Dumas USS Crockett boat kit no runnding hardware, NIB $100 shipped USPS LOWER PRICE

[be69ar]

FOund this kit on a shelf (behind another "someday project kit") and remembered I was going to build a scale boat...about 5 years ago...kit is new in the box, but I don't have any running hardware.
Price: $100 includes USPS ground shipping to the lower 48. Outside the contiguous US, buyer to pay all shipping/insurance cost....PayPal OK.
Thanks for looking,
Mike

[nick84]

Trade For An Rtr Cen Mg10tr?

[Capt. Crunch]

I have a general Q on this Dumas Kit, wht do you think of the quality of the wood and plans?
I'm thinking of getting a Dumas CC runabout, but the only Dumas kit I've seen, a small Jon Boat, is v ery poor in wood and plans.

Thanks,

Cruncher

[be69ar]

Trade For An Rtr Cen Mg10tr?

Hi Nick...I'd like to say yes or no, but I really don't understand the item description that you have to trade...I got the Rtr part, but after that, I don't know what you mean. Please explain.
thanks,
Mike

[be69ar]

Hi Cruncher...well, I lived in Michigan most of my young life and lived on or near Lake St. Clair (smaller lake between Lake Huron and the Detroit River). Anyway, I built 5 Dumas boat kits...a wood DV 60, DV 40, Star 45 sailboat, Big Swamp Buggy and the real challenge, the Miss Thriftway hydoplane. Back in the day - very early 70's the plywood and Mahogany was all die cut. Depending on the production run, the die cuttting (sharp or dull blades) and wood (good laminations or just crumby wood selection) could vary by a factor of 2...my DV 60 was a pleasure to build and ran like crazy with a then monster OS 80M, the Thriftway a complete nightmare. The Star 45 sailboat (I still have the mast) was an OK build, but the hull ply was 1/8" and nearly impossible to bend over the formers. Swamp buggy wasn't too bad and the DV 40 was OK as well.
I looked through the USS Crockett and the die cutting and wood look pretty good compared to what I can remember. The real problem is today we have been spoiled with laser cut kits and die cutting simply does not afford you the same level of precision assembly. But I would say that the Crockett is a better kit than any of the Dumas kits I built previously and as time went along, Dumas seemed to improve the overall quality of their boat kits from 30 (oops, did I really say 30...really closer to 40 now) years ago. My dad owned a Chris Craft 16' runabout that I remember spending many a spring weekend striping and varnishing...but it was a beautiful boat and Dumas has the same or nearly the same boat in a kit and I've thought more than once to build one.
Hope this helps you in your decision.
Mike

I have a general Q on this Dumas Kit, wht do you think of the quality of the wood and plans?
I'm thinking of getting a Dumas CC runabout, but the only Dumas kit I've seen, a small Jon Boat, is v ery poor in wood and plans.

Thanks,

Cruncher

[nick84]

Hi Nick...I'd like to say yes or no, but I really don't understand the item description that you have to trade...I got the Rtr part, but after that, I don't know what you mean. Please explain.
thanks,
Mike

maybe next time i should add a link

heres the link:

http://www.cenracing.com/cars/mg10/mg10.html (cen truck)

[be69ar]

Hi Nick4...thanks for the link and the offer, looks neat but too advanced for my 9 year old grandson.
Mike

[dnchvs]

i have a fiberglass tug hull that i'll trate
from models by design/sea trojan

[be69ar]

i have a fiberglass tug hull that i'll trate
from models by design/sea trojan

...OK, you've got my attention...I've been looking for a tug to do...I went to Models by Design and read about this model...do you have just the hull or do you have the superstructure mentioned on the website? Question 2, I'll assume that you have experience building ships...are the fittings for 1:24 scale as easy to find as the website suggests?...also, what about a Kortz nozzle that size?
Please advise,
Mike

[dnchvs]

i was gonna build it as an american style tug...i have a deck on it and a stuffing tube installed it takes a 3,5 inch prop....really nice hull...i stoped working on it because i got a hartman tug hull

[dnchvs]

sorry...just the hull

[be69ar]

....thanks dnchvs for the offer, but it sounds like more work that I can tackle.

[srisser]

still have the boat for sale?? You said no running hardware......is the kit complete as it came in the original box? I know it will need running hardware and deck hardware from Dumas.

[be69ar]

SOLD to srisser pending receipt of funds.