I'm back from my week at the shore, as usual sunburnt and well rested. This year the house I stayed at yielded a treat- the complete Aubrey/Maturin series on the shelf over the fire. I got through two, but not to be boorish.
While the ladies shopped up and down in Carmel, I did my usual diving around pipe shops, church bazaars and the like.
And look what I found at the St. Mary of the Sea bargain basement in Pacific Grove, CA?
For the ungodly sum of $ 2.00, no tax added. While at first a little ummh...discouraging, in fact she is a very fine model. It is all there; a large format instruction sheet-"The designer of this model, Walter A. Musciano, is the author of the book; 'Building and operating model ships,' Funk and Wagnalls, N.Y."
A complete sheet of sails printed on a kind of linen roller blind sort of material, a little mildewed but certainly bleacheable.
A little bag of white metal parts.
A printed sheet of basswood.
Cordage, a base and a hull that only needs a little shaping.
One interesting tip is to rig her with those little glass beads used on necklaces, for blocks. At which this writer thought of his 1/350 warships with insulators made from spots of blackened superglue added at the end of a toothpick, which led to the conclusion that effect is everything.
Any ways, I wanted to share. I've looked back through the collection of old posts here about Scientific, goes back to at least 2005 and the Prof. re. "Golden Hind". I'm encouraged, she seems a nice kit.
After I complete the Victory of course.