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[shropshire lad]

it all  would have been wattle and daubed

LMAO!!!

can we in America get some sub-titles?
I dont speak proper English.
-Mj

  Google it , you lazy Boy . Plenty of pictures there to look at .

  Nick

[Gordon Ferguson]

For any of you inspired by Anders workshops, here are a couple of photos passed on to me by a friend Andrew Milner;-

[Gordon Ferguson]

And one from my files "Little & large"  and my love of small bits of industrial kit


............... look carefully the 3 wheeler is doing the towing

[Malachi Constant]

And it hasn't even popped a wheelie ... yet. 

[marc_reusser]

From FB:

U boat type VIIC from Revell 1/144 scale; by Uun Barliansyah







I thought the water and overall scene were superb.

[marc_reusser]

Um...okay....

Yes, this is a model.  (1/16 scale Tiger Tank; by Dave Youngquist)



I was not able to find a "tell" that this was not a photo of a real one in a museum.

M

[Gordon Ferguson]

The "sea" is superb and as for the tank well it is the real thing ...isn't ?

Here is is one for Russ ................. 99% is paper, including the wheels and tyres





Build thread is here

http://www.papermodelers.com/forum/civilian-wheels/9675-clarktor-6-tow-tug-1-33rd-scale.html

Well worth taking the time to read thro' as there are a lot of tips which could be used with different materials 

[marc_reusser]

Gordon,

That is a very  cool and nicely built piece (odd scale though....1/33)

Thanks for th thread link...am going to have to give it a read-though.


Marc

[Junior]

That´s some really cool pictures there! Great shop pictures and the water is pure J.B. André quality although not the kind of water he would model. That tank....... !

Thanks for posting.

Anders

[Chuck Doan]

Some excellent metalworking going on here:


http://www.flickr.com/photos/modelsnprops/

[Ray Dunakin]

Wow... great stuff!

I'm generally not a fan of attempts to model agitated water because it rarely looks right, but the spray and foam on that sub model are amazing.

[finescalerr]

Two comments:

First, to my eye, the only thing that gives away the sub diorama is the water draining from the bow. The ocean looks wonderful. I would have expected the opposite.

Second, something I have learned in half a century of dealing with models: It ain't the material, it's the execution. If a modeler prefers to work exclusively in wood and knows his stuff, he can make it look like wood, metal, plastic, or stone. The same is true of experts working with any other material. Ray's transformation of plastic into "wood" is a superb example. Some traditionalists seem to dismiss paper but it simply combines the properties of wood and styrene. Nobody should be surprised by the material a modeler uses; we should only admire the results.

Russ

[Gordon Ferguson]

(odd scale though....1/33)

Marc

1/33 seems to be a "traditional scale" in the world of large scale paper planes, most the European manufacturers seem to produce printed paper plans to this scale . If you get the chance check out his Mitchel build, especially the work he did to super detail the engines.... the production of super thin rolled paper tubes is something I am going to practice and try as I am a bit fed up with thick walled plastic tubes

Russ, I use a fair amount of paper in my models and not surprised at the quality these guys produce .............. just thought you would like it

[marc_reusser]

This is 1/32 scale a scrapped fishing boat diorama, by Satoshi Araki








Marc

[marc_reusser]

Some from one of the masters; Marcel du Long

A freelance improvised piece using an Italieri "Barrachino" boat kit:




Stewart Tank:




MaK suit: