Jim M Posted October 7 #1 Posted October 7 Has anyone build a disar model? I have the Junk here in my queue and I am wondering what other experience is with the model company? mtaylor 1 Quote In progress 18th Century Merchant half hull planking - NRG In queue Norwegian Sailing Pram - Model Shipways Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack - Model Shipways Peterborough Canoe - Midwest Products/Model Shipways Batelina - MarisStella Completed Model Shipways Lowell Grand Banks Grand Bank Dory - Midwest Products/Model Shipways
JacquesCousteau Posted October 8 #2 Posted October 8 If you search, you should be able to find a few build logs. In general, Disar does not have a very good reputation, and a number of other logs complain about problems with the instructions. I have the Jábega kit, which I bought on sale, but I don't think I'll ever build it. The instructions are seriously lacking, the kit doesn't include plans so you're stuck going off of some very inadequate photos, and there are a lot of puzzling aspects of the kit design. More importantly for me, at least, the model's hull shape is completely wrong. Jábegas are generally long and narrow, but this kit produces a short, squat little boat. While I was prepared to kitbash the model into something more accurate, such as by adding more frames, I can't reshape the hull without turning it into basically a scratch-build, and I wish that I hadn't bought it. SiriusVoyager and mtaylor 2 Quote Current Builds: Lake Chapala Canoa de Rancho (1:32) [Scratch]; Lancha Chilota Coasting Sloop (1:32) [Scratch]; Completed Kit Builds: Model Shipways Dory (1:24); NRG Half-Hull Planking Kit (1:48); Midwest Maine Peapod (1:14) [Kit] Completed Scratch Builds: Xochimilco Trajinera (1:32); Juana y José Cross Section (1:32)
JacquesCousteau Posted October 8 #3 Posted October 8 Here's a sample from the Jábega kit. Instead of a plan, they just give you the photo at the top, with a tiny side view that's supposed to serve as a guide for painting it. Why they didn't paint the model they photographed in anything like their suggested paint scheme is beyond me. You can also get a sense of the limited instructions (suddenly the hull is fully planked) and the parts, which (besides some stripwood of decent enough quality) are made of a plywood that's already chipping in its bag. SiriusVoyager and mtaylor 1 1 Quote Current Builds: Lake Chapala Canoa de Rancho (1:32) [Scratch]; Lancha Chilota Coasting Sloop (1:32) [Scratch]; Completed Kit Builds: Model Shipways Dory (1:24); NRG Half-Hull Planking Kit (1:48); Midwest Maine Peapod (1:14) [Kit] Completed Scratch Builds: Xochimilco Trajinera (1:32); Juana y José Cross Section (1:32)
grsjax Posted October 8 #4 Posted October 8 I have a couple of kits in my stash and have to agree the instructions are not great. However it seems the larger kits are somewhat better. These kits are for people that have built several kits and are familiar with what goes where. Just start it and ask questions on MSW when you run into a problem. JacquesCousteau and mtaylor 2 Quote My advice and comments are always worth what you paid for them.
Jim M Posted October 10 Author #5 Posted October 10 @JacquesCousteau Yeah I am seeing the same with your model, the instructions are questionable at best, and no plans. This looks like a model that will need some skill before attacking it. I am glad though I picked it up for only 69.00 from Model Expo on their name your price sale. I am hoping that the planking exercise that I am planning on starting will be a good foundation. I have a few other Midwest kits, and a Marastella kit I will finish before doing this model. JacquesCousteau and mtaylor 2 Quote In progress 18th Century Merchant half hull planking - NRG In queue Norwegian Sailing Pram - Model Shipways Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack - Model Shipways Peterborough Canoe - Midwest Products/Model Shipways Batelina - MarisStella Completed Model Shipways Lowell Grand Banks Grand Bank Dory - Midwest Products/Model Shipways
Jim M Posted October 10 Author #6 Posted October 10 On 10/7/2024 at 9:04 PM, grsjax said: I have a couple of kits in my stash and have to agree the instructions are not great. However it seems the larger kits are somewhat better. These kits are for people that have built several kits and are familiar with what goes where. Just start it and ask questions on MSW when you run into a problem. Agreed @grsjax. I am definitely not at a skill level ready to attempt this model. mtaylor and JacquesCousteau 2 Quote In progress 18th Century Merchant half hull planking - NRG In queue Norwegian Sailing Pram - Model Shipways Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack - Model Shipways Peterborough Canoe - Midwest Products/Model Shipways Batelina - MarisStella Completed Model Shipways Lowell Grand Banks Grand Bank Dory - Midwest Products/Model Shipways
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