Over the years I have built several kit wooden ship models and two
from scratch; however my most recent was over fifteen years ago.

Recently retired, I took an old Model Shipways kit (Sultana- 1 sheet
of instructions) that had been purchased in 1980 and decided to "get back
into the hobby" with it. I did not use the metal fittings but built the
anchors, pumps, cannon, etc from scratch.

All in all, it was a good refresher for me.

The kit had been purchased for my father-in-law who never had the
opportunity to work on it. It was passed to my son who had little interest
and back to me in the mid-90's where it lay dormant until this spring.

Mike Sanderson