Well, my Constructo USS Constitution kit arrived right on time as Phil's Hobby Shop advertised. Phil's Hobby Shop uses E-Bay to sell, as well as their own website. I purchased this kit at a very large discount compared to my local hobby shop. Phil's did exactly as advertised. I can recommend them highly. You never knnow when buying online.
I put on my Quartermaster's hat and did a quick inventory and was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the instructions and five sets of 1:1 prints. The instruction book is in five colors and seems to be very detailed. Everything looks in order to begin this project. I can't wait.
Hipexec
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"Start chewing on the toe!"
Wow! that is quite the kit. May I say, I'm very envious? I recently finished a (forgive me for the blasphemy) plastic model of the USS Constitution. I saw a wood kit several years ago, and did not pick it up... it was about $300 or so. I am restarting to work on an older model kit my wife found at a yard sale, the "Bluenose" by Modellbau. It seems that company went out of business, and I need to find some of the parts needed to complete it. Does anyone have any suggestions for finding wood planking in metric sizes?
USS Constitution by Hipexec - FINISHED - Constructo - 1:82
in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1751 - 1800
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Wow! that is quite the kit. May I say, I'm very envious? I recently finished a (forgive me for the blasphemy) plastic model of the USS Constitution. I saw a wood kit several years ago, and did not pick it up... it was about $300 or so. I am restarting to work on an older model kit my wife found at a yard sale, the "Bluenose" by Modellbau. It seems that company went out of business, and I need to find some of the parts needed to complete it. Does anyone have any suggestions for finding wood planking in metric sizes?