Building the Dumas Ace Sloop Part 1

Decided for this build series to make something from a simpler time and go back to the routes of RC sailing by making myself a free sailing model boat.

Picked up this Dumas Ace racing sloop 17 for about £30 so its a nice cheap kit well within everyone's budget.No RC is going in this model (though it would be simple to do by just adding a hatch) this one is just a trim and let it be free on your local pond or boating lake, thought it would be nice to try something less complicated and more vintage might be fun, if it spawned the hobby then it can't be all that bad?

The kits are pretty much all wood and seem fairly simple to build, the mahogany is a bit of a bugger to work with, however, and though a beginners kit smaller youngsters would probably need some help with construction. I think it's a good kit for a granddad to build with the grand kits and would be an interesting introduction to model boat building for them.

After seeing lots of people struggle with the instructions online thought I would make a build log of each step by step instruction to point out bits where people might struggle during the building process to help out my fellow modellers.

Anyway I hope you found the video helpful if you are making one of these free sailing kits, and if your not making one...well I hope you just enjoyed it