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 Hi All You could say I have been searching for this ship kit for the past 10 years and its a very rare beast but I finally got one at a reasonable price    . Firstly some history, at the age of around 10 [many moons ago  ] I was asked by a friend to help him build a ship model that turned out to be the above ship. After helping him I promised myself that one day I would build this ship for myself. Well time passes and life takes over but around 10 years ago I did finally start searching and couldnt find it anywhere, long out of production and not a super popular kit to begin with. Its been a long search but I won this off flea-bay on Monday for £43 with postage and that is cheap compared to some of the prices around the £100 mark I have seen and it arrived today. This is the reboxed and brown plastic 200th anniversary edition from a few years back the original having different box art and was in black plastic. The kit is a typical airfix kit of the period, minimal parts with those vac-formed sails but has paint,glue and rigging thread included. The last picture shows the rigging making device also included in the kit with full instructions on how to make the rat lines. So you could say iv finally got the holy grail kit from my childhood and im well chuffed Andy arpurchase attached the following image(s): Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Nice find 
Great Western in kit form is rare in its own right and quite possibly Airfix is the only company to have ever produced such be it in plastic or wood.
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Looking forward to seeing what you do with this one Andy It would make a brilliant part work in wood Rgd Martyn Building ?
Completed. Soliei Royal . Sovereign of the Seas . Virginia . Scotland . San Felipe . Corel vasa , Santisima Trinadad X section , Vasa
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When sailors have good wine, They think themselves in heaven for the time. John Baltharpe
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That's a great find! This is one I never did get in my childhood days - had the Victory, Cutty Sark and Wasa for certain and possibly the Royal Sovereign, but would have loved this one! Best of luck with her! Robin. First wooden ship: The Grimsby 12 Gun 'Frigate' by Constructo Second: Bounty DelPrado Part Works Third: HMS Victory DelPrado Part Works 1/100 scale Diorama of the Battle of the Brandywine from the American Revolutionary War Diorama of the Battle of New Falkland (unfinished sci-fi), Great War Centenary Diorama of the Messines Ridge Assault Index for the Victory diary is on page 1
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Hi All Thanks for looking in and your comments both of you and you sound as pleased as I am that I found it. As a side note there are a couple of the in the bag airfix 1/1200 scale kits on fleabay right now asking price around £50 so as a comparison price to my larger scale kit I did very well I think. Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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I remember those vacuumformed sails from old Airfix plastic kits .Definitely watching this build
Carl
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Thanks for looking in Carl and your comments Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Hi Andy, very cool find, looking forward to seeing that come together Jase “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Now this brings back memories, nice to see one again after all these years. Man he took his time in the sun Had a dream to understand A single grain of sand He gave birth to poetry But one day will cease to be Greet the last light of the library...We were here!
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Took me a long time to track one down but thanks for looking in and your comments Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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I built all the airfix tall ships in my youth this always had a place in my heart and I've checked eBay a few times for it but never been lucky enough. I discovered this post on my look through the net tonight hope you start it soon so I can follow along with you. Ken's the name modeling's the game.
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It's always great to get a bargain and even better when it evokes so many memories of care free days, i would imagine you're gagging to get going with this one ? Regards Paul Building: DelPrado HMS Victory. Building: DeAgostini Sovereign Of The Seas.
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Hi Both Thanks for looking in and your comments as for a build its on the list and will be done at some time soon . Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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