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The speed with which you work is astounding. Do you ever sleep, eat? I wish I had your determination. Well done! Best Regards, Rick

I cut my modelling teeth on these models. I'm afraid to start another one, though; they seem like such a mountain of work now. I will be following this vicariously, thanks! Paul's DVDs are excellent but expect surprises anyway as the molds seem to have been made of wood; each model is a little different!

Great model and a wonderful subject. Does the manufacturer say what they used for a prototype? She looks a bit like a Hans Christian design but not quite. She's the kind of boat that would be perfect to kick around in the Arctic.

These items are now on eBay and no longer available through this site.

In my quest to clear out kits that will probably not get built in the next several years I found a nice shipping box that will fit these two kits. So, they are for sale. The first reasonable offer will be accepted. Please note there is a slight tear in one of the boxes. I am asking a minimum of $100 USD for both of these kits, including shipping to anywhere in Canada or the US. Any reasonable offer over that amount will be accepted. Hopefully, these kits will find a home where they are more appreciated. Thanks for looking. Rick

No doubt, this is the real boat. The other one is eight times too big.

This is an amazing tutorial; a Master Class. Well done! Regards, Rick

One of my favorite modelling subjects and a great adventure story from our youth.

Here's a piece of the hull. All correct rivets included. Sorry, I don't seem to have a bigger picture. In those days, computer memory space was still being counted.

Built by the elves in my workshop and inserted in that model. Cheers, Rick

Do you think a laser-cut, engineered, king plank would have helped? Regards, Rick

I think it would be simpler to send the plans to someone who does this on a regular basis. Save the cost of the program; spend the time working on the model, not a piece of software you're going to learn in order to do something once every two or three years.

The boom coming across the other deck; awesome! The gybes in perfect sync with the waves; wonderful! This is amazing work. Is it hard to add wake behind the boat? These heavy boats tend to leave a considerable wake in such seas.

Some people are commenting that the poll doesn't make sense, but they do not explain why clearly. In my opinion, this is a popularity poll. It does not rank the quality of the kit manufacturers. If 1000 people have bought Corel kits, and liked them, then Corel will have 1000 positive votes. If one person bought a Corel kit and another kit from an obscure manufacturer, and that kit was a hundred times better than the Corel kit, it gets just one vote while Corel still gets 1001 votes. Conversely, if no one who voted bought a crappy kit from an obscure manufacturer, that kit gets a much better grade than, say, AL, who sold 10,000 kits during that same time. The crappy kit would get 0% on the bad grade while AL might get 10%. I put forward this is why some people are calling the poll nonsense. It's a good effort but really only reflects the quality differences among the top manufacturers. Smaller manufacturers, good or bad, will poll poorly no matter what. The poll would have to say something like: 1- What kit companies have you bought from? 3- How would you rate those companies? Then, somehow the results would be something like, "of the people who bought Corel and AL kits, the comparison is, blah, blah.." etc. It would be much harder to create such a poll but would really show how people feel about the brands. I, for one, have built Amati (tops for me; built two), Caldercraft (good value, but I've built just one), Corel (good material and plans but instructions are murky: built two), and Midwest (I loved the subject so, no matter what, I felt was a great kit). I have zero experience building other brands so I can only give a 0% grade everywhere else. That's why the poll doesn't make sense. Regards, Rick

Hi Gaetan, Yes, I had seen that in the wonderful book "On Chantait Charley-Man". I also have some good friends at the Davie Shipyard and it is quite something to stand there, looking out into the St-Laurent on a bright October morning, imagining the construction. Even today, the fellows welding those great big ship sections, twenty feet in the air, in a force 4 or 5 breeze, are pretty tough, big, men.

How many people built one of those ships? I can feel their tiny, little, ghosts moving around hammering, sawing, hammering, carrying, sawing, hammering. In the freezing breeze blasting off the St. Lawrence. They were tough people. "On chantait Charley-Man". Rick

Have you tried the Chevalier and Taglang book? AMERICA'S CUP YACHT DESIGNS 1851 - 1986 Francois Chevalier and Jacques Taglang

Well, my Star class sailboat was designed more than one-hundred years ago and is still a wonderful boat to sail. I think it will still be relevant fifty years from now, so you may have something there!

Do you think 500 years from now our current ship designs will look so awkward?

Next are a dozen or so built Pocher models I collected for no reason. But they're for another forum.

Hurray, sold!

Hi Martyn, Why don't you send me a PM with an offer? It needs to go. Regards, Rick

Not much excitement for this model so I will reduce the price. Anything over $100 USD will work. If I don't get interest in the next couple of days I will put it on eBay.

Well, I did find one more kit that needs to go. This is the Jotika Mary Rose kit, in 1/80 scale. The kit has not been started and is just getting me more and more frustrated that I can't get at it. I've been told "keep the things that bring joy". This lovely kit is no longer doing that so it has to go. As with the other kits I've sold recently, I will accept any reasonable offer, say, around $250 USD including shipping, anywhere in North America. I'm pretty sure this is the last kit I have that needs to go. Thanks for looking, Rick

Jotika Mary Rose. I will start another thread, with some pictures. R