Lynx 1812 by Smittybear - Mantua/Panart - 1:62

[Smittybear]

I started working on this model about a month ago. My dad and I FaceTime when we find a few hours to work on our respective models. I don’t have too many pics of it from the beginning and have finished the first planking. This is my second kit/build, my first being the AL Scottish maid. Mantua seems to not use as high of quality materials and I didn’t think that there could be any possibly worse instructions than AL, but here we are.

I’ll be filling both sides in with wood filler today and sanding the hull down to start second planking this week. 

 

[ccoyle]

12 minutes ago, Smittybear said:

Mantua seems to not use as high of quality materials and I didn’t think that there could be any possibly worse instructions that AL, but here we are.

This is an old kit design, and that was pretty much industry standard back in the day.

[Smittybear]

20 minutes ago, ccoyle said:

This is an old kit design, and that was pretty much industry standard back in the day.

Good to know! Are their newer kits more user friendly?

[ccoyle]

I don't know which, if any, of Panart's lineup count as "new", but there's a lot of user-friendly kits coming out these days from a variety of sources: Vanguard Models, Amati, Syren Ship Models, Master Korabel, MarisStella, Dusek, CAF, and probably some others that I'm drawing a blank on at the moment. Be sure to browse the clickable ad banners for our sponsors on the home page.