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Chuck, How about including an option for a mast and some rigging? At this scale, that would make for an incredible model. It would be more interesting than a couple of bilge pumps. Yves -
Just buy a few kits of the cross-section and glue them together....et voila...a full ship! Yves
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Jack, you could also try the soft pencil technique against the deck planks, before gluing them. It usually works quite well to give an appearance of caulking. Yves
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What a beautiful collection! Congratulations. I see that the heavy books have been moved somewhere else.... very good idea. So, what will be the next project? I cannot wait to read your Blog, again. Yves
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Beautiful. I love the magazines. Yves
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Back to the Scharnhorst..... For the Stuka and large planes, there is this site: http://www.largescaleplanes.com. These people do marvels, too. Yves
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Would it be time to start painting that middle deck structure, before gluing the decks? Or are you still waiting for parts to be glued against the walls? Yves
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Maybe you need to read the Spanish version to get all the details..... Yves
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A MASTERPIECE !!!! Absolutely stunning in its glass box. Definitely, the highlight of your collection. Yves
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I found that picture of a model of the Ise done in 1/100 scale. Obviously, this must be in a Japanese Models shop, somewhere in Japan. The picture was found on Pinterest. Yves
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How soon... ? I am glad you are building many ships at the same time..... I could not cope with the way they distribute the parts....and I am very patient. Yves
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What is that black surface you use to present your assemblies? Is it black glass? Marble? Thanks Yves
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Denis, You did a fantastic job and really extracted the essence of these old Heller kits. They are not easy and your is probably the nicest Jeanne d'Arc I have ever seen. Congratulations Yves
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Jack, this is great invention and so easy to build. Plus, you do not have to buy anything as all the parts are already in a normal household. Yves
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You need to use a better masking tape. That blue stuff is too strong. I would use Tamiya yellow masking tape. It is the absolute reference for the plastic modelers and small scale projects. Yves
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Very meticulous work Jack. You truly are a perfectionist. Yves
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I would not go too hard on the weathering of this ship. It really never got a chance to get dirty and was sunk very quickly after its launching. Yves
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Superb work Jack. I also love the collection of cats. They seem very active.... Yves
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You cannot let that happen...... oh NO!!!!! Please swap and put the books on the bottom shelf. This is a disaster in the making. You must love to live dangerously. Yves
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I was recently watching a factory tour of Microscale Decals (famous for their Railroads and airplanes decals). They store their decals in darkness and at about 70% humidity. The sunlight and the dry air are what cause the decals to go bad, apparently. Yves
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Knowing Heller and having assembled some of their kits, almost 50 years ago, I believe I can say that the molds and plastic injection sprues are about 50 years of age for the most part. You are simply benefiting from a revised instructions sheets, printed recently. Let's not forget that Heller was purchased by various companies (Airfix, Humbrol) in the recent years and have had to re-print their instructions sheets. Unless the box clearly states that it is a new tooling, there is no way Heller would have spent the time to redo the master molds (which are extremely expensive) for a rather obscure and exotic ship such as Jeanne d'Arc. We are not talking Bismark or Yamato here. This being said, I absolutely admire what you are doing and how you are improving this old kit. Kudos. It is a lot more difficult to assemble such an old kit than it is to put together a recent Tamiya or Trumpeter kit. Yves
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