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I am developing an interest in Great Lakes shipping, and I wanted a model of a Great Lakes freighter. I don’t have the funds right now for a full-on build, so I figured I’d look for something simple in card. I came across this kit from Lake Freighter Minis and figured it was worth a shot…

 

It’s only a water-line model, and I’m sure it’s not 100% accurate, but I’m ok with that. LFM doesn’t specify a scale, so I did some quick calculations based on the stated model length and the real thing and came up with about 1:550.

 

What I received was a nice envelope with thorough instructions and nicely printed sheets of fairly heavy card stock. B17F5F5D-712C-4E5C-BA5E-CA5025DA76A6.thumb.jpeg.ca4e275a066c2a9e5c11af6ffb88ebe3.jpeg

 

We will see how this turns out!

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I built this kit a couple years back.  The guy who makes these has them pretty detailed.  I don't think they are to a specific scale, but they do have a decent offering of Great Lakes freighters.  I might check out some of their other models one day.  Too bad they don't have any Canadian fleet boats.

 

Have fun with this though....looks like you are making good progress!

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Almost finished! (I might see about trying to hide some of the more obvious seams/edges with markers…)

 

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I really enjoyed this build! It was just challenging enough to be fun, simple enough to be a quick build, and has a reasonable amount of detail for its size! 
 

Ok, now I’m going to get back to work on my longboat project…

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