Mayflower Full Ribs Scale 1/48 31” ZHL

[Elelid]

Greetings and thanks everybody, who looked at my last work – the ship looks like La Couronne.

I continue almost without brake. I'm going on a very dangerous journey which calls Mayflower Full Ribs Scale 1/48. Like those pilgrims who in 1620 boarded a ship Mayflower and set out on a long journey, not knowing whether they would reach their destination. I never did so complex and precision work with wood. And I found only one short log from Master – Bob Hunt - https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/threads/chinese-mayflower-pof-kit.1412/.
Some predicted problems were cleared for me by this log, but I am sure a lot of them ahead.

I bought the kit Mayflower Full Ribs Scale 1/48 31” from ZHL for $350 including shipping. It come to my home in just 2 weeks. The packaging was perfect. I show just three photos, on you tube you can see more detailed look - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI8CMGlDpXg.
The kit doesn’t have instruction, but 63 pages format A4 of plan clearly shows all sequential steps of building. On four photo I randomly choose one page to show quality of printing.

 

[Elelid]

The slipway was assembled easily in one hour. The parts fit one to another perfectly – not too tight, not freely.

 

[Elelid]

The surface of my working desk built with tempered glass – it’s the best which could be used to glue 60 cm length kill. All the parts fit well. Note that the upper parts have a line etched along the inner edge to indicate the bevel line. After gluing all the parts together, a groove is formed in the middle of the keel for shaping the outer planking.
The only problem is precision gluing the two halves 60 cm long together to form a finished keel. I processed the glued keel very carefully with file and sanding paper.
The kill fit the slipway almost immediately, just made docking places a little wider.

 

[HornOfTexas]

This looks fun. Forgive my ignorance, is the box just a holding place as you build or will it be part of the final build?

 

[Elelid]

Hi, HornOfTexas
The seller ad consist this picture of final product. I consider the slipway/box as accesory/tools to build the ship. May be you choose to bulld panorama with slipway. It's up to you