Hubert Boillot

Still have to recover my jaw from the floor ... Hubert

Bumping this one up. Do not hesitate to make me an offer. The lot will go, one way or another , before me moving to my new house mid-september. Hubert

Well guys, the donated kits are gone ! That was the easy part 😆 , even with shipping costs to cross the world ! Don’t hesitate to ask me questions or make me an offre for the other kits Hubert

Hi Alex, no worry. I got your emails, and your kit will be on his way this week. Thank you again !

Yes, thanks for the reminder. It went without saying for me, but it is always better to repeat it 🙂 ... I got some PMs already. Thanks for watching. Hubert

Hello all, As the building of my new house progresses and the prospects of moving there get nearer (this is hopefully my -2 or -1 house move, the next ones being to the crematorium with maybe a intermediate stop to the elderly home), I have to decide whether I will move all of the stash with me. The honest answer is no, because I will certainly not build everything I have. So I am selling some plastic ship kits. Shipping is extra, at cost, from Portugal to anywhere in the world. I will try to minimise the parcel weight without compromising the content, but you all know that postage costs can now kill a seemingly good deal. Payment is via Paypal, or, for European buyers, alternatively via SEPA banks transfer if you prefer. I will check the content before sending the kit and asking for final payment. If the content is not complete, I will not sell the kit. Therefore, I don't believe a return is a viable proposition. Some kits are really old, and the box shows it. Do not expect to buy collector-pristine boxes. I always believed (how self-delusional can one be ?) I would build all of them, and never had a collector's approach to these. I am open to (reasonable) counter-offers and grouped deals, but no trade. This is to free some space after all 😉. 1) Merit (Hobby-Boss) 1/200 Mikasa 1905. Sold I have a duplicate of this one, having subsequently bought the 1902 version, which I am keener on owing to the color scheme. Asking price : € 100 2) Revell 1/96 USS Kearsage. An old, and I believe OOP kit. The box top, in typical Revell fashion has taken some beating, but content OK. Asking price : € 60 3) Hasegawa 1/350 "Soya" Antartic Research vessel. Asking € 40 4) Eastern Express 1/350 Borodino . € 30 5) Zvesda 1/350 Cruiser Varyag. € 15 6) Otaki 1/36 (?) "Miss Tahiti" Ketch : € 30 7) Revell 1/160 Steam paddle-steamer "Goethe" : € 25. Box typical flap opening flimsy carboard, so battered just by looking at it 😐 8- ICM 1/350 "Grosser Kurfürst" WWI Battlewagon : € 20 9) Heller 1/600 Queen Mary 2: € 20 10) Glencoe 1/400 (approx) USS United States: € 40 11) Revell 1/350 SMS Emden : € 10 12) Revell SS Oriana (rare OOP liner ship). Scale approx 1/500. € 20 13) Lee 1/500 SS Brazil (ex-Revell molds). € 20. Instruction sheet is a photocopy of original, which was missing in my box. 14) Airfix 1/600 liners. € 10 each: * SS Canberra * RMS Queen Elzabeth II * RMS Queen Elizabeth 15) Airfix 1/160 (?) Great Western steam and sails liner . € 20 16) Revell ship kits. € 10 each* 1/350 Hawaian Pilot cargoship * 1/380 N/S Savannah * 1/400 Oil Tanker "Glasgow" * 1/471 Hospital ship "Hope" * USS Burton Island ice breaker 17) Revell 1/570 Queen Mary. € 15 18) IMEX Cargo ships. € 15 each * 1/400 MS Nedloyd Bharain * 1/450 Cargoliner Trinidad 19) 2 very rare ITC kits ship . Boxes old and worn. Don't expect collector-pristine condition, but nice kits kits when built * "ATLANTIC" 3-masted schooner. Charlie Barr's Atlantic-crossing record holder for 70 years. Asking € 40 * "Corsair II" steam yacht. JP Morgan's famous 1930 yacht/commuter. Asking € 20 20) Pyro "Blockade Runner" mixed propulsion. € 15 This is a 1/96 scale (I believe, but not too sure) kit of the famous Revenue Cutter Harriet Lane. Box shows the age of the kit. 21) Revell 1/125 "Calypso" research vessel. € 30 The kit was later renamed "research vessel" without the "Calypso" name, owing to a licensing conflict with the Cousteau foundation. 22) Giving free to a good home, but shipping on top. Gone ! * Imai 1/350 tall sailing vessels : Mircea, Nippon Maru, Juan Sebastian de Elcano, Cutty Sark * Lindberg Russian Missile tracking fishing trawler. About 1/140 scale, model of a North Atlatic fishing trawler. Box sound but grease-stained * Lindberg Motorized shrimp boat (1/60 ?) Please don't hesitate to ask me questions and contact me. Hubert

I pressed the « like » button only in your last post, but it’s just laziness from my part, because all your posts deserve the « like » ... Impressive woodworking and metalsmith talent ! I am in awe ! Absolutely love everything you have done so far. Keep it coming ! Hunert

Wow ! Another master lesson 👍 ! Hubert

I have been away for a couple of weeks (focusing on other projects like having a house built, until everything - including my own company - came to a grinding halt), but the feast for the eyes (well, mine at least, as I can imagine some of the strain on yours sometimes ) on returning is always so great ! Picking up my jaw, my chair, the popcorn and waiting for more Hubert

Errrrr..... WOW ! Hubert

Impressive work. I am going to sound a dissenting voice, but I like the picture of Jupiter better. It would contribute to make the whole set-up more realistic, IMHO. Hubert

What to say other than I am in absolute awe of your machining skills and ingenuity ? Excellent work seems a bit lame for a compliment. Hubert

Another amazing build and fantastic detailing. Love what you have done with this one ! Hubert

Amazing work continuing ! Hubert

Fantastic work, as usual ... Hubert

Yes, but which one is it really ? The first one, or the second you bought because you could not find the first, or the third because both the first and second of the same had disappeared 😉 ? That the one who has not multiples of the same tool throws the first nail at me 😁 ... Hubert

My workbench (used essentially for 1/32 plastic aircraft models) used to shrink to the usual free one-square-foot. I have invested in Hobbyzone (hoobyzone.pl) modules, and my modelling life was changed. Now, part of the discipline in modelling is to end up any session (admittedly not as frequent as I could wish) with a cleaning and putting back tools in their right place. It makes modelling so much more enjoyable, especially when you start every time with a clean (and orderly) bench . Hubert

You’ve been away from MSW for some time, Doris, but certainly not idle ! Wow ! What a return ! Tremendous progress, and always so beautiful ! I am sorry I cannot contribute more to your thread with more than praise, but your talent is way above my own modelling skills 🙂 Hubert

If it was ever possible, you keep besting yourself ! You certainly did with these gratings 👍 ! Hubert

Wow, Doris ! I had been totally impressed by your Royal Sovereign seen on a paper modelling forum, but this one promises to be even more jaw-droppingly good. Your talent is simply out-of-this-world. Hubert

In my eyes, the J-class is still the epitome of racing yachts, and you have rendered true justice to this classic among the classics. She looks sleek, beautiful, racy, even sexy ... A master achievement you can be proud of. If I may venture a small criticism, the cradle you have chosen, whilst justified for stability reasons, looks a bit « heavy » and spoils a little the fantastic lines of the hull. A fantastic result nevertheless. Well done ! Hubert

Impressive work evidenced throughout this thread, and even more impressive finished result. VERY well done 👍 Hubert

Absolutely unbelievable craftmanship ! All I can say is WOW ! Hubert

This site is full of outstanding build threads, but this one must be among the top 5 👍 ! The attention to detail and to scale realism, and the subtle weathering make the result absolutely above the rest. i will keep following your build with eagerness, Gary ! Hubert

Afonso, I am nothing like the masters here, who will certainly have better advice than me. But if you are looking for Spanish or Portuguese ships of the XVI/XVII Century, I would suggest you look at one of the Colombus triplet (Santa Maria / Nina / Pinta). I believe they exist in kits, are extensively researched with some great books on them, and still are not too complex, especially the smaller ones .... If you can find one, but they are scarce and awfully expensive, I also believe there is an Imai (plastic) kit of the Mataro, one of the most iconic ship models of Spain (it is a genuine XV or XVI Century ex-voto. Maybe not an accurate representation of a real ship, but the kit reproduces a famous model 😉 ) HTH Hubert