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    Hi all. Actual date this post was prepared 14th January 2020. Helm Position between cabin walls aft of the mizzen and below the aft deck. I did tidy up the overspill of CA around the window frame on the starboard cabin wall! Aft deck fitted completely covering the helm. And test fitted lower part of all masts. Colin
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  12. colpatben
    Oops! Colin
  13. colpatben
    Me again. Actual date this post was prepared 14th January 2020. Following on from planking the Under Deck, the main deck is on. And a view of the stern gallery supports. Colin
  14. colpatben
    Hi all. Actual date this post was prepared 11th January 2021, for a build thread on another forum. The first ‘Real Deck’ to be fitted is what the instructions call the Under Deck but I would call the Well Deck! Anyhow it has to be sprung to get it under the frames to get it into place. Part and fully planked. Colin.
  15. colpatben
    Hi all This post was origionally written on 30th Dec 2020 for a build thread on another forum. Lockdown Christmas so cut and assembled rib and main deck frames. Colin.
  16. colpatben
    Chris. Well that's interesting. So I had either been sold old stock or possibly my memory ain't what it used to be an I bought it much earlier than I thought! If I was of a mind I should contact Mantua to try to find out when they started to use laser cut parts on this model, but life's too short . 😊 Colin.
  17. colpatben
    Thanks Ryland. Started now at Le Superbe Build Colin.
  18. colpatben
    Hi one and all. This post was originally written on 26th December 2020. For a build thread on another forum, but I have decided to move it all to here. First a back story: I bought this particular kit after exhibiting at the first London Model Engineering Exhibition held at The Alexandra Palace in 1996, yes almost 25 years ago! At that time I was building and showing RC boats and racing Tamiya1/10 off road cars whilst assisting at the Chesham Model Shop in Buckinghamshire, who were the UK importer of Wedico boat and truck kits. They had a stand at the Model Engineers Exhibition and I was able to attend every day so had lots of time to browse around. One divorce and five homes later I think that I should at least start it and hopefully see it through to completion. This kit is fairly straightforward plank on frame construction with just a few fiddly bits. The most obvious change in this kit since I bought it is that now wooden parts in kits are laser cut whereas this kit has all the frames and other ply parts either partway machine cut with a router or just printed on solid wood that will need to be cut out with a fretsaw. The next post will be the build start. Colin.
  19. colpatben
    Thank you for the welcome one and all. I will be posting my Le Superbe build log, starting at day one. Colin
  20. colpatben
    Hi fellow boat modellers. I had been model boatbuilding for more years than I want to remember, up until my last model in 2009. To introduce myself, I attach a picture of each of the boats I have built over these years in much the same order as they were constructed! Wedico Inga IV. Wedico Berlin Ferry. Billings Smit Nederland. Dumas Creole Queen. Mantua Models Anteo. Robbe Atlantis. Robbe Glasgow Paddle Tug (with Wilesco Steam plant). Scratch Built Atlantic Conveyor. In Falklands Task Force configuration. Scratch built Fairmile B in Rescue Launch configuration (RML542) All long gone except: Billings Le Etoile. Static Display, still with me on the dining room windowsill. Currently in our lockdown situation December 2020, I have started to build a Mantua Le Superbe. I had started a build log on another site, but it is not the best place to have posted. I was wondering if it would be morally OK to move the build log to this site? All the best. Colin.

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