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Kusawa2000

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  • Birthday 12/17/1962

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  1. These are the kits I have bought and are built and waiting to be built waiting to be Built.... https://www.zootoyz.jp/contents/media/temple-horyuji-kondou-t.jpg has been built https://www.zootoyz.jp/contents/media/l_pagoda-koufuku-ji_20200314141924.jpg Has been built https://www.zootoyz.jp/contents/media/l_pagoda-horyuji_20200314142647.jpg waiting to be built https://www.zootoyz.jp/contents/media/l_wj-yamato.jpg waiting to be built https://www.zootoyz.jp/contents/media/l_pagoda-yakushiji_20200314142339.jpg
  2. Like Paul I bought my woody joe kits from zootoys.jp with no problems. It usually took 2 weeks to get from Japan to Canada.. and the kits are packed extremely well.. no parts banging around...
  3. Kerry: I had the opportunity to meet Mr Tsuneki back in 2011 when I was in Japan and have since bought quite a few of the Woody Joe kits. While I have the Yamato battleship and Horyu-Ji Kondo kits waiting to be built I have completed two of their Pagoda kits -the Horyu-ji pagoda and Kofukuji Pagoda and love them. The wood is a joy to work with and while the instructions are in Japanese, the way the parts are numbered and the instructions laid out you can figure out the assembly. And I have often said to people about these kits.... if the model parts don't fit, its because you made a mistake. A total joy to complete and definitely worth the money. Thanks for passing along your article!
  4. I agree.. especially when there are so few of these boats left intact up here.. we have one in Dawson City (the Keno) and the rest of them are in graveyards scattered along the Yukon River. In fact we had real low water levels in the Spring on the Yukon River due to a cool spring and low snow melt and the original Klondike could be seen -she broke her back some time in the 1920-30s and they built a second SS Klondike using the hardware and engines from the first one.
  5. For those who are interested.. Parks Canada is getting some money to complete the restoration on the SS Klondike Whitehorse's historic S.S. Klondike to get a $14M makeover | CBC News
  6. Chris: I have a bad (and expensive) habit of buying monograph plans from the French Ancre website https://ancre.fr/en/ . I find the French frigates have amazing lines and design and Ancre crew do a amazing job of transposing the old plans into something a modeler can tackle. I suspect you are already familiar with them but I just wanted to let you know that there are others that also admire the lines and design of these beautiful ships.
  7. Chris: Not to say this is gospel, the maritime museum in San Diego has a ochre colour for there guns below deck on the HMS Surprise moored at the museum. For what its worth!
  8. I would agree with you.. all softwood.. we only grow pine, spruce, poplar and cottonwood up here... and when its green it treats the axe like a rubber ball.. MIKE
  9. John: good approach. And be aware they light is located on both sides of the ship at the same spot. Great progress.. As mentioned they are doing major restoration on her right now and she isnt open to the public. This is year 2 of the restoration. Based on the progress I suspect they will be at it next year as well MIKE
  10. john: They are doing a major restoration on her right now.. the hull has been completed and they are now working on the structure above deck.. I imagine there has been some scraping and sanding going on at this point. MIKE
  11. Everyone: Here are the pics of the mystery light off of the Klondike. Took the pics today. They are located on the port and starboard side of the boat. From the pics I would say its a safe guess they are display lights for loading and unloading out of the side bay door. Hope that clears things up! Mike Draper Whitehorse, Yukon Canada
  12. i dont think it was a running light.. I suspect when they moored the paddlewheeler along the shore they probably had it as a deck light to assist in any loading and unloading. These boats ran on firewood, not coal and they were known to burn 2 cords/hour (that was what I was told) when they were going upriver so there was quite a few fuel wood stations along the way.. any lighting would help in loading.. But I didnt get to the Klondike today but I will make sure to get there tomorrow. MIKE
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