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I wouldn't trust them. All of their kits are listed for under 100 GBP -- an extremely unlikely proposition.

I've always used diluted Aleen's Tacky Glue for this job, and I've had fabric glue recommended for it as well but haven't tried it.

This was all I had time for today.

Ah, what the heck -- I decided that since I provided links to all my other KK builds, I might as well dig up some shots of the only one not hosted here at MSW, just in case anyone wondered about it. So here's a couple of looks at Pawel's Polikarpov Po-2 design. This one used alternative winter camo provided by a member at a different forum. Enjoy!

Welcome to another non-ship build log! I actually have a large-ish wooden ship build near the front of my building queue, but after much deliberation, during which I changed my mind about what to build next at least a half-dozen times, I opted to squeeze in one more small project before beginning the larger project -- sort of a 'new year, new commitment' plan. The small project I finally settled on is one that has been on my radar for quite some time -- the 1/33 scale Sopwith Pup published by Kartonowa Kolekcja. I find the Pup to be a handsome aircraft -- a well-balanced design that is very easy on the eye, unlike some WW1 aircraft that might best be charitably described as 'homely'. The Pup is also historically significant, not least because it was the first Sopwith aircraft to bear an animal name, albeit an unofficial one (its official name was the Sopwith Scout). Anyhoo, if this kit looks familiar, that's because Edward Kenway beat me to the punch by building an example of it just last year, so you can get a sense of how this model will go together by viewing his log here. This will be the sixth kit I have attempted by designer Pawel Mistewicz -- IMO his kits are among the best in the business. You can see four of my previous KK builds here, here, here, and here. The artwork on this kit is very good, as you can see by the engine grime and wing ribbing, for example. The kit includes options for two liveries. The plane on the cover, which I will be building, is the mount of Cpt. Edwin Dunning, the first man to land an aircraft on a moving ship. The other option is a plane from the Walmer Defence Flight, one of the various units established in England for the purpose of aerial home defense; these units typically flew aircraft that were being rotated away from front line service to secondary theaters and flown by pilots who, having survived the carnage over France and Belgium, were deemed in need of some slightly less-stressful flying duties. KK kits include extensive diagrams, which is important since the instructions are in Polish. Also included is a very nice three-view . . . . . . and a lovely set of color photographs of the prototype model. As per usual, I have the laser-cut frames set. My last KK effort took about one month to complete. We'll see if this one goes together as well as I expect it will. Onward!

Which required large quantities of cheap electricity, hence US production being centered in the Pacific Northwest where hydro power is king.

I used to own and play Avalon Hill games back in my youth -- Squad Leader, Panzer Blitz, Panzer Leader, Tobruk, Arab-Israeli Wars. I still have my copy of Wooden Ships & Iron Men.

Congratulations on completing your first model!

That was quick! Nice work!

Lovely work so far! The 'torpedo' you refer to is a float, part of the ship's minesweeping gear. Later in the war, the Flowers had their minesweeping gear removed.

The Big Reveal! So, after finishing the propeller, which differs significantly from the kit version, there remained only the venturi, pitot tubes, and antenna mast. Glad to be done with this one. Enjoy the pictures!

Ah, but the trials just keep on giving! Turns out the propeller is also wrong, based on a thorough internet search for photographic references. Of course, the designer doesn't mention (well, maybe he did, but it's all in Polish) what he used for source material and where he obtained it. So, I will be making some alterations to the propeller structure as well. Happily, it is the last major assembly, so after this it should be smooth sailing.

If this is the 1/150 kit, then I'd say yes, to-scale gun tackles would be ridiculously difficult to create.

I was just there last month.

D The instructions include a link to the source plans upon which the kit is based. I'm not familiar with the kit contents myself, but are you certain that plans aren't included, or were they just inadvertently omitted from your kit?

Bryan, I redacted the personal information from your posts.

She's on her feet. Now, it's on to the propeller -- all forty parts of it. 😑

Wow. In doing more online research regarding the landing gear, I have become even more mortified about this kit's design. Not only are the gear doors not the right length, it turns out they are not the correct shape, either. On top of that, the torque bars are wrong as well -- the kit places them on the front of each strut, but pictures of the actual plane online show them on the back. 😑😑😑 Ignorance would have been bliss in this case. EDIT: Just discovered that the locator marks for the door brackets are not in the correct locations and do not match what is shown in the diagrams. Since the gear design is obviously a complete cluster-you-know-what, I'm just going to slap the main doors on and call them done.

Me too! A very credible result and a testament to what can be accomplished with a plastic kit. Congratulations!

Hope you don't mind I made the meaning of your title a little clearer. Good luck on your project!

I'm hating this model at the moment. I'm not hating the subject -- the subject is fine, and the artwork is lovely. No, what I don't like at the moment is the design of the kit and its very apparent shortcomings. As you may recall, I have been slowly working on the landing gear, which have some very tricky and delicate parts. I got those bits done -- not great results, but at least they're done. Then came the gear doors. First we have the brackets that mount the doors to the struts. There are three of them, and they're all labeled as part 62. Not 62a, 62b, and 62c -- just 62. And there is no way to easily tell from the diagrams which order they're supposed to go in from top to bottom. I made an educated guess, and I don't think I guessed correctly. Next we have the landing gear diagrams. This frontal view shows the main gear door reaching up to about 2 mm shy of the wing. Yeah, about that . . . Yep, that's closer to being a 10 mm gap. Some more surgery is in order. 😑 What's really annoying about this is that this is the third Marek Paczynski design I have attempted, and every one of them has had design issues (one proved unbuildable). Worryingly, I have a bunch more Paczynski designs in the stash. 😒 But, I will press on with this one, since it is so close to being done. Stay tuned!

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If you can get your hands on a copy of Ship Modeling Simplified by Frank Mastini, he shows a simplified planking technique using the very similar Bluenose kit from Artesania Latina. A historically correct technique is not absolutely required if you intend to paint your model. A couple of bits of general advice: Avoid using the nails, unless you intend to remove them prior to sanding. There are better techniques for the job. The Amati design uses shamefully few bulkheads. Adding some pine or basswood filler blocks between them, then sanding them down to match the hull contours, will make planking much easier. Cheers!

You know the old adage about form follows function, and some of the homeliest ships perform some of the most vital services.