i have a opratunity to purchase the hunley model kit 1/72 scale from i think is cottage industies? from a friend for a good price.. was wondering if any of you have this kit and is it worth buying...he will sell it to me for 10 $ im not even sure that is a good price .it is mint and still unopened box....plse let me know if anyone has built it and what do they think of it...

I think for $10 dollars, that is one heck of a good price, and wold not hesitate to get one!!
And if you put it together, you should show us the results!!

$10 dollars? I'd say...buy it before he sells it to someone else :P

Is it plastic or resin?

If it's a resin kit $10 is a great price,but it requires special glue to put together.Resin is also very brittle and needs special care taken.

Plastic is much easier to work with.

yea it is a resin ..i know nothing about them...ill have to do some research...thanks for heads up on the glue mostly heep....im getting it next weekend...i also purchased a fokker triplane today and a ford trimotor from my local hobby dealer i was supried to see them there...i was looking around the board and got the idea from some of you to make some of dirks hangar collection..i fig ill start with the planes..i guess ill need to get a me 262 is it??

Try your local hobby shops and ask for a magazine called Fine Scale Modeller.Even a publication called Scale Auto Enthusiast has articles covering working with resin.
They both have great how to articles.I think they both also have an after market directory where you can get alot of these models from the cottage industry

yea once i get them all done ill take a pic and put up ..is that something that is ok to do...???

thanks for info ive seen those mags now ill have a reason to own one...lol

Glad I could help.
I might even have some around here that I could send you.I'll check my basement.If I find them I will PM you to see if you want them.

Sure, we'd all love to see them :)

thanks mostly and kellym...

Please do post pics when you finish it. I'd love to see it. th:

Quetico,
I bought one of the resin models a few months back, drove 60 miles back home, opened it up and took inventory of what was inside. What I found was a nice hull, some very small diameter metal tubes and a square piece of resin that was suppose to have all of the small peices attached (which allows you to cut them off and use them like a regular plastic model). ALL of the small pieces were incomplete. What I mean is, when they were pouring the mold, none of this section of small pieces received the full resin. They were so bad I was not able to use them. I contacted the company from the side of the box, the reply I received was that are not the actual company that makes the models but they have received 100's of complaints and he was not sure how to get in touch with the proper manufacturer. For $10 I concidered it the luck of the draw....
Before you make the purchase, ask the clerk or manager if you can open the box to take a peak at the pieces....
Hope this helps.
It does look like a cool model though
Take care
Mike

thanks numa diver ..its a friend who has it ..ill have him check..ive been looking around the board and have read from some others that they have xperinced that problem tooo...i also see there is a 1/32 scale model of the hunley but it looks abit diferent from the 1/72 kit..oh well im going on vacation to my cottage for the month of september so im brining all my model kits i have too put together ..hunley ..i got a ford trimotor and a triplane fokker ..when i get back ill take a picture of then with my cussler collection ..

Quetico,
That sounds like a very relaxing vacation....I'm jealous. I do love to work on models....if they changed the length of days from 24 to 48 hours, I may just have enough time to do the things Ive been wanting to do... :) Can't wait to see the finished products.
Take care
Mike

Can't wait to see it th:

And how heavenly spending a month on vacation at your cottage!!! Enjoy!!

Quetico1
I managed to find a couple of magazines that give you tips about working with resin and the types of glue you can use.
Would you like them?
If you do send me a PM with your address and I will send them to you.

Cheers Rob

mostly heap yea that would be cool .. also thanks numa diver and kellym...its a place up near north bay ontario if you look on a map. im planing to knock of acouple of cussler books i have not read ..pacific vortex and vixen 03 .. they are on my to read list while on vacation..also plan to do alittle diving in the lake we are on there is suppose to be a old "aligator " from the 1920s in shallow water on our lake..if you are not sure what a aligator is it is a sorta tug boat that was used to haul logs and supplies around in northern ontario..it is amphibious...im guessing mosty heep would know what it is being a fellow canuck...

It's a Private Message, quetico ;)

There is an icon at the bottom of people's posts if you click on that it'll allow you to write a message and will be sent to that person!

kellym i fig it out after i sent the mesage...thanks ...

No Problem ;)

hi all im back from vacation...had a great 2 weeks at my cottage did a llittle diving and got some cussler books read ... anyway I got that hunley model kit from my friend,,,wow what a piece of junk..half the molds were all messed up..needless to say i did not bother so i decided to make my own.. I carved one from a piece of pine and painted it..the only picture I had was the one from the sea hunters first book.. so I may not be completly acurate but I think it turned out ok for my first try . It is aprox. 16 inchs long . It took about 2 days off and on working on it . I took some pic i will post...hopefully they will come through..

here is another with some of my books and the uss cositution

Hey! Great job on the home-made Hunley model th:

Thats quite the model.Way to go th:
Too bad about the actual kit.
I could never scratchbuild things like that,they always turned out looking like a blind man had tried to build it. :lol:

Good job on the model. And that Constitution is a beauty, too!!
th: th:

:o Way to go on the model th:

thanks all....i checked on the cussler website and found some pics of the hunley..i was pretty close..though my paint job could have been abit better..oh well it cost nothing to make it ..i was unsure as to were the spear with the explosive sould go ..ive seen some pictures that show it in diffrent places...im no model building xpert but i was fun to make it on my own..its got my kids inspired..its kind cool what you can make with a piece of wood,skewers,paint and string..and alittle patence and imagination..again thanks for the kind words..oh and MOSTLY HEAP..I got you model mags..they are realy infromative..in return if ya want im going back to cottage at thanksgiving and i will make you a hunley and ship to ya this fall...it will be close to the one i made ...im thinking this fall and winter ill make some and sell them for a small fee .. say if anyone is interested let me know..they will be better as i will get more pratice and i also have pictures to reference them...