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USS Oakland by CDW - Modelik - 1:200 - CARD


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Watching the beautiful work of others on this forum, decided to try and build my first card model. Searching Ebay, found a seller in Germany whose models were reasonably priced and the shipping charge quite fair as well. This particular model cost me $29 USD, plus $5.59 USD for shipping. It arrived quickly (about 1 week from ordering).

Some have asked me to post a review of the model, but I don't know enough about card models to give a fair review at this point. So I'd rather just share some photos and give a basic description of what I received, then let you be the judge of it.

The model came with laser cut frames that are cut from what appears to be 2mm chipboard. There are four chipboard sheets in total, measuring approximately 12 inches by 17 inches.

The booklet measures the same dimensions and contains nine pages of instructions and reference drawings. The color ship parts are printed on eight sheets of heavy card (less than 1mm, probably .5 mm or less).

Following are some photos of what it all looks like. A lot of little parts to cut out, that's for sure. Don't know exactly when I'll start construction on the model as I have two unfinished projects I want to complete first. Maybe another month or so.

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Hi Craig,

 

Looking forward to following another card build. 

 

Its good to see more and more card models appearing on the site. 

 

Cheers

Slog

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HM Bark Endeavour (First Wood, On Hold)

Borodino (1:200 Card, Current Build)

Admiral Nakhimov (card 1/200)

Mazur D-350 Artillery Tractor (1:25 Card) 

F-8 Crusader (1:48 Aircraft, Plastic)

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Craig, I'll follow along, too. These light cruisers were an interesting development with all the antiaircraft artillery they carried.

Ken

Started: MS Bounty Longboat,

On Hold:  Heinkel USS Choctaw paper

Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1

Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section

 

Member Nautical Research Guild

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