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Culé and Chata

Barco de água Acima roughly translates to "boat of the upper river".   It was designed to transport cargo from the shallow upper reaches of the Tagus River and via canals.

 

The boat's tender is called a chata, which directly translated means 'flat', but in this context it means a flat-bottomed boat.

It is my second wooden model, second model of any kind since I was a young teen, and the first built from scratch. Not counting glue and paint, the only commercial parts are the rigging line, the cloth, the chain, and about 13 small wire rings. I fabricated the remaining metal parts from brass sheet, rod, and tubes. The wood is poplar, holly, cherry, and pear from trees felled by storms or found by the road.

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albergman

albergman

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Lovely work!!    Beautiful lines and, no doubt, a realistic colour scheme.   Great attention to detail too.

 

Frank

tarbrush

tarbrush

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Wow!!  that is absolutely beautiful!!  the modeling is masterful and the painting is a treat to behold!  

gkharrin

gkharrin

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Old model, new photos.  I finally got around to taking better photographs.  First I had to complete some unfinished details and cleanup.

BobG

BobG

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Outstanding craftsmanship! Beautiful boat and very colorful. Congratulations!

Viggen

Viggen

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Really, really nice work! Colors are beautifully done, bright as they should be, yet feels "to scale".

 

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