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Does look good. Wasn't sure they were still producing kits.

 

Why do modelling companies always have a ship sailing one way but the flags flowing another. Do they think the ship will be moving so fast that the flags will fly out behind?!!

 

 

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Posted
2 hours ago, Thunder said:

Why do modelling companies always have a ship sailing one way but the flags flowing another. Do they think the ship will be moving so fast that the flags will fly out behind?!!

 

The flag also look wrong. At the time naval ships could use either rectangular or the "three tongued" flag used today. We just don't know for certain what was used on Vasa. Personally, I think it looks better with the three tounged. 


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The great thing about the European kit manufacturers is that they help you to move to scratch building 😏 

Bounty - Billing Boats

Le Mirage - Corel

Sultan Arab Dhow - Artesania Latina

Royal Caroline - Panart (in progress)

Yacht Admiralty Amsterdam - Scratch build (design completed, ready to start build))

Posted
33 minutes ago, PRS said:

Instructions on CD?

 

No thanks.

All Artesania instructions are now supplied on a CD.

It can be problematic if your laptop doesn't have a drive, like my MacBook Pro. I took the disc to work to have it transferred to a USB drive so I can access for my review. Another problem is that I don't like to have my Mac in the workshop due to dust, so the only real option is to have it printed.

Posted
9 hours ago, Thunder said:

Why do modelling companies always have a ship sailing one way but the flags flowing another. Do they think the ship will be moving so fast that the flags will fly out behind?!!

 

That is a question of the ages.  Unless there's a hidden engine and prop, it really doesn't make sense.

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Posted

From what I understand, the material used in those flags had a magnetic property that used St. Elmo's fire to create a reverse energy that made them flow against the wind. I have never found that fabric, but I know it's out there. 

 

Rick Shousha

Montreal

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