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Le Superbe by colpatben - Mantua Model - 1:75


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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!

 

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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.

 

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The next post will be the build start.

 

Colin.

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22 hours ago, chris watton said:

Yeah, I have never seen that before. I bought my Le Superb in 1992 from Model Dockyard, and this was laser cut, one of the first, I think, and very nice (for the time) and excellent manual.

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.

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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!

 

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Anyhow it has to be sprung to get it under the frames to get it into place.

 

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Part and fully planked.

 

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Colin.

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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.

 

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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.

 

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Colin

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Routed Frames? That was new to me as well.

However, you did a great job cutting them out and gotten this far.

Btw Colin,  Warm :sign:

 

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Respectfully

 

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