Yard sale treasure

Started by River Rat
12 replies 47 likes Last activity: 3 years ago
#13

Yard sale treasure

Excellent find…. I hope you felt just tiny little bit guilty at that price…
I’ve heard it’s a great build

Enjoy
Don’t get stressed, CAUSE IT !
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#10

Yard sale treasure

Hi Ronald, yes all fittings present. I inventory the box and it's all there... this is a very well put together kit.
#9

Yard sale treasure

I rather like the idea of an 'Anchor wench' Hhager,😉
Although the thought of such an Amazon might make me a little apprehensive!🤔😆

😎
Young at heart 😉 Slightly older in other places.😊 Cheers Doug
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#5

Yard sale treasure

The Calypso originally was a MSCO minesweeper ship. Here are pic of the sane kit you have bashed back to its origins. Great model but I like it better as a minesweeper I served on and knew every inch of it. My uncle was my boss on it. He was Cpo and navigated while I steered. I spent 4 years on it in reserves. Then went on active on the DE1040 Garcia for two years. I’m building that ship too (5ft long) Have fun with kit.

I made the guns, big cable roller, sweep gear, life raft, radar scope on upper open deck, shield for signal lamps, rear booms, banger, washing machine. Rest were from kit. I added new nose section and wood section. The rest was the kit. I had to redo the pilot house from card stock. The basic hull, running gear and deck were from kit. Anchor wench, anchor boom and bits were from kit. I always saw that ship as the mine sweeper it was started out as. Now I found hulls that I coukd have used instead. Not as much fun to bash the kit. Kit sells for $500 if you can find one btw
Found this today $399 model expo least price I have seen in a while.
Howard hager
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#3

Yard sale treasure

Great find! Congratulations. It should be a fun build.
So far my collection resembles "The Island of Misfit Toys". I've picked up several boats that are old builds and have been neglected. I'm giving them the TLC they need, hoping to bring them back to their former glory. Once I get enough practice/ experience I intend to take on a full build.
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#1

Yard sale treasure

Hey guys, I picked this up at a yard sale for $150.00 today. Billing boats Calypso 😁. I think this will be my next project. This is my first Billing boats model. Very impressive contents! Looks like a lot of fun. RR
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