Some years ago a friend was selling a 1/32 (or 1/35 memory fails), fiberglass hull for an Australian Armidale class patrol boat. It had plans and about 600 photos with it. The hull had some work done but nothing major. An excellent project for some time in the future. The hull was a one off as the mould was destroyed getting the hull out
Money changed hands an the hull went up I to the rafters of my garage. A friend agreed to build it in exchange for some tank stuff but that sadly fell through. It languished there gathering dust and detritus half a decade.
Last year a friend mentioned he had traded a typhoon submarine to a chap in Scotland in exchange for building him a model of HMS lion. The chap is the proprietor of Skye model boats. I offered up my part built Engel akula submarine in exchange for finishing the armidale. He accepted and the rest is history.
The model is fully scratch built (with the exception of the hull) from brass, styrene wood etc. The only 3d printed element will be the 50cals which are commercial prints
The models nearly 1.8m long and stands 80cm high on its stand.
The hull as I got it and after work started in Scotland. The hull required bracing and straightening as it had warped slightly in storage. The deck, hull details and rudders were added.
