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I pulled the contents out of the box to get a look at it. The hull is some really thick plastic at least 1/16" thick. The hull is about 36" inches. couple of the ribs were broke, but no biggie. I also found the original receipt in the box from the original owner. The kit came from Model Expo in 1998. So this is one of those kicked around kits hopping to get built. I will give it a little love and fulfill it's destiny.
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Man I'm so far in the deficit I would have to live another life to score brownie points
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Thanks Mike. I'm preparing the Typhoon for shipment to it's new home, which will be upstate New York.
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Yep and yep, she is receiver ready all they have to do is add their own radio and receiver and she is ready to dance.
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The Typhoon will be going to a fellow in up state New York. The same fellow that received the 1930 mahogany runabout named Ratlin Rita that I finished late last year. Even though im not thrilled with the design of the Typhoon, i will still hate to see it go. It kind of grew on me while i was finishing up the build.
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Thanks CD & Chris, It was a pleasure to get the opportunity to build it. I had been looking at the Typhoon for some time and I didn't know if I would ever get the chance to build one. I just hope I did her justice. The biggest issue I saw from the git go were those windshields and they didn't disappoint in that aspect. I even made templates of the windshields front and rear before I did any work to them just in case I messed them up. I consider myself an average modeler at best. I think everyone should know their limitations and I'm fully aware of mine hahahahaha. Fortunately I didn't need the templates to make new windshields.
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Thanks, like I tell my wife, you can always dress up ugly, slap a suit on me, cut my hair, give me a shave and I don't turn out half bad. She will be taken out to give her a trail run, but yes, she will have a new owner.
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Finished, I used some of the blue and white rope I had left over from a previous build just to dress up the display base a little. I has been a fun ride and a great adventure, but all good things must come to an end.
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I wouldn't call you a traitor, but more like a thief for only paying $20.00 for this kit hahahahaha. I would have at least given her $40.00 for it. Now if you start feeling those pangs of guilt, I will be more than happy to ease your pain. You can send me the kit.
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I'm going to get a Artesania Latina Hellen kit from a friend. The hull as been put together, but that is as far as they got on it. I'm thrilled to get this kit, it's been out of production for a while and it peaks my interest, so I said what the heck, I get it and finish it. I comes with a 540 geared drive motor, speed control and a few extras. I'm not fond of plastic hulls, so I will see how it goes.
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You got that right, nothing like a pressed wood panel or better yet printed on wood. Better have a sharp knife.
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Thanks Chris, I picked up this kit for about $50.00. I wasn't really looking for one at the time, but when the opportunity arose, I figured what the heck I'll give it a try. I hated to see it getting kicked around and as you can tell from the looks of the box, it's been around the block a few times. I think I'm like the third or possibly the fourth owner of the kit and not much has been done to it other than missing a few parts. I have built a few Dumas kits and this is one of their old, old kits, no pictorials, limited instructions and basic building diagrams on the plan sheets themselves.
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Here is another orphaned kit that I came across where the original owner with all good intentions I'm sure started the build by taking most of the parts off of the parts trees and that is about where they stopped their efforts. At least from what I can tell is that they numbered all the pieces so no harm I guess. Upon inspection, I noticed the rudders and drive shaft struts are missing, which is easily replaced. This is an old kit, which has been bounced around from pillar to post. I hate seeing this, but I can't save them all. But as long as I'm able, I will finish it. The USS Crockett is a Vietnam area gun boat: is one of seventeen gunboats in the Ashville Class. This is the first group of US Navy ships to be powered by gas turbine. The Crockett was designed for Coastal patrol, blockade reconnaissance and support missions in South Vietnam. Scale 5/16" = 1 foot Length 51" Beam 7 1/2" Draft 4"
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The Typhoon is quickly coming to an end, a few things to tidy up, install the windshields and such. I will be a bit saddened to see her go. It is turning out to be a beautiful boat eventhough I don't particularly like the design.
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The Latina kit had very good rigging plans, I also subbed with Anatomy of the Ship Victory. Since you are in the UK, it might be easier for you to get some actual Victory wood from one of their refits. I was able to locate a piece and had it shipped to me over here in the States. It cost me around $100.00 shipped for the wood, but I used it to make anchor collars, mast heads, davits and a few other things on the ship. I then took the left over wood and mounted it in the display stand next to the Victory display base with a letter of authenticity and a note explaining the areas in which the Victory wood was used. It's a really nice touch to a magnificent ship and model.
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Im enjoying your build of the Victory Keith. I have admired Billings kits for years and felt their kit would make into a beautiful representation and you are doing a fabulous job on her. I built the Atesiana Latina Victory about 3 years ago now, which was donated to my local library. I visit her often.
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Absolutely beautiful!
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Here is a few of the models that I have built over the years
mtdoramike replied to mtdoramike's topic in Wood ship model kits
But, if Blue Jacket wanted to send me a kit to build as a comparison, I would be more than happy to do so. -
Here is a few of the models that I have built over the years
mtdoramike replied to mtdoramike's topic in Wood ship model kits
Thanks Mark, I was hesitant to mention the Blue Jacket Connie, which is also an excellent kit, but unfortunately solid hull if not mistaken, which is not to my liking. -
I used the supplied diagram to drill out the holes for the windshield brackets and also installed some of the deck hardware. I think the hardest part of this entire build is going to be fitting the windshields front and back. They are not perfect fits and will need to be down sized slightly and trimmed to fit properly. The old saying applies here, "you can always take away, but you can never add to" is the rule of thumb to follow here. Wish me luck.
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Here is a few of the models that I have built over the years
mtdoramike replied to mtdoramike's topic in Wood ship model kits
There is really no comparison in my opinion. Model Shipways is one of the best if not the best Constitution kit on the market. Mamoli Constitution makes into a nice model if you are building for yourself. But if building for a client, the Model Shipways Constitution is the only way to go. The Mamoli Constitution I built for myself, receiving some wood from a refit of the actual ship, which I used to carve out some pieces of the model and incorporated the wood into the model. I later sold the Mamoli Constitution to a Computer Software comp. in New Jersey. Now the Model Shipways Constitution I also used some of the left over wood from the refit, but this was a commission job and went to an Insurance Corp in CT. I have built around 60+ kits over the years and have never found a bad kit or subpar kit. I always go into a build of a kit with the realization that a kit is only a starting point and to make a kit exceptional is totally up to the builder. -
Here is a few of the models that I have built over the years
mtdoramike replied to mtdoramike's topic in Wood ship model kits
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