Brett Slater
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The photos of her in later life show her with the yards removed. I'm not sure when this was done to be honest. At some point there was a refit and the upper deck was remodelled - perhaps it was then or when she did her Boer war service as troop carrier. Being my first foray into the nautical arena i decided early on that i would model her without yards but in a pre refit configuration . Maybe this is historically incorrect but the prospect of tackling the yards felt too much given my lack of experience. With hindsight this is my biggest regret, the rigging wasn't as difficult as i imagined it would be and i think i could have managed it (suspect it might have taken another few months though).
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Brett Slater reacted to a post in a topic: RMS Servia by Brett Slater - FINISHED - scale 1/196
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Brett Slater reacted to a post in a topic: RMS Servia by Brett Slater - FINISHED - scale 1/196
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Brett Slater reacted to a post in a topic: RMS Servia by Brett Slater - FINISHED - scale 1/196
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Brett Slater reacted to a post in a topic: USS ENGLAND (DE-635) by ccoyle - FINISHED - HMV - 1/250 - CARD
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Beautiful work i didn't realise these types of kits existed. I imagine they must take a huge amount of precision and skill to make them look this un-card like. Dread to think how tricky the curves must be.
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If you want to see absolute card genius have a look at the work of DORIS on this site. Here is an example
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Yes it is (first anything in about 35 years tbh) and believe me I've made plenty of mistakes along the way (as you'll see when i post some proper pictures of the whole thing). Most i've managed to fix but some i spotted too late and will have to live with. Have too say that i've absolutely loved working on this though.
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