sovereign a try without worrying about the instructions, which on most of these foreign kits are more of a hinderance then a help.
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I believe I have found this one a home, the person that I got this kit from is interested in the finished product when I'm done with it. Hopefully he will appreciate my efforts and like the colors, if not a few others have shown an interest.
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Thanks Chris, You da man! Thank you Bob, but I'm really trying to control myself here, because it is a fishing boat after all. So I don't want to make her too purdy, which is hard to do after building the last three or so models being Mahogany runabouts that like all that beautifying.
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Hi Bob, I think that would be up to the mods to move it. I'm finishing up the wheel house. I love this color, it's called Carribean blue.
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I have been working on the wheel house and hatch combings.
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But boy howdy would those brass pieces really stand out with gold leaf, never have to worry about tarnishing, it would be eye popping. It would make one eye beat up the other eye just to get another look at it.😁
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I have learned from experience about Amazon reviews. If it were me, I would opt for the new SoS kit, take a Dremel tool to clean up the detailing's in the parts, brass or pot metal and then buy some gold leaf and apply gold leaf to the parts where applicable, which I have done on numerous kits.
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Put the finish on the deck and the keel support on the bottom of the keel, installed the rudder, motor.
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The Crockett will be fully functional as far as R/C operation. Yes, at over 50 inches long, it will be a lengthy model and easy to place all the running hardware,
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No, no motor system, which is no big deal, but it did come with the running hardware (drive Shafts), which is more important than the motor.
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hahahahaha, I never say never Bob. I had built a huge wall unit about 20 years ago which could hold about 15 models depending on the size of them. I had it filled up within a couple of years and ran out of room, that is when I realized I needed an intervention🥺. So I sold, traded and donated all of the models, took the wall display unit apart and sold it on Craigslist for next to nothing so my wife could have the house back. So I know the feeling.
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Yep, Ages of Sail is one of my go to companies for my modeling needs, they are GOOD PEOPLE!
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Thanks Bob and Chris, yes there are a lot of orphaned kits that have been offered to me lately it seems more so now than in years past. I have had to turn down a couple of them last week. I wish I had time to build them all, but unfortunately time is not on my side. I would love to accept them, give them a home and the opportunity to be all they can be, but the admiral has put her foot down and gave me an executive order, "you must find them homes by the time they are finished and re-coop most of your investment". So far I have been lucky and have only received a few demerits.
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Well if this is your first build, I'm going to love to see your last build. Gorgeous.
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Absolutely beautiful work. I built this model several years ago. I went to a fellow in Canada.
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I received the 3 frame sheets from Dumas Friday and although it was nice not to have to trace and cut them out myself, One of the sheets was warped, and all of them had to be basically cut out with a razor knife anyway because it seems their cutter either needed to have the blades replaced or sharpened. Out of all the Dumas kits I have built over the years which are numerous, these were the worst cut sheets I have found. But I always like to find a bright spot on everything, at least I didn't have to traces and cut the frames as well as buy the 3 sheets hobby grade plywood, which would have cost me about the same if not a bit more than the $15.00 Dumas charged me. So I'm good with it. now to wet and press those few frames to get the warp out of them.
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Amen brother!
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I checked out this site as well and what I see is a bunch of Chinese made junk that I think they are trying to claim is made in Japan. Now whether it is a scam or not, is hard to say until people start buying from them and seeing what if anything they get in the mail. I try and buy mainly from reputable online retailers that have been around a while, but then there is the rarity that something from one of these off the wall online stores that catches my eye and I hit the buy button. When I do, I go in knowing that I could lose my money, so I make sure it is within an amount I'm comfortable with losing.
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As with most all used and sometimes abused kit, you run into a snag. It's how you choose to deal with that snag. It's seems that some where along the 25 or so years that the Dumas USS Crockett had been passed around from hand to hand, pillar to post, someone took out the three part sheets DC1, DC2 & DC3, which contained the hull frames. I'm assuming it was the owner that started work on the keel, but dropped off at that point. So I called Dumas, who were nice enough to send me the three parts sheets for $5.00 each total of $15.00. I explained to them that this was an orphaned kit that had been treated like an unwanted step child and I was making it my life long journey to bring a little love into it's life and fulfill it's modeling destiny and I was doing a build log on it on Model Ship World to record our journey. Hopefully they will stop in an say how do.
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When I purchased this kit of the Hellen, 3 of the frames were broken, I had to fix those, which was no big deal. One of the previous owners had put the hull framing together, but unfortunately they didn't do a very good job, which is why I think the work stopped at that point. I found that the frames were not properly seated on the keel, which caused them to protrude considerably higher than the lip in the inside of the hull that the deck has to sit in. I also found that this caused a ripple effect by not putting enough pressure on the sides of the hull to expend the plastic hull enough to allow the deck to set on the hull step without really forcing it. So I took me old Dremel tool, with a mini saw blade and began to cut the tops of the frames off even with the step in the hull for the deck some of which was 1/4" off. I then shimmed the frames, which puts additional pressure on the sides of the hull, which allows the deck to sit inside the hull a bit easier and allows the frames to stay in contact with the hull sides. What surprises me is how easy people give up on something that is so simple to fix if they just think about it and learn to adapt and overcome adversity.
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Any 500 series brushed motor will work. The guy I got this kit from already had a 540 brushed motor for it, which is what I'll use.
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I can't believe there was never much of an interest in this kit considering the plastic hull. A lot of R/C folks like the plastic hulls.
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Beautiful job on her. Latina has great instructions usually, but sometimes the translation can get in the way causing confusion. I have built a number of Latina kits so I'm quite aware of these pitfalls. So I try and read several steps ahead on the instructions, double and triple check before final glue up. I usually build mainly by the plans and rarely build a model exactly as instructed. I will change things, especially if I find something that just doesn't make sense and do it my way. Sailor, is your Jenny R/C or did you go static? If so, what electronics did you use?
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Yeah Bob, it will be fully R/C ready to go. It came with a geared 540 brushed motor. When I'm finished it will be what I call receiver ready. All the new owner will have to add is their radio, receiver and battery in order to go trawling. I'm going to make the mast removeable in order to make it easier to pack and ship it. If not mistaken, this kit was later re-released as the Elena by Latina, which I believe is also out of production as well. I'm not a fan of preformed and plastic hulls, but this is one of the nicest plastic hulls I have seen, so it might win me over. Also, this hull is quite large at about 36" and about 9" wide, which will make for a very stable boat on the water and should have plenty of room for the electrics in the hull.
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