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This is an accessory build to my Magenta in the scratch build section. Solferino was a Magenta-Class Ironclad Broadside Battleship. I am using this model primarily for research purposes, regarding locations and dimensions of deck fittings. I have the builders plans for the Magenta (Solferino) already printed out in 1/72 scale, but those have very little in the way of deck furniture and nothing regarding weaponry. I am going to use this model, combined with the excellent photos that a forum member very generously sent me of the model in the Paris Maritime Museum, to fill in those gaps. Secondarily, this will make a nice desktop model for my office. The kit is an Orel Card Kit: It will eventually look like this: I have never built a card ship kit, but I have built two card ships from scratch following Ab Hoving’s most excellent Tutorial on building in card from scratch. If you haven’t read that tutorial, I strongly recommend it. It is what started me down the road to scratch building. This build will be interesting. I am looking forward to starting this model.
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A few months back, during one of my regular tours of card model sites, I noticed that the website for Orel, a Ukrainian publisher, was down. Turns out it was down because the publisher was in the process of creating a new and improved site. Well, they are back up now, and here's the link: Orel Orel are not one of the old, well-established publishing houses, but they have been very, very prolific since opening up shop about ten years ago. They produce kits of ships, planes, vehicles, trains, and architecture. Their ship model line leans heavily towards Russian pre-Dreadnought era vessels, but ships from other eras and nations are well represented. One of their newest designs is of the USS Vesuvius 1888, a pneumatic-gun cruiser. Orel have also been gradually increasing their line of laser-cut and photo-etch detail sets. The new site is well done, functional, and easy to navigate. Check it out!
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