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This will be my next build. I know that many of you boys out there like to scratch build, but I like kits - there's such a joy when that distinctive oblong box arrives and you open it up and see the wood and shiny things. I always get a thrill looking at the picture of the boat on the box lid, and thinking that I'm going to turn the flat contents into that. Maybe that's just me.
Anyway I was going to get the Armed Pinnace that Graham built so beautifully - following his build would be incredibly helpful - but I saw this and liked it more. It was a choice between cannons and barrels of wine and the alcohol won.
It's a panart/mantua and forewarned is forearmed or something. So I know that the instructions will be wrong/limited/in the wrong order, etc and that the quality of the plywood will be suspect but, I intend painting it as shown because I like the black and white (I may change the green to blue) and I can replace the plywood cleats, etc with solid wood ones.
And actually, the Panart instructions are a lot more detailed and clearer than Mantua ones. We shall see.
So this will a build log when I start, which will be soon because I've already dry-fitted the frames.
![P1018399.JPG P1018399.JPG](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/105/105574-bbbe0c28cfc1dd455feeb7eda9907331.jpg)
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Anyway I was going to get the Armed Pinnace that Graham built so beautifully - following his build would be incredibly helpful - but I saw this and liked it more. It was a choice between cannons and barrels of wine and the alcohol won.
It's a panart/mantua and forewarned is forearmed or something. So I know that the instructions will be wrong/limited/in the wrong order, etc and that the quality of the plywood will be suspect but, I intend painting it as shown because I like the black and white (I may change the green to blue) and I can replace the plywood cleats, etc with solid wood ones.
And actually, the Panart instructions are a lot more detailed and clearer than Mantua ones. We shall see.
So this will a build log when I start, which will be soon because I've already dry-fitted the frames.
![P1018399.JPG P1018399.JPG](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/105/105574-bbbe0c28cfc1dd455feeb7eda9907331.jpg)
![P1018400.JPG P1018400.JPG](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/105/105575-23673b935cc41483f6c6a83eaeb9cf64.jpg)
![P1018401.JPG P1018401.JPG](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/105/105576-665c2d344a9bea80132e754582bd5290.jpg)
![P1018402.JPG P1018402.JPG](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/105/105577-f004f454b6bc1dfb67d1672cb61cfd9a.jpg)
![P1018403.JPG P1018403.JPG](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/105/105578-86e2da32cd57a9f4f4b1cbfa547e7492.jpg)
![P1018404.JPG P1018404.JPG](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/105/105579-827819b66778ca90c3a00e9dda790e36.jpg)