Shrimp boats 1/48

[Philip Smith]

Amazing!

Philip

[Chris]

So the mast were built in brass with the first configuration for smallest trawler with a single mast
the main difficulty was to made the structure of each "beam" 
but it looks ok at this point

[EZnKY]

Beautiful brass work Chris!

[W.P. Rayner]

Gorgeous work Chris... very crisp and clean, thanks for sharing this project.

Paul

[Malachi Constant]

The boats are outstanding and the fabrication of that mast is a beautiful piece of work!  Really enjoying these photos, and looking forward to a big haul of shrump!

Cheers,
Dallas

[finescalerr]

It makes perfect sense to use brass for the masts and superstructure but I never would have thought of that. Very neat work. -- Russ

[Marc988]

Very nice !!

Looking foward to seeing the ships included in a layout !
BTW, any chance seing the layout on any exhibition somewhere in the future ?


Regards,
Marc

[Chris]

Marc the MRS layout will be in show in Paris (gennevilliers in May) maybe his last expo but I'm gonna make a thread on it
here's a link during the Adliswill show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hm_pe3JcWI&feature=player_embedded

The Trawlers will be on an O scale diorama of 6 feet long West Coast Florida theme during the seventies with a short line deserving shrimp industries with mechanical reefer,
so it's different, I hope that it'll be in show in Switzerland Adliswill 2012 not sure at the moment !!!

Some progress on N° 2 maybe I will call her Lucky Lady 

[Chris]

Today after several days of raining
good weather for fishing

[finescalerr]

The new photos above provide a good opportunity for a constructive suggestion about weathering your unpainted shrimp boats:

Look at the area around the bow, in the photos you just posted, where the anchor chain emerges. The coloration there (as in other places) seems, to my eye, too strong and looks like weathering powder on paint. (Actually, there would be chipped paint and rust there, too.) You can find the same effect on some other areas of that boat. Maybe a dilute overspray of paint would blend the strong coloration into the rest of the model. Just that one extra step would tone down the apparent overstatement.

Sometimes cameras exaggerate the contrast of our weathering so the model may look considerably better in person. Either way, I hope my comment will be a positive influence on the way you approach the boats under construction.

Russ

[madmike3434]

terrific modelling, i am very impressed.
mike

[Marc988]

Marc the MRS layout will be in show in Paris (gennevilliers in May) maybe his last expo but I'm gonna make a thread on it
here's a link during the Adliswill show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hm_pe3JcWI&feature=player_embedded

The Trawlers will be on an O scale diorama of 6 feet long West Coast Florida theme during the seventies with a short line deserving shrimp industries with mechanical reefer,
so it's different, I hope that it'll be in show in Switzerland Adliswill 2012 not sure at the moment !!!

Hi Chris,

I was refering to the new diorama, any preview on the West Coast diorama? 

As for the MRS, I feel lucky to have seen it a few years ago during an exhibition in Holland and spend my share of time in front it. I can only hope you can share some info on the layout and am sure the guys here will like what they see !! Highly recommended !

Regards,
Marc

[Chris]

The new photos above provide a good opportunity for a constructive suggestion about weathering your unpainted shrimp boats:

Look at the area around the bow, in the photos you just posted, where the anchor chain emerges. The coloration there (as in other places) seems, to my eye, too strong and looks like weathering powder on paint. (Actually, there would be chipped paint and rust there, too.) You can find the same effect on some other areas of that boat. Maybe a dilute overspray of paint would blend the strong coloration into the rest of the model. Just that one extra step would tone down the apparent overstatement.

Sometimes cameras exaggerate the contrast of our weathering so the model may look considerably better in person. Either way, I hope my comment will be a positive influence on the way you approach the boats under construction.

Russ

That's right in fact it was an HO scale model that I made a few years ago now, and I've not a really good experience about weathering technics 
this rust is too dark I think, & with an overspray and some wash I can obtain better results

[marc_reusser]

This is some absolutely beautiful scratchbuilding work...and just stunning brass work. 

Very depressing though...I now need to throw away my ship models


Marc

[madmike3434]

boy, i bet there is a lot of O scale modellers would love to get their hands on this as a kit.

mike