cobraman

That car never looked better .

I agree.

Do you have any photos of the other two you built ?

Yes he did get a convertible. The one in the photo above that his dad is looking at they did not buy. Ward ( the dad ) felt the car was not very good.

That's a nice twisty track.

Yours is looking good ! Very much like the one I am working on. Hopefully mine will look half as good as yours.

My error, please move to proper location. Thanks !

Photo of a completed kit .

I have really been getting interested in wooden kits lately . Very different than plastic to be sure . I need to learn a lot but came across this kit and had to have it . Can I build it ? I don’t know but will have to get more experience before starting it. It’s a wooden Russian submarine from the early 1700 . Little more than a wooden cask for the most part . My research shows it was not very successful . Looks like a nice kit but again the instruction although better than the kit I am working on now there still is text I can not read .

Thanks Carl. Yes, I am enjoying it but there is so much I just don't know. I find it pretty challenging but that's ok. I bought a book that is of some help but I have received much better ideas and help from some of the members here. If I can finish this it will be a lot because of their help. The guys here are the best and very willing to share their knowledge.

Nice work, I like it !

Wally's first car never ran and then after he and his friends tore it apart and Wally finally parted it out and sold the remains to a junk yard.

Looks great to me !

Eddie should have been first .

Progress ? Did a little more work on this thing . Got some of the sails cut and mounted . Not very well I will admit . Doing the best I know how to do and hopefully learning somethings to make the next one better . As I said before the instructions are bad but I won’t lay my bad work totally on that . Planking is pretty soon but I don’t have a bender yet . I may try the soaking in hot water for a few minutes to see how that works so I can keep building . So far not a bad hobby although my results may ( will ) not be too good but that’s ok .

Very well done.

Great paint work !

Going to build that at some point. Need to finish some wood ship/boat kits first. I think that first photo is when they were going to an amusement park.

Thanks Joe ! My wife actually bought me that kit .

Free shipping if I remember right. Get one and get going on it and maybe you can teach me how to do the stuff ahead ! The masts, rigging and sails are going to be a big problem I believe. Oh, and the planking as well. Looks like I will need to buy a planking tool. The instructions are about the worst I have ever seen in my over 50 years of building models although never a wooden one before.

Thank or the info Michael. I am pretty sure I will not be able to get the sails they way they should be on this my first wooden kit. Thinking if I could somehow do the sails in the rolled up position. Jim, yes this kit was only 15 bucks and sold on the Walmart website. At only 15 dollars I figured it could be a first attempt trial kit. Said to be a 45 dollar kit. I don't see it being worth 45 but I don't know. Does anyone have a solution to keep the sail material from fraying once it is cut into shape ?

I would also be interested is seeing any progress on both projects.

Thanks Bob, that does look close. Thank you Jim. That is the kit I have and I did get it at Walmart.

Thanks Jim. The kit is by a company called Asewin but I don't have a ship name and don't seem to be able to find one.

This is where I am now .