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Great to see another Sphinx, one of the best kits on the market in my opinion.

Can you make a few without the resin parts for those of us with printers?

That was the plan, I don't have a laser cutter though so I was just wanting to get all the non 3d printed materials.

Is it possible to order a kit without the 3d printed parts?

I really like the unpainted look, had mine looked as good as yours do I probably would have left them with only varnish.

I'll be following along, I got this kit in my stack to eventually build. I was surprised there weren't any build logs as it looks like a really nice kit and a beautiful cutter.

I can do this in Blender pretty easily if you don't find any other solution.

I'm insanely impressed. I love your color choices, and the aged copper roof on the Quarter galleries is very well done.

I'm in my 30's with my first child born this year, so I'm probably the outlier in both groups. I occasionally visit reddit's ship modeling sub forum, and there are plenty of younger people into ship models. Remember though that even a cheap $100- $200 kit can be a large investment for young people in an ever increasingly expensive world, then you have to account that the factors of space and time to build the model are also things that most younger people don't have until they get a little older. Plastic scale modeling is bigger than ever, so don't think that younger people aren't into scale modelling anymore, wooden ship modelling just requires a lot more resources that younger people don't have yet.

This black looks fantastic, I just ordered some dye to try it out. Do you need to do any surface prep other than removing support knubs? I designed some deadeyes to print in black resin as I hate painting tons of small deadeyes, but I think you have convinced me to just dye them as well.

This looks amazing, I love the color scheme. I'm not at your level, but I have been trying to accomplish the same sort of thing with the stern of my Pegasus kit in blender, you are definitely inspiring me to keep on trucking.

Those deck cutouts look fantastic.

Yes eventually, I got a couple other kits in line first.

Howdy all. Here is my review of the "Le Cerf" Kit from Dusek. I believe this kit has been around for 10 or more years, but I surprisingly found very little about it online. No build logs, no reviews, only a 10 year old video from Dusek showing what's in the box. Due to the lack of content I figured I could show what came in the kit. The contents were all nicely packed, no loose bits rolling around in the box, nothing looks broken. The kit comes with a printed instructions manual in English with nice drawn images of each step, the instruction booklet is around 30 pages. Also included are 5 different sets of plan sheets. In my opinion the instructions look pretty good, an experienced kit builder should have no issue following along, but a brand new builder may struggle as the descriptions are pretty brief. The plan sheets are very nice with lots of detail. Getting into the fittings. The only cast metal parts of the kit are the anchors, and the stern decoration. The anchors actually look pretty nice, the stern decoration could look ok with some cleanup, but personally I will probably replace that piece with a 3d printed one. The guns are cast resin, but Dusek also sells the same kit with some brass turned cannons. Personally I don't think the resin ones will look that bad once painted up, but I think some nice detailed 3d printed French cannons will be a nice upgrade when I build the kit. The blocks will probably end up in the garbage can, but they are comparable with all the other crappy blocks most manufacturers use. The rope in this kit actually surprised me. It's not Syren, or Ropes of Scale quality, but it's much better quality compared to what I have seen the majority of kit manufacturers use. Lastly in the fittings box was a large piece of sail cloth. I've never made sails before, but this looks to be plenty enough cloth for a couple of these kits. Next up is a stack of laser cut wood. First the small boards There is only 1 small sheet of laser cut metal. Here are the bigger boards. This kit has clinker planking which is all laser cut. Laser etched decking, this looks like pear veneer, but I could be wrong. The strip and dowels that comes with the kit are a mix of Walnut and Lime. All looks to be of good quality and nicely cut. And that is what's in the box of the Dusek Le Cerf kit. My thoughts. I think this looks like a really nice kit that is currently flying under the radar. Its a beautiful French cutter, it has Clinker planking which is very unique for an out of the box kit, and Ancre has a Le Cerf monograph that would make a great companion piece to anyone wanting to take the kit up a notch. I would love to see some build logs of this kit, I think it provides an good out of the box kit, but it also has the ability to be kit bashed a little into a really nice model.

Also a popular technique within the Collectible firearms community to highlight arsenal/manufacturer stampings.