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Hello Haze, thanks for your reply. I have an Ender 3 V2 with at the moment a volume of 230*230*250, so I would scale down the model to 1/96 an upgrade to increase the buildvolume is a possibility in the future as well (after investing in a resin printer). Meanwhile the hull of the boat has received it's first coat of colour :

Hello Haze, I just stumbled upon your torpedoboat on Thingiverse (well, I do suppose it's the one you designed), and it's printing as we speak... or rather as I type, all parts at once, exept for the deck of course. Do you plan on selling the STL's for the Maine herself as well by any chance ?

Superb, and to think I'm strugling with a card ship ten times as long.

The oldest known paper model dates from the first half of the 16th century and is a sundial in the shape of a crucifix, designed by Georg Hartmann. https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Hartmann

Hello King, I just (re)discovered this tread and only now realize that you are using the same printer that I have. I haven't read up all the pages, so I don't know if you are still having problems with the prints not sticking to the glass ? It really comes down to levelling the bed. The only two other modifications I made to my printer are the adding of a filament guide (downloaded from thingiverse), this really helped against under extrusion since the filament is now not longer pulled down under an extreme angle, and replacing the stock extruder by an all metal upgrade. At the moment I'm building Revell's 1/144 Snowberry myself while the printer is printing parts for the frame for an RC semi. I do hope to use the printer to build an RC ship though, maybe a flowerclass but I would love a pre dreadnaught, I know there is one around, but I have not been able to find the "kit".

Well, I'll call this project finished (maybe I'll add Denise later to the stand, I'm not sure yet). But for now these are the final pictures :

Mooi werk. Er zijn niet veel duidelijk bouwverslagen voor dit type schip. Nice work, there aren't many clear buildlogs for this kind of vessel.

She looks fantastic, and it is a very beautifull ship. I started this collection about 4 or 5 years ago as well (over here it was from Altaya, not DeAgostini), but unfortunately I ran out of money to after about 18 or 19 parts 😔

Looking good so far. I haven't had the pleasure of working a one of the new generation wooden kits yet but the contents sure look good on your pictures. One thing that might be a turn off (at least for me) could be the lack of a paper instruction booklet, since I would not like my laptop to be set up next to a woodworking station.

Well, almost there gentlemen. When I started this kit I was kind of planning to make one of those underwater dioramas where she's "floating" on resin while divers are exploring beneath. I already had it planned, even including the vague remains of a wreck... till I discovered the price for resin... well, that plan went south real quick. So, just a ship on its stand... however, since Revell doesn't have the license anymore to sell this vessel as the Calypso, they had to blank out the stand... no more pretty lady swimming, no more "Calypso" on the stand, just a boring thing. Now that the "diorama" was out of the question, I still wanted to do something with at least one of the sharks and divers that are included in the kit, so I started fidling with those, and the stand... and some sand from the beach... Next session should be the final part, I think, there is just a wee flagpole, some tread and Denise to add... oh, and the props of course, almost forgot those Cheers...

Wow, that looks fantastic.

I'm so sorry to hear that, but I as well do understand. However I hope you are still going to continue working on her off grid... maybe when you are in a later phase you might still share pictures.

Looks very good so far, as for edges, it helps if you think of the paper as a kind of PE, so fold them (with a ruler or something) before attaching to the frames, that way they will be straight and sharp.

Well, Calypso is nearing completion, this weekend I managed to install the two main masts with the antennas to some degree of satisfaction. This job wasn't probably the easiest of things to do when the molds were brand new and the plastic parts were actually fitting... but now it's something really have to accept that I can't do it better than what it is, not without scratchbuilding (something I don't have the materials for now). A few other things (searchlight, compass ...) were also added to the upper deck.

Thank you for your reaction, I found this kit in my stash right between an Academy Titanic and a Revell Viking ship, where it has been laying dorment for at least 5 years (ever since we moved to this house) 😄 The fact that I started this kit was purely because it was one of the few kits I could start without going out for colours. (I have about 50 different colours and variations but for every other kit in my stash I was about a dozen of colours short).

Well, here we are again with a little update... actually it's a couple of little updates later now... The next step was introducing the bridge to the upper deck, wich went with no considerable problems, at that time I also added the inflatable rafts and a winch : The next step was the helicopter, now a Hughes 300 isn't a very big bird in real life and that doesn't get any better when you want to build one at 1/125... well, to be honest ; it went better than I had expected, the only thing that didn't work out as per instructions were the short supports for the tailboom, so I kind of scratched these from leftover parts : With some paint on it : And all parts so far in dry-fit (decals have been added to the helicopter as well now) :

Hello ladies and gentlemen, as a first modelling project for 2022 I have started Revell's old Calypso kit, last issued under the generic name "Ocean Exploration Vessel". The boxart : Contents of the box : To the left ; the decals supplied in this issue, to the right, original ones donated by a fellow modeller from another Belgian forum : First parts have been glued together : And have received a first layer of (Vallejo)paints : And a little bit of weathering : And its current state... waiting till some further tlc tomorrow :

Ah, yes indeed I was wrong about the channel, it was indeed in the "Drain the Oceans"-series.

Hello fellow countryman, welcome on board. Very nice work you've put into the Mercedes, I love it. Just last week there was documentary about the finding of the wreck on History channel, well actually it was a bit more about the legal fight over the ownership of it.

And finally the engine and display are finished : The tracks and sleepers of course are cardboard as well :

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen, many of you may not know me (anymore) because even though I have been a member of this forum for many many years (even from before the crash), the reason is that I have not posted anything for a long time. I believe this "non-ship" subforum is more recent than my latest buildlogs, and that is the reason I haven't been here for a long time. Now, I wish to accompany my "re-entry" with a log of my latest "work". Even though the model is very close to be finished, I will not post everything just like that ; that would not be a buildlog imho. About the kit... The Modelik Central Pacific n° Jupiter is a paper model to start with, yes, paper and cardboard. We all (well probably most of us) know Doris's fantastic shipmodel in paper and cardboard... I, on the other hand are now where even in the neighbourhood of her level, but I try to reproduce a somewhat decent model. The kit looks great in the book, and most of it (let's say 3/4 of it) is actually fantastic without any issues at all. The biggest problem I had is ofcourse the language ; the instruction are in Polish only, a language I sadly know nothing of. Yes, my frontdoor neighbout is Polish, but unfortunately she is also good looking, and since I kind of had a little indiscretion with my Russion nextdoot neighbour (who is even better looking), my wife would probably not tolerate me going over for translations 🤔 So I am doomed to only follow the drawings and improvise when needed... First steps into the adventure... We start with the frame, or chassis as we say over here : As I know I do not have the skills of a neurosurgeon with a scalpel I ordered the cardboard lasercut set with the paper kit, that is why the frame looks "raw"cardboard. Axl's are made of a rod of steel (or brass) wire rolled in paper : More details are added to the frame, and even though I am (or at least I used to be till 5 months ago) a traindriver myself ; I have no idea what these construction are : But we go on with the frame nonethelesss : The bogie (well, that is of course part of the frame as well) : Then came the wheels... or at least the first batch of them : Four of these : And with some paint on those :

Hello Bill, I'm glad to have found this log because I just got this kit from my wife yesterday for my birthday. With your log at hand I won't feel so lonely when I will start building her (right after I finish my CPRR n°60 Jupiter Paper model). I am a bit confused about your deck color though. Don't get me wrong ; the aging looks fantastic however, the Wasa didn't have time to age, she sank after sailing less than a nautical mile.

Thanks Wim. Well, yesterday was a bit scary I should say. Here was, ready to update my buildlog... and, there was a closedown of the servers again, luckily it seems all back to normal today. Anyway, a little update on the refineryship : Added yesterday : a pipe, two shields and the first floor of the actual refinery. The pipe consists of six parts, printed on normal 80 grams paper : Each of the two shields is a 3-layer lamination of heavier paper : And that's how she is at the moment, the next step will be adding supports for the next deck, I'll have to see what I'll use for that though, because those are parts not included in the booklet (kit).

Well, yesterday I was finally able to do just a little work on this ship. Added items are : - the front of the superstructure - the deck above the bridge - a few hatches and a pipe

That's looking fantastic, I suspect you make a few cannons now and than, rather than waiting till you need to build all of them ? I've tried my hands on a paper period ship only once (Santa Leocadia) but there was some kind of mistake in the kit so I gave up, but I'm sure I'll try another Shipyard kit again in the near future. (Maybe their new Fluete ship)