Agreed. The stain looks great.

I just started get a small and easy one first as it is a trial and error hobby

Thanks. None of the kits I have done have had the smaller sail lines. I suppose it is to ensure the model doesn't end up too cluttered.

Billings Boats and Artesania latina probably have the biggest range. I would suggest starting with a smaller kit but make sure it involves planking the hull.

Thanks for this. Yes I know the model is different from the current one in Baltimore. I tried to say that in the intro when I said the current one is a "new version". It was fun model to build though!

Components for ladders and cannons were in the kit. I always adapt how I make parts like these as sometimes the methods in the instructions are complex.

Some kits use wood, others use plastic for the blocks and pulleys. This Artesania Latina kit uses wood. Plastic ones are much better as the tiny holes are more uniform.

@@calros3 Thank you for your reply. I interested to hear that you prefer plastic ones.

Double planked.

All parts were there. It was a great kit, and a challenging model to make. I too have done the Santa Maria and also the Pinta, See calros3 for the videos. I am nearly finished the Nina - will be nice to have all three Columbus ships.

I retract the question (you said mahogany stain) ;)

Yes La Provencale would be a perfect one to start with. It has some basic planking and some nice accessories to be made, which will give you a good introduction to model ship building. Good luck with the build!

@@calros3 thx mate I really appreciate that my aim is one day to do the HMS Bounty.

@@calros3 would I need an iron to bend the planks for this one would you reckon?

That's one way. I use a soldering iron with the planks dipped in water. My video of the Santa Maria shows it being done.

@@calros3 thank you mate sorry for all the questions.

Thanks for the question. I suppose the answer is that model ships are static displays and can be viewed from left, right, front or back so displaying everything square means that they are easier to view.

I still have the instructions and could photograph and email to you. Is your kit Artesania Latina, and do you have the plans?

The kit should have three documents. The first is the "instruction" booklet which has a line drawing of the Constellation on the front. Inside is an explanation of the way the "instructions" work, a parts list so you know the dimensions and materials for each part, and then a series of photographs of the model at each stage of construction. There are no other written instructions and I quickly adapted to this way of getting instructions. I rarely looked at the parts list and found the photographs adequate. If you don't have this document I can email photographs of it to you and you will be able to get the instructions that way. The other two documents are very large double sided plans of the hull and rigging. If you don't have these it would not be possible to make the model. They couldn't be photographed as they are so big and to scale. Even though it seemed that very little guidance was provided by the three documents I found that actually they did give all the instruction I needed to make a fantastic model - as long as I used lots of common sense. Every step there was a problem to be solved or a challenge to be overcome but I enjoyed that part of the build very much. (So much so that I then made another ship model from scratch - with no plans or instructions at all). The aol email address you gave me was rejected so I couldn't reply by email.