A little bit of luck
A little bit of luck
I haven't taken anything out of the box yet, and doubt that I would be able to fit it back in if I did! When I make a start on it, I will post plenty of photographs.
Meanwhile, here is a picture of the full size boat.
Interesting to see your take on a drumbeat, I played bass in various rock & blues bands for 50 years until arthritis forced me to stop.
Meanwhile, here is a picture of the full size boat.
Interesting to see your take on a drumbeat, I played bass in various rock & blues bands for 50 years until arthritis forced me to stop.
Dave in West Oxfordshire
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Ian L1 - there are very few model shops that still have proper shops to visit and browse through, and staff that know what their customers want.
I am fortunate to live less than 30 minutes drive from Howes models in Kidlington, and as a regular customer the owner lets me know if he has something he thinks I would like. Most are finished and ready to go, but some poor chap had died and left a loft full of unstarted models, his widow sold them to Howes and I happened to drop by at the shop soon after they had arrived. Nick knows what sort of models I like, and he was spot-on with the Drumbeat.
I am also very fortunate to have a wife who puts up my boats around the house (her dad was an aeromodeller, so she's used to it!), and far from saying 'oh no, not another one' she told me to go back in and buy it. I had to admit to her that I had already done so!
The kit is exactly as it left the factory, a real time capsule from the 90s, when the Drumbeat was the pinnacle of Model Slipway's range.
I also have two other MS models, a Sentinel and a Tsekoa - both bought second hand and in need of restoration. The Tsekoa was built by David Metcalf himself, so is definitely worth getting it back on the water.
I am fortunate to live less than 30 minutes drive from Howes models in Kidlington, and as a regular customer the owner lets me know if he has something he thinks I would like. Most are finished and ready to go, but some poor chap had died and left a loft full of unstarted models, his widow sold them to Howes and I happened to drop by at the shop soon after they had arrived. Nick knows what sort of models I like, and he was spot-on with the Drumbeat.
I am also very fortunate to have a wife who puts up my boats around the house (her dad was an aeromodeller, so she's used to it!), and far from saying 'oh no, not another one' she told me to go back in and buy it. I had to admit to her that I had already done so!
The kit is exactly as it left the factory, a real time capsule from the 90s, when the Drumbeat was the pinnacle of Model Slipway's range.
I also have two other MS models, a Sentinel and a Tsekoa - both bought second hand and in need of restoration. The Tsekoa was built by David Metcalf himself, so is definitely worth getting it back on the water.
Dave in West Oxfordshire
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I have a source for spare parts for Drumbeat - I have just had a new mast assembly made
Please DM me for details
Please DM me for details
A little bit of luck
Thank you for your kind comments. My wife is very supportive of my hobbies (she wasn't too unhappy when I had to give up riding motor bikes, though!) and said exactly what I was thinking about the Drumbeat - might be the only untouched example left. I would have kicked myself severely had I let that slip through my hands.
I'm currently building a Billing's Emil Robin, but that shouldn't take too long, though I have 'several' unstarted kits in the loft (and a few in the model room, three under the bed…), but the Drumbeat will be built slowly and carefully - no spare parts available!
I'm currently building a Billing's Emil Robin, but that shouldn't take too long, though I have 'several' unstarted kits in the loft (and a few in the model room, three under the bed…), but the Drumbeat will be built slowly and carefully - no spare parts available!
Dave in West Oxfordshire
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You are so lucky to have a decent model shop that covers marine models. Most of the few model shops we have in Auckland carry mainly plane and car models. Enjoy you new purchase and look forward to viewing some photos. Cheers Ian New Zealand
Ian Langley
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Brilliant Dave. You have to take your opportunities when you can otherwise you can regret it later. Full marks to your wife.
Chris
Chris
Scratch building 7 Faireys at a scale of 1:12
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I was out with my wife for lunch in Oxford today, and dropped into my local model shop on the way home to buy a couple of 385 motors & props.
I know the owner there quite well, and he often invites me to look at his latest acquisitions, and initially was interested in a Graupner SAR boat, but then he hit me with the news that he had a brand new in box Model Slipway Drumbeat of Devon that had just come in for resale.
This is a kit I had always lusted after - I used to be a member of the Hanworth model club and one of the members had a Drumbeat and I often saw it on the water.
After a short friendly haggle, he made me a decent offer, and I rapidly accepted it.
I took the motors, etc. I had bought and put them in the car and told my wife that there was a long discontinued model unstarted available. Bless her, she immediately said I should go and get it before someone else snaps it up. It was in the car and back home before I really knew what I had done.
The kit was genuinely unstarted, never even take out of the box. I think this one will be bumped up to the top of the building list, though I have just started a Billing's Emil Robin and want to get that on the water soon.
I also have a Model Slipway Tsekoa that I bought built but well used. After some investigation, it turned out to have been built by Dave Metcalf, so it will definitely be worth restoring.
I know the owner there quite well, and he often invites me to look at his latest acquisitions, and initially was interested in a Graupner SAR boat, but then he hit me with the news that he had a brand new in box Model Slipway Drumbeat of Devon that had just come in for resale.
This is a kit I had always lusted after - I used to be a member of the Hanworth model club and one of the members had a Drumbeat and I often saw it on the water.
After a short friendly haggle, he made me a decent offer, and I rapidly accepted it.
I took the motors, etc. I had bought and put them in the car and told my wife that there was a long discontinued model unstarted available. Bless her, she immediately said I should go and get it before someone else snaps it up. It was in the car and back home before I really knew what I had done.
The kit was genuinely unstarted, never even take out of the box. I think this one will be bumped up to the top of the building list, though I have just started a Billing's Emil Robin and want to get that on the water soon.
I also have a Model Slipway Tsekoa that I bought built but well used. After some investigation, it turned out to have been built by Dave Metcalf, so it will definitely be worth restoring.
Dave in West Oxfordshire
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