flying fish

Hello, this may be my first and last post on SoS, we'll see. I am an American living in Sweden for many years. My story started back in 1990 when my wife and I travelled to the States to present our first child to the family there. My wife's sister and boyfriend also happened to visit that year...

Today has been a wood cutting day. I cut out the keel, rudder and stern post. The media is 1/4" plywood, tomorrow I'm going to start cutting the Bulkheads. Dave Clink (I bet you want to know where the "Clink" came from--my last name is Clinkenbeard)

I started this model many years ago and due to other commitments have only just started again. My intention is to keep at it until complete. I shall be adding pictures as I progress. These are photos of the work completed before this new burst of enthusiasm :

The model was built in 2011

This kit was posted on ebay as a partially completed model. I checked around and found that it retails for around $200. I did some more checking and found that many modelers have a low opinion of this kit due to the poor quality of the plans and instructions. But I looked at images of the...