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yvesvidal

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  1. Nils, What a great model you put together. I really love these Sweedish boats and wish Billing Boats could re-issue the Bohuslan and the Hjejlen in 1/48-1/50 scales. I am sure they would have a lot of success on the market place. Yves
  2. Great idea. I love that presentation as it reminds me of the half-hull presentation for boats and ships. Yves
  3. Excellent choice of model. It will be interesting to follow your progress. Yves
  4. Kevin, You need to find another way to present and picture your beautiful models. The trash bin does not do them justice 😉 Yves
  5. Nils, this is beautiful. Are you using one of these spoke wheels to emboss the rivets? Once painted, this is going to look terrific. On a side note, my brother dug out an old unfinished kit of the Billing Boats Hjejlen (spelling is probably incorrect) and I showed him your thread related to that boat. He is very excited and may finish it like you did. Yves
  6. How about using the so called silk paper used to wrap gifts or fill up gift bags? Once painted, it should be quite realistic. Yves
  7. I like the lack of symmetry of that ship. It makes it very interesting. Yves
  8. The new tubing makes an incredible difference. Well done. Yves
  9. That is looking really sharp. My favorite camo scheme, for sure. Yves
  10. Renault and Alpine have resurrected the famous and original A110: Above is a 2023 model, for $91,000. Yves
  11. I love that you try the black and white stripes camouflage. It is very well done. Yves
  12. Great job Kevin. It is coming along nicely and will be very swell once you fix that aftermost piece of moldings. Yves
  13. Rob, thank you for listing all the colors and types of paint you are using. This will be very helpful for future builders of this model. Yves
  14. Allan, nothing revolutionary here... Just assembly lines, a la Henry Ford. I will give more details and pictures once I get to the other side. Yves
  15. Progress on the gun port lids: Second quarter of the vessel, completed !!! I am starting to develop a technique to go a little bit faster and install these in an easier way. This side is now completely finished, as far as gun port lids go.... Still plenty of things to do.... Overall view of the beast... I will be travelling to Europe for an extended period of time and thus, it may be a while before the next update. Yves
  16. Great and big project. That will be exciting.... Yves
  17. Rob, Don't forget to tell us what you are using exactly, for paints. Acrylic, Lacquer, brushed, sprayed, brand and references. Thanks Yves
  18. All this is a significant amount of work on top of the kit hull as designed by Trumpeter. It reminds me of all the work I had to do on the hull and deck of my Trumpeter U-552 submarine. Yves
  19. Oh Yeah. I have been thinking about getting that kit. I will be watching your "great" progress with a lot of interest. Yves
  20. That helicopter is a fantastic improvement over the model provided in the kit. It looks really sharp.
  21. I started the tedious phase of building and installing the gun port lids. One quarter of the vessel, at a time.... CAF Models provides enough PE parts to make them movable and fully hinged. On my model, I have simplified the articulations and glued the lids into the ports. Just a couple of dozens to go..... Yves
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