Erik A

Thanks. a good review

been watching the build vids of this ship on youtube and was quite interested to see what it looked like etc. i have also been watching the Prinz Eugen. its a bit of a toss up between the two to be honest. the missouri is bigger but the shape etc of the Prinz Eugen is very nice (the Germans built exceptional ships in my opinion). will come down to the detail bits although the Prinz Eugen is quite a bit cheaper 550 pounds V 750 for the Missouri

I went through the process of buying this kit to see what the freight to New Zealand would be and it remained as free freight. Is this correct

hmmmm where is the detail regarding the lighting kit? does it come with it or is it an added extra.? nothing on the AL site about the lighting kit

i am a victory fan and while i have one under construction currently (De Agostini) i will be saving my pennies for this one i think. i did like the look of the Occre one but this with the cutaway and individual decks plus the price point has peaked my interest.

thats an interesting comment why is that? i have a couple of AL ones that i am doing and find them to be ok in terms of instructions and buildability. @BurgundyModels i started in a similar fashion to yourself. i had been interested in doing a wood ship build after many years as a plastic model maker (all be it in my Youth). i saw a new release Vasa from De Agostini and thought that would be my start. however once i saw the build logs i backed down pretty quickly and ended up with the AL endeavour longboat as my first build (still in progress) mainly as im from New Zealand and the history we have with Capt Cook. life got in the way a bit and it went into dry dock for a while. then i got back to it and also managed to pick up the De Agostini Victory for a bargin. started that as well and again life got in the way and both ships in dry dock. finally got life under control and then i had a spate of buying bargins and getting ships given to me for nothing. i now have 21 ships in the queue. a mixture of big warships, small dory/longboats, midsize ships and even a couple of half ships and a ship in a bottle kit. one thing i will say is that while Billing Boats put out some kits the instructions are pretty sparse so really aimed at the experienced model builder. AL i find ok with pretty good instructions De Agostini do good instructions as well. most of the other kits i have are blue jacket and it seems that the person who had them before i got them must have taken all the instructions out to read and didnt put them back so they might be a bit of a struggle. i am pretty busy with work and stuff so i have fits and starts in doing the builds. will be interesting to see what you do next

I also have an early model Danmark with no fittings kit. Had a chat with billing and they don't make the kits to sell any more so contacted the rep in NZ and they also don't have it. Been looking online and nothing. My one saving grace is that I have the kit list and I also have 2 models of the Danmark. One with the kit and one without so I can use the second kit to build up another if I decide to build both kits

I have the Billing Boats Model 415. as its an old model it should come with the fittings kit BB417. it does not. small chance i know but does anyone have this kit or know of one for sale somewhere? worst case i may have to buy the individual items but this could be a very expensive option. TIA

I seem to have struck another group of ship kits at far below new price. Estate sale again. Four billings boat kits. Danmark Cutty park Bounty Sea King. The sea king has been started and parts of the other three have been mixed up. But again a ridiculous price. Roughly a third the new price of one for all four. These are quite a bit newer than the first group I got. I suppose I should really stop getting any more kits fir a while given the number I now have. Or will have once these arrive. Up to about 17 kits now

i also started with the endeavour longboat and yes its still in progress. mainly as i started to accumulate others and being a bit flighty when it comes to projects i have started a few which are all ongoing. i like to infill my POB hulls especially at the bow and the stern. planking im taking real slow and usually work on one ship for a couple of stages then move to another. currently doing the infill on the Dannebrog i have so taking a while to get that sorted. pretty much have the blocks in place and now to trim them down and sand them back. i find the infill seems to help me with the planking at the ends of the ship which are typically the hard parts and gives more area to fix to rather than a strip.

i had the box open last night and there is a bit to do to get it done. but essentially you have to break all the frames off. trim them up and glue them back on. pic of box. wow i just had a brain melt when i saw that Kit number 001. but its just kit 001 of 4 kits in the series.

I also did a price up and i got to approx $2000 NZd so roughly the same as yourself. the books i didnt bother with although there are two sets of the plank on frame books (vol 1 and 2) these are a 1962 release and a 1998 release. the 1962 recently went for $150 NZd for both online there are also 4 years of the Shipwright years 2010, 2011,2012 and 2013 and i see them on amazon for about $25 each. so i would expect the books to be in the region of $1000. yes pretty pleased.

a few weeks ago i was talking to a friend about modeling in general and he indicated that he had some wooden ship kits that he would never build. he was given them by a family friend who had got them off a deceased family member. he asked if i wanted them and the associated books. needless to say i said yes. yesterday he gave me a call to say that he would pop around later in the day with the model kits and books. what i got was. 1. Artesania Latina Cutty Sark in progress. hull built and 1st layer of planking done. 2. Amati Oseberg new untouched. 3. Amati Hannah Ship in a bottle new untouched. 4. Blue jacket Blue Gray half hull new untouched. 5. Blue jacket schooner America new untouched. 6. Blue Jacket Swampscott Dory new untouched. 7. Blue Jacket Grand Banks Dory new untouched. 8. Blue Jacket Lincolnville Wherry new untouched. 9. North eastern Black Hawk Half hull new untouched. 10. SH04 Hannah new untouched. 11. 50 books about model ship building 12. a box of tools/paints/parts etc needless to say i am pretty happy. gives me a lot to do between now and when i kick the bucket. given i am currently building De Agostini HMS Victory, Billings Dannebrog, Artesania Latina Endeavour longboat and now have an underway Cutty Sark. i need to make the effort to get these finished.

progress on victory. matching on both sides. ship Dannebrog in the fore

all glued up and ready for planking but i will add in infill blocks to add more stability and to help straighten although the strength members added in did a lot to help. Victory also in progress sitting behind