"FIFIE" just docked after 8 days from Turin to regional Victoria. When it is taking a week to get a letter across Australia I reckon DHL are absolutely amazing and the freight charge was only 25 euros.
Opened the box, plans look good, instruction book looks good as well. The wood needs comment. The planks look fine,to be fair they look good.. almost all of the structure is MDF in 3mm 4mm and 6mm, thats all the keel, bulkheads, and deck sub structure.I have mixed feelings about this, as it is very accurate, flat and stable, goes together excellently....but breathing in the sawdust probably isn't the best plan. It is clearly a cost saving measure, the only parts which are not MDF are the planks, the deck furniture and cabin (very thin 1mm ply) and masts of course. So overall it all looks good and capable of making a good model provided you dont mind the MDF. I dont want to be nasty but it is just as well they cant make planks out of MDF, but maybe that's a cheap shot.
Opened the box, plans look good, instruction book looks good as well. The wood needs comment. The planks look fine,to be fair they look good.. almost all of the structure is MDF in 3mm 4mm and 6mm, thats all the keel, bulkheads, and deck sub structure.I have mixed feelings about this, as it is very accurate, flat and stable, goes together excellently....but breathing in the sawdust probably isn't the best plan. It is clearly a cost saving measure, the only parts which are not MDF are the planks, the deck furniture and cabin (very thin 1mm ply) and masts of course. So overall it all looks good and capable of making a good model provided you dont mind the MDF. I dont want to be nasty but it is just as well they cant make planks out of MDF, but maybe that's a cheap shot.
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