The Neglected Kit Resurrection Groupbuild

vincent coyne
the plastic is from 1955 very old

Łukasz Gliński
so far so good
wish I could get one for myself...

vincent coyne
yeah it seems hard to get I got this one back in 2005

vincent coyne
new updates
the next step is repainting the red Ferrari red and the railings

vincent coyne
new updates upload pictures soon
painted with a mix of enamel and acrylic paints
a lot more of it painted and the life boats.
had to make me own anchors the kit ones are oversized. new ones made out of photoetch and remaining railings

vincent coyne
ive finished the rigging on this. the next step is the the rigging on the cranes
ive put some left over photoetch on the ends to make the hooks for the cranes
this is the last model on the shelf of doom the rest of my models are still in their boxes.

vincent coyne
this finished now

Choppa Nutta
Good stuff 🙂
that plastic must be like Bakerlite if it's from 1955 !! 😄

Anyhow, I bet you have a few more Neglected Kits😉

vincent coyne
the plastic is old but still solid enough. the pillers are awful
you need photoetch railings for this and theres a lot of ejection pin marks on the deck
my dad was born when this was made 1955

Łukasz Gliński
Nice finish, the "water" is perfect too😉

vincent coyne
this kit is rare now

Treehugger
How long is this model in cm if I may ask?

In 1:380, it would be just about 8% smaller than a 1:350 scale model. Presumably, this model would be typically larger than a Liberty class freighter ship.

Steven Van Dyck
"The C3 was larger and faster than the C1 and C2 contemporaries, measuring 492 feet (150 m) from stem to stern" (Wikipedia for "C3"). Divided by 350 this is 42,8cm. The kit says 38,3cm.

vincent coyne
hello i measured it its 38 and half cm
thanks