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She is a beaut, Clark !!! Yves

Interesting and unusual kit. I will be following with interest your model. Yves

Kevin, This rigging looks amazing. Man, you are patient and precise in your work. Yves

I am so glad you could donate your model to a Museum. This way, many people of all ages and backgrounds will be able to admire this superb model. Yves

You did a fantastic job on the gold ornaments. Yves

Please take some pictures from the show (if your hands are not too busy with kits and parts). Yves

That is a good feeling. I love it when I am discarding empty sprues or laser cut wooden plates, devoid of any parts. It means two things: 1) You are making great progress and 2) It is time to think about your next project. Yves

This is a quick presentation of the latest 1/200 kit from Trumpeter. I have two Japanese, one German ships at that scale and thought that I should also have one American vessel. I always wanted to build the kit from Lindberg about that famous Destroyer, but could not resolve myself to spend time on such a crude kit. When Trumpeter announced the production of the DD-445, it was worth investing into it (I got my kit from Squadron for less than $99.00). Of course, the Lindberg kit designed for flotation is much bigger, but the Trumpeter kit will fit nicely with the other ships I have. The box is very well presented and organized, as is the case with Trumpeter. As is the case with Trumpeter, the instructions comes with a nice double pages, showing the colors and paints required to finish the model. Two schemes are proposed: The first page shows all the parts available in the kit: A large sheet of decals is provided: Hull and deck are pre-packaged together: Two sheets of PE and a length of chains, are also included: I believe this little kit will be popular among the modelers. Trumpeter was planning to provide three different types of destroyer of that same class. We will see if they implement that idea, all the way. Yves

Great simplification of the hull building, by keeping it as a waterline model. Then the difficulty will be to recreate a realistic sea for the base. Yves

I am curious as why you placed a plastic tarp between the dirt and the concrete. I have not seen that done in NC, where I live. Yves

I like the color. I am doing a Chebec using cherry wood and the color is similar to that one, just more pale. Yves

That is a badass car, for sure. Great model, Craig. Yves

Very cute table.

Wieslaw, I have two questions for you: Which forum did you use to publish your work in Poland or northern Europe? I would love to follow your work there and get into more details. Is it the Polish Koga Models forum? I hope you have kept a library of all your 3D designs for that battleship in 1/200. Is this something you may consider sharing with other modelers or even sell? The Halinski card kit may be a good base to start this model, but all your added pieces are turning it into a museum quality model. Thank you for your time. Yves

Fantastic workmanship Wieslaw. Just amazing. I could not believe my eyes when I saw your "paper" hull !!! That is just incredible. The blending of "paper", cards and 3D printed parts (that you are designing yourself) is the way to go and your model will be ten times better and more precise than anything Trumpeter could come up with, if they ever decided to do a Fuso battleship. You truly are an artist and I hope you find the stamina and dedication to finish this incredible and so unique model Yves