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It probably is made of pewter metal. Thus stuff was popular in the old days, although probably considered environmentally unfriendly nowadays. I would try to remove the main decks and rebuild them with wood. A good quality plywood glued with some epoxy (2 components) would likely work with the original model. This is going to be a labor of Love but obviously, you love that ship so it should be very fulfilling. Keep a Repair-log and publish it in this thread. Thanks Yves- 10 replies
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A work of Love. Congratulations. Yves
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Jack, The model is superb as always. For the flu, make sure you take some Vitamin C and go to bed early. Yves
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Nothing that you cannot fix. Keep us updated. Yves
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Thanks for the link. This guy is amazing when it comes to painting with an airbrush. His model placed in the right setting may pass easily for the real thing. Yves
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Beautiful workmanship Jack. You are a perfectionist. Yves
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Greg, Are you taking some kind of Valium to keep your sanity while assembling all these small guns? Your work is impressive. Yves
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Jack, I bet it is pretty nerve wracking to start removing the bulkheads, from the finished hull. Will it hold? Will it just collapse on itself? I am anxious to see the results. Yves
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This is literally a floating fortress..... It feels so much like these indomitable medieval castles. Yves
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Jack, You are always exploring new way to build wood models. This is very interesting. Yves
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Glad to see you start a new shipyard, Jack. And this is an excellent choice with plenty of room for extra details and features. I will be following with a lot of interest and passion. Yves
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I suspect because of the weather. German ships were submitted to extreme cold weather in Northern Europe, whereas Japanese were always in the tropical islands. Yves
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Beautiful and timeless boat. Yves
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This painting reflects a Roman "Port Fluvial", which means a harbor located on a large river such as the Rhone in France. There are some huge underwater discoveries that were made recently in the Rhone river around Avignon or Valence (I cannot remember exactly) and they recovered from the bottom of the river, lots of Roman artifacts. A museum was opened for that matter. Technically, we would not have these big waves on a river, but I like your implementation much better. It gives a dynamic dimension to your model and diorama. Yves
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Absolutely beautiful. There is a nostalgic beauty to these ships that is impossible to find with modern boats. I agree with you that the lights are too strong. You need to dim them quite a bit. Yves
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The kit that you are seeing on these pictures was purchased on the Costa Brava (Cataluna) about 10 or 12 years ago. Constructo stopped producing them a long time ago. Yves
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I was able to locate a picture of the other kit in the Dioramas offering of Constructo: Yves
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Folks, Here is a rather uncommon kit made by Constructo from Spain, at the scale of 1/20. It is a diorama rather than a boat in the proper sense of the term. Constructo produced two of these special diorama kits: the one that we are reviewing today and another one depicting another motor powered boat sitting on a pier, in a small fishing village of southern Spain. The kit is made at the scale of 1/20 which is regrettable in a way for us Anglo-American lovers of standard scales such as 1:24th. Unfortunately, both kits are no longer available and can only be found on the secondary or used market. The kit is complete and comes with a very heavy base made of MDF, back walls, all woods parts and a lot of metal parts with two figures in white metal. The instructions are very detailed and written in at least 6 different languages for the European and world market. This is a picture provided by Constructo of what the final fishing boat would look like if it was finished. However, before it gets completed in that lovely shipyard, here are a few close-ups provided by Constructo to show the amount of details that went into the kit. I hope you enjoyed this unusual kit from our Spanish friends. Yves
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Well, I found this kit: http://www.squadron.com/v/vspfiles/photos/IT0857-2.jpg I agree that it is bigger than the original mini-copter that they used. I am not sure that it will fit. It is a good idea to try some planking to simulate the wood. Yves
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Jack, I think both are gorgeous and serve their purposes. Yves
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Ian, I am quite certain that with your skills and enthusiasm, you will not have any problems finding a job in that industry and help design the future marvels sailing our seas. Good luck and we all hope to see you back on this forum with your next project. Yves
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I have the feeling that the HobbiesGuinea.com picture is the result of a skilled amateur building these seats by hand. There is no way a kit manufacturer could provide seats hand stitched like the ones on the picture, unless the kit was worth a small fortune. You could do the same by placing some thin foam or rubber, a layer of leather on the plastic shells that you have and hand stitching them yourself. Yves
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There is probably nothing to follow, as I have no time to restore it, nor the desire to do that yet. I managed to find a small chopper at the scale of 1/48th which i believe will be more detailed than the one provided by Billing Boats. The ship would need to be thoroughly cleaned, sanded in some places, re-painted and lots of detail could be added. This was done with 30 years ago technology and paints and details are much better today than they used to be in the early 80's. If the urge to fix it sparks in my heart, then I will have a place to report the progress. Thank you for your interest. Yves
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