I'll guess that's quite rare, Terry, and I'd really like one. I remember sitting on Ryde Pier and watching RMS Queen Elizabeth, RMS Queen Mary, SS United States passing through The Solent and thinking I'd never travel on any of them. Such were the expectations of youth. That was true of those ships, of course, but I've now been on QE2 (my favourite) and Queen Mary 2 among others. I wish I'd learned some languages when I was at school, but when would I ever go abroad, let alone work there?...Edit. Re post 42 in this thread. I have added a picture of Modelcraft self-propelled Queen Mary which has just come into my possession.
Terry
Hello Brian. I think that a good scan is the only way in which you might own this model, unless you are prepared to wait for years for one possibly to become available. Unfortunately, to the best of my knowledge, Autocraft Ltd. who are currently posting lots of scans on eBay, don't possess the rights to this Modelcraft model, so it won't be forthcoming from that stable.'ll guess that's quite rare, Terry, and I'd really like one.
@Terry that looks really nice. What glue do you use?
I also use a cocktail stick to smear the glue along the edge of the card piece to be fitted. I think that you will find that too much glue is delivered from the nozzle to cause you to change your technique.Thanks. Ordered a bottle.
I currently dip a cocktail stick into the pva after removing the top so the fine tip might prove life changing.
As stated earlier in the thread, my elder brother built Dr. Johnson' House. He was probably around 12 to 14 years of age. However, I don't think that the models were really intended for children, more the adult hobbyist.This thread takes me back many years. I don't think I or knew anyone that had successfully built one of these. Certainly quite a lot of skill was required from an adult in the room.
As mentioned previously a man of your calibre should be cutting them out with the laser cutter now.I remember after a trip to Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum picking up a narrow boat model. Pritstick and the bluntest safety scissors was never going to get it built to a decent standard. I suppose a rainy afternoon was well spent though.
Yes, but not really in the Micromodels ethos of 'Your workshop all in a cigar-box!' A scalpel takes up far less room.As mentioned previously a man of your calibre should be cutting them out with the laser cutter now.