You won't be surprised that I managed to swap a fiver on the Bring'n'Buy stall for some stuff I probably don't need, although this time I managed to find items that might just be useful.
Vinyl letters are always useful. They are now in the drawer with transfers. These are larger than anything I own, I think, so a quid well spent. Possibly less useful is a roll of blue and white check vinyl, but if I did another RC car, I could use that on the wings.
Obviously, I don't need another model boat kit, but a Police launch for a couple of quid?
What appealed most is the length of the model - 410mm. Ideal for a "Thursday boat", the sort that I can pick up at a moment's notice, and head off to the lake with.
Slotting the main hull parts together suggests that the build shouldn't be too hard, although the proof will be in the eating!As a hard chine hull, there is wood to be bent around the edges, and a nose to be carved from solid, but none of that should be too difficult. There's space inside for all the gubbins, probably a brushless motor and battery pack.
Having found it online, this is a nice-looking freelance model too. More about sailing than looks, although, I think it will look nice on the water. One day...
2 comments:
The police launch looks promising, Phil. I remember getting part way through a Calder Craft Attacker (naval patrol boat) in the 1980s; the vac-formed hull seemed a bit thin and fragile, probably the reason I didn't finish it. The wooden hull of the police launch looks a lot more durable.
There are still some bits from the kit in one of my odds and ends boxes, occasionally I'll use an odd part for some project or other.
The "semi-scale" description of the kit (and many others I've seen over the years) intrigues me...it seems to be an accepted term in boat and aircraft modelling, but I've never heard it used in railway modelling...
Cheers,
Simon.
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I wonder if this is because boats and aeroplanes are normally viewed from a distance? There is the concept of "stand off scale" where the model looks right, but isn't especially accurate.
I can't imagine trying to import the idea into a world where people argue if the bolt heads on a bufferbeam should all be rotated the same way or not!
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