L'Ambitieux by Nek0 - Altaya

[Nek0]

Hello dear friends,

a friend of mine came home a few days ago and we took some nice shots of L'Ambitieux. It's not as advanced as I hoped to show you, but they are still nice photos so I share them with you. Not that bad for a kit made by Altaya ! The designers of the kit really made a good job.

The goal is to finish the hull of this one before I go back to the Soleil Royal. Let's hope it will be soon...! 😅

Anyway thank you very wuch for the "likes" and the kind words, it means a lot to me.

 

[yancovitch]

yum yum.....almost makes me want to start building again...but no can do....cheers   vc

ps...that's a very interesting thumb ya got there 😁

[Hubac's Historian]

This all looks exquisite and super tidy, Marc.  I don't think paint can be done better, and the light shading of the ornamental works really brings out their details.  I know you have done quite a lot to upgrade the kit, but the lines and overall basis of the Altaya design are really very good.  She would be the envy of anyone's home fleet!

[Nek0]

Thanks !

I would have loved to see another model by Victor !!

Yes, I immediatly knew there was something to do with these great carvings when I saw the add at the time. The kit didn't disappoint, of course there was a big amount of work to assemble the pieces together correctly but it was worth it !

 

[Hubac's Historian]

I know Victor has “retired” from model-making, but I’ve a funny feeling he’ll find inspiration somewhere.

[igorcap]

Beautiful, I like it. I have only one question - where did the quarter gallery  go and where do the officers go to the toilet now?

[Hubac's Historian]

I love the "Joy" wire sculpture, Vic.  We've been talking, so you know how I feel about all of your sculpture work, but I haven't seen your wire work until now.  That really made me feel as intended.

[Ian_Grant]

Vic, I knew you were a ship model artist, but these sculptures of yours are high art!  Christie's is waiting!

 

Cheers,

Ian

[yancovitch]

ah...removed pics as marc seems to have disappeared .......

[Nek0]

I'm still here ! I'm just struggling with the global organisation of my familiy, my job, my sport, but I've fixed a lot of things and life is much easier now than a few years back. Here are some news of L'Ambitieux, I quite like the general shape of the hull. The colors are very saturated in the pictures, in real the red is duller, and the yellow is lighter.

It's a small progression but the build still goes on. 

 

 

Edited Friday at 12:15 AM by Nek0

[yancovitch]

.he's alive!!!....he's alive!!! ..gads....you disappeared!!... absolutely marvelous!!!....oh...what's the future of le soleil royal?? too bad that kit is not available....

Edited Friday at 02:50 AM by yancovitch

[Hubac's Historian]

This is all extremely satisfying to see.  Your attention to surface-prep for the paint work can’t be missed.  It is all excellent - so happy to see you at it, again!

 

Best,

 

Marc