U.S.S. ABERCROMBIE DE343

[Down Time]

Old kit with plenty of Lindberg frustration engineered in, uneven pieces etc..... The hull is thicker on one side vs. the other, should be fun to fit....

 

[Down Time]

The pictured ship is a Rudderow class, Abercrombie is a Butler class. Ships are identical other than the power plant.

 

[Down Time]

Well, the wavy deck is going on, of course, in true Linberg fashion the deck is longer than the hull......

 

[Airborne01!]

You're a braver man than me Gungha Dinn!
Steve

 

[BarleyBop]

deck is longer than the hull

Yikes!
I guess that with a full length deck there really aren't any options to shorten or overlap separate sections in the middle?!

 

[Tommergun]

Classic Lindberg for sure, which pretty much ensures you have to build it as such. Too difficult to correct. Still a fun build though.

 

[Edbert]

Is Lindberg still in business? Their kits were iffy even in the 70s.

 

[locomotive]

Is Lindberg still in business? Their kits were iffy even in the 70s.

I hope not. It's crap like this that puts people off the hobby. Imagine trying this as your first ever model!?
Well done to you for even attempting this. Good luck!

 

[Down Time]

Is Lindberg still in business? Their kits were iffy even in the 70s.

They still exist.
They have a Jolly Roger sailing ship kit i built, all of the molds were out of alignment and the hull halves were off by a sixteenth of an inch in length from each other.

 

[Down Time]

They still exist.
They have a Jolly Roger sailing ship kit i built, all of them molds were out of alignment and the hull halve were off by a sixteenth of an inch from each other.

 

[kevin]

That looks great.

 

[wjbrandel]

Is Lindberg still in business? Their kits were iffy even in the 70s.

They are and their models are still iffy at best, I try to avoid them.

 

[Down Time]

Classic Lindberg for sure, which pretty much ensures you have to build it as such. Too difficult to correct. Still a fun build though.

It's fixable, just have to get creative.

 

[Down Time]

Deck is on, now I have the overhang to deal with.

 

[scottrc78]

I built that kit as a kid on my bedroom floor in about an hour. Everything fit good. Worn out molds and using cheap and inferior plastic material looks to have made this kit almost un-buildable.

 

[Down Time]

I built that kit as a kid on my bedroom floor in about an hour. Everything fit good. Worn out molds and using cheap and inferior plastic material looks to have made this kit almost un-buildable.

Almost

 

[locomotive]

Deck is on, now I have the overhang to deal with.

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Couldn't you leave it as it is?

 

[Down Time]

Couldn't you leave it as it is?

I could, but where is the fun in that