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[wayne mcmullin]

I am looking to build a cross section model. have 3 in mind; Mamoli Constitution cross section, Occre Santisima Trinidad cross section and Artesania Bounty. I have moderate skill level looking for opinions as to degree of difficulty or problems withvarious kits

 

[Edward]

I have built the Constitution. I believe it was from Model Expo and it is a fine model

 

[Concardi]

I built the armed section of the Constitution
of Mamoli.
It is not difficult, you have to follow the instructions literally, step by step.
This is my advice

 

[Uwek]

Hallo Wayne,
I was searching a little bit and compared your three candidates:

Constitution: scale 1:98 and kit is the oldest on the market


with some bashing you make a nice section, but this kit is already more than 30 years old and not changed in any way


Occre Santissima Trinidad: Scale 1:90 - Occre quality is in general really good





Artesania Latina: you mentioned Bounty, but they have only the San Francisco II in scale 1:50 in their program - this one looks relatively simplified in the finishing - to make a really good model there is a lot of room for kit bashing, to say it friendly







This is not an easy decision and it is hard to make here an advise - all of them have positive and several negative points - at the end it will be a question of taste and maybe also which scale would be the best

 

[danielsje]

One criteria I use for choosing a kit is the scale...I like scale as close to 1/4 (1:48) scale as possible. My rationale is I find the larger scale models have the potential for better detail and the parts are easier to work with...