Central Pacific n°60 "Jupiter" by dancooper - FINISHED - Modelik - 1/25 scale

[dancooper]

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 :

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 15, 2021 by dancooper

[popeye the sailor]

looks really good!  these paper kits are neat  

[dancooper]

And finally the engine and display are finished :

 

 

 

The tracks and sleepers of course are cardboard as well :

 

[popeye the sailor]

she looks superb....very nicely done!  

[GrandpaPhil]

Nicely done!