Vintage Colt Navy model kit!
Not your normal model kit! I’ve been looking for this kit since I saw it in the 1970’s! A holy grail for me, and now I’ve built it. Not a hard kit, but lots of gaps and filler needed. I’m SO happy I have finally built one!
This is really wonderful, Rick @rickschad
At first I thought it was the real thing but the glue bottle on the top right of the picture revealed that this had to be a model.
Very realistic.
Thanks John!
Great job. I have not seen that kit since my uncle gave me one for my 11th birthday.
Same here!
Wow! Fantastic!
Thanks you Spiros
Super cool. The grips really pay off the realism.
Thanks Matt! I studied a lot of photos of real examples.
That is beautiful, Rick @rickschad! 👍 It really looks authentic, too. I've had my eye on a new, black-powder reproduction of these, made by Uberti in Italy. I've never even fired a black-powder gun, but you've sure nailed the look and patina! 👏
You should absolutely get one! Either the Uberti or Pietta reproductions are fun to shoot and used ones are pretty affordable.
Thank you so very much!
Looks great! Loved these 1:1 kits when I was a kid, enjoy the real things now : )
So do I my friend! 😊
Fabulous! I am the proud owner of a Pietta Confederate Civil War Colt .44 with the brass receiver and you nailed the appearance!
Oh cool! Thank you! You are a lucky man, I tried my best by studying a few of them.
Very cool and unusual build, I think you nailed the bluing finish for the metal surfaces. The real kicker for me though was the excellent wood graining effect you were able to achieve. Nicely done Rick, @rickschad.
Thank you so much Walt, I love doing woodgrain!
Wow, a blast from the past! my dad did a couple of these way back when, I did the Colt peacemaker and a Winchester rifle. Thay are very hard to find, did you pay a fortune for yours?
Thanks Robert! These are impossible to find, this came into my local hobby shop in a big lot of old kits. The shop owner gave it to me! 😊
Fantastic looking Colt Rick, very realistic, the blueing and grips are spot on.
Thank you so much IAN
@rickschad - Amazing work. The entire piece is fantastic, but the wood grain is superb.
Thank you Brian!