Paper Ship: SMS Emden (1910), 1:250
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lufbramatt said:
Beautiful work, really fascinating seeing this come together, thanks for sharing the progress.
The number of these kits that get completed must be tiny, seeing the amount of skilled effort that has gone in to this.
What's the next one then? ;-)
Thanks very much! I always look online for other build logs of the same kit, but could only find one. Then, on the Paper Modellers forum I'm on, someone else ("Speedbird") saw my build and started their own HMV Emden:The number of these kits that get completed must be tiny, seeing the amount of skilled effort that has gone in to this.
What's the next one then? ;-)
http://www.papermodelers.com/forum/ships-watercraf...
It's well worth having a look at his thread because he usually builds 1:700 resin/plastic warships to an incredible standard. Anyway, having someone else to bounce ideas off was great, and his Emden is now nearly finished. It only took him 3 months, to my 8 months.
Not sure what the next paper ship will be. I get them from Germany, so I'll have a browse in April when I go over again. I'm keen to try Modelkasten Tungsten wire for the rigging (as "Speedbird" reccommends), becasue he reckons it makes intricate rigging a piece of cake, so maybe something of the same era. but smaller.
For anyone interested in model ships, this book is great:
Norman Ough is considered by many to be the greatest model ship builder of the 20th century. He drew exquisite plans for all his ships, in minute detail, sometimes just from photographs (often the ship in question’s details were still classified). He was reclusive, obsessive about his work, and apparently was even hospitalised a couple of times through not bothering to eat during the course of building a particular model!
Norman Ough is considered by many to be the greatest model ship builder of the 20th century. He drew exquisite plans for all his ships, in minute detail, sometimes just from photographs (often the ship in question’s details were still classified). He was reclusive, obsessive about his work, and apparently was even hospitalised a couple of times through not bothering to eat during the course of building a particular model!
robemcdonald said:
I used to do a bit of airfix stuff when i was younger but never had the patience to do it properly. I'm in awe of the attention to detail that some people are able to devote to things like this.
I guess if you aren't interested, then you don't have to read the thread.
FG
tight5 said:
Does seem to be male dominated - I guess a knitting and quilting exhibition would be the oppositeWhats the stubby aircraft carrier at 3:30
saaby93 said:
tight5 said:
Does seem to be male dominated - I guess a knitting and quilting exhibition would be the oppositeWhats the stubby aircraft carrier at 3:30
The carrier thing is - I think - a 3D depiction of the Roy Cross box top art work for the Airfix 1:72 Firefly - on HMAS Sydney:
There's a whole box art 'Special Interest Group' at some shows where they try and depict some of the better images with real models.
Edited by dr_gn on Sunday 17th February 18:43
farmergiles80 said:
dr_gn said:
Thanks! Won best in class today at the IPMS Halifax model show. Very happy with that:
Amazing! i'd be really interested in seeing more pictures of other builds that you've done.FG
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I also build plastic aircraft and cars (and anything else that takes my fancy). Look through this forum for anything started by me and it's probably some kind of build thread.
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