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Amazing work and craftsmanship as always Greg. The Italian Cruiser Zara is an excellent and unusual choice too. Don't forget to do some French vessels too... 😉 Yves- 45 replies
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Impressive!! It is like being on the deck, Mate. What a beautiful model, so precise and so perfect in every little details. Yves
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Well, I was not too happy with the anchoring system of this massive (and heavy) vessel. So, I decided to redo it and make it a lot more sturdy. There was a little bit of sagging and after a few days of standing by itself against the wall, it was not improving. So, this is what I came up with: You can see the idea: The black tube is going through the anchor plate (2 mm brass plate) and protruding enough to go through the wood brace of the frame. Another piece of tube is added at the juncture to increase the rigidity. The whole thing is soldered, resulting in a very rigid coupling. Now, you can hang a few pounds to the end of the black tube without any trace of sagging. This is the anchor assembled to the wooden frame. Two screws of 10-32 are holding the anchor plate: A little bit of spraying and it will be ready: The two moons are also slightly repainted and the shadow of the giant Jupiter planet is more realistic on each of them. The vessel is also more straight, due to the better anchoring: End of that very pleasant project. Everybody that visits has been enjoying the art piece and I hope this Log will entice you to come up with something unusual for this great kit. Yves
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May I suggest a few: St Antoine l’Abbaye Saint martin Villefranche Villeneuve there are so many places in France... Yves
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Excellent and unusual choice of boat. I love these Mediterranean ships and your choice of 1/36 scale is going to turn it into a very sizable model. Beautiful work. This is perfection. Yves
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Nils, I understand your dilemma. Maybe the Preiser will become available again, in the near future. What you could also do, is shorten the legs of the benches, to make them look more realistic. Yves
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Nils, there is something wrong with these seating passengers. Either they all have short legs, or the benches are way too high or they are not at the proper scale for this boat. It is disturbing on an otherwise beautiful model. Are these little people, Chinese toys? Since you live in Europe, you should look for PREISER figures at 1/48 scale. They are by far the best quality. Yves
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You are very kind 🙂 Yves
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It does to me too. This will be patched and re-painted. Yves
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B-25J Mitchell by Tom E - Revell - 1:48 Scale - PLASTIC
yvesvidal replied to Tom E's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Tom, It looks like you have been spending some serious money recently. I call that an investment. Yves -
This will be giant and very heavy.....Excellent idea to cut it in three modules. Yves
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Amazing results for a plastic model. Kudos. That is a beautiful boat with a Latin rigging. Yves
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For those of you who are as fanatic as I am about the 2001 Discovery ship, there is a fantastic reproduction made by a Japanese company: https://discovery-one.hlj.com/ Their model is exquisitely detailed and goes way beyond what Moebius did with their 1/144 kit. The ART MASTER 3D model comes fully assembled and painted by Japanese artist. It measures 5 feet 4 long and is a replica at the scale of 1/10th of the original prop created by Kubrick and his team. The price is way crazy at more than $14,300 each plus an additional $650 shipping fees. Unfortunately, even if you had the money, the list of orders is already closed. Below are some pictures of the incredible ART MASTER 3D model: A truly magnificent piece of art. Yves
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Thank you guys for the encouragement and compliments. I truly appreciate every one of them. Yves
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None of the above :-) The Discovery pictures are from my Android phone. Everything about the submarine is from an old Sony camera, unable to focus at short distance. Yves
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Well, the deep space "submarine" Discovery XD-1 is now completed: It will be a little while before I go back to the U-Boot but who knows..... the urge may come back, quickly. Yves
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And we finally come to an end of this project. Discovery is now orbiting the giant Planet Jupiter I hope you have enjoyed that project. Yves
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Superb work of patience and Love. Yves
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This Spanish Economic Web site seems to imply that AL is "In liquidacion", meaning Chapter 11 in the USA, or "toasted" for the rest of the world: https://empresite.eleconomista.es/ARTESANIA-LATINA.html Yves
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Re.... Hmmmmmm Why would a Spanish company go to HongKong? So unstable and so far away from their normal territories. Maybe the wife convinced him.... That could be a disastrous situation. Maybe the "Son" does not care.... Yves
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Beautiful results on the planking and nailing. Yves
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YTL-45 Taiwanese Navy tugboat by Erik W - FINISHED - 1/350 scale
yvesvidal replied to Erik W's topic in Plastic model kits
Absolutely superb. You should move that thread to the Build Log area. Yves -
oh oh somebody is smuggling liquors in the bilge.... Yves
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Beautiful and so peaceful. What a great cloister. Yves
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