Recently, I have been asked for copies of the Regina Jact instruction diagrams. In trying to help the gentleman, I did a search of my own. I knew what I was going to find. Wood kits are much different than plastic kits.....there is a lot more scratch build that goes into them. This is not to say that there isn't for plastic kits, but for plastic kits, after market and special detail parts can be ordered....the use of photo etch parts are also available. Plastic kits have an abundance of detail pre molded into the parts, whereas wood kits are bland and require extra wood to be either machined or shaped to create the added detail.
I've done similar searches for projects that I wanted to do. Sadly, wooden ship modeling companies only distribute the instruction parts of their kits. Diagrams and what can be called blueprints, are not usually released.......even if the model in question is long out of production. One of my projects is an old Billing Boat model kit called the Progress, kit number # 443. It was produced as far back as 1977, along with the Billing Nordkap....the kit is likely much older. By estimates, I have an old 1977 catalog that lists it.......same scale as the Nordkap and very similar. They may be similar ships, but the kits are clones of one another. Trying to find the instructions for the Progress have been close to fruitless....but I did manage to find a couple of these diagram pictures. The Regina is just the opposite......I have found the instruction texts, but these diagrams are nowhere to be seen. As far as I am aware, the kit is out of production, and due to the company structure, they cannot be ordered from them. The rely on their distributors to handle the customer service end....and I have a good idea how they handle it.......mostly at their expense. It is with this knowledge that I post these diagrams. There are three of them. they are large sheets, so doing them as a full sheet is out of the question, and to post them as a full sheet would make it hard to read what is a part number or color. There should be enough of an over lap for one to tape them together in the order that I took the pictures. They have not been reduced. The order is left top, right top, right bottom, and left bottom. To be clear.......I will not make copies, nor will I give them away. I make no money for doing this.......but if these diagrams will not be released to the public, someone has to do it. I had a lot of enjoyment building my model of the Regina.........if it saves just one kit from hitting the garbage due to lost instructions or diagrams, then this will be worth it. I hope you find these useful. If not, I am always happy to help.
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