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Midwest Grand Bank Dory Instructions Needed


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The Model Shipways dory kit instructions may be useful: MS1470 Dory instructions.pdf (modelexpo-online.com)

 

Here's a very good build log of the Model Shipway's kit: A True Novice Build of the Lowell Grand Banks Dory.docx (modelexpo-online.com)

 

Even if you do locate a copy of the old Midwest plans, these Model Shipways plans and build log will be helpful supplements. If you do locate a copy of the old Midwest plans, I expect they will be rather sketchy if they are like other Midwest plans I've seen. This is not a criticism of the kit, mind you, but rather a function of the times.  Instructions have improved greatly over the years, though even now some could use improvement.

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On 2/2/2023 at 5:33 PM, Bob Cleek said:

I expect they will be rather sketchy if they are like other Midwest plans I've seen.

Bob:

I think they are virtually identical from Midwest to Model Shipways.  Have compared one of the newer kits manual against one of the older manuals and while I didn't read every word a quick scan shows they look identical.   I wrote a series of articles in Ships in Scale magazine starting in mid 2000 through mid 2006 meant to be a how to get started and progress to being an accomplished modeler (Series was done at the request of Clay Feldman the owner and publisher of Ships in Scale).  I found the instructions in this series of Midwest kits to be very good especially compared to anything imported at that time.

The older series of kits from Midwest have a feature that I hope Model Shipways will add back in is a ranking of the kit's difficulty.  They ranked the various kits as Levels 1, 2, 3 and 4 and the rankings in my opinion were right on.

Take care,

Kurt

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