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Topic review - Gunboat type "Achéron" France 1885 1/700 scratch
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JIM BAUMANN
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@Mabmanu

How far from the finish are you Charles Martel...? :thumbs_up_1: :wave_1: that is the ultimate( outrageous looking! ) member of the class in my view :cool_2:

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@ Guest. C .. 1/6000 eh- -that means you can have a huge fleet in a shoebox..? ! ?!:thumbs_up_1: :big_grin:

For your interest

my contributions to French pre=-Dread models hitherto..


Bouvet http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/sh ... index.html

Carnot http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/sh ... index.html

Jeannd'Arc http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... /index.htm

Massena http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/sh ... eview.html

Henri IV http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/sh ... eview.html
Post Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 5:04 pm
mabmanu
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Hi Guest

1/6000 ... :woo_hoo:



My little French fleet currently includes.

A Cruiser class d'Assas (finished)
The Coast Guard Battleship Bouvines (the crew is missing)
The Gunboat Acheron (The painting is not finished)
Battleship Neptune (finished)

Monday I attack the Coast Guard Battleship Le Furieux .


lot of work for these battleships

Battleship Charlemagne
Battleship Bouvet
Battleship Charles Martel
Battleship Massena
Post Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 3:33 pm
Guest
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Hi Mabmanu,

that's correct! Here is the rest of the Marine National so far: Hoche (as built), Magenta, Amiral Duperré.

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Next to be made is Amiral Baudin. These are resin castings of scratchbuilds I made in 1/6000 scale.

I very much like Your scratchbuilding skills. And again, after checking it some more: what a cool and exotic subject. All the best!

C.
Post Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 12:15 pm
mabmanu
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Christian Reber wrote:
What a great subject!

The funny thing about it is that I finished painting mine just minutes before I checked the message board...

All the best!

Christian.

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Hoche

Achéron

Valmy

D'Assas Class
Post Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 7:13 am
1:6000
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What a great subject!

The funny thing about it is that I finished painting mine just minutes before I checked the message board...

All the best!

Christian.

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Post Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 4:30 am
MichelB
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Nice! :woo_hoo: And inspiring!
Post Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 1:53 am
Quincy
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Very impressive scratch building!! :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:




Bob Pink. :wave_1:
Post Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 8:57 pm
JIM BAUMANN
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....they are flotation rings/lifebelts --part of the life-saving apparatus.

regards

JIM B :wave_1:


encs some cropped images of Bouvet


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Post Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 6:47 pm
mabmanu
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thank you all

For jim

I do not know any more ,but it is clearly visible in both photos and on many other

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Post Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 1:26 am
JimRussell
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What are the two objects hanging from davits at the very stern? They look like automobile tires but it seems to be the wrong place for a "fender" and in 1885 the automobile tire has not yet been invented?
Post Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 12:16 am
LE BOSCO
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:wave_1: Patrice

well done,nice job :thumbs_up_1: and as the saying moomoon "ugly ship" but all boats of that time, resembles a irons,but
I love them well :smallsmile:
cheers
nicolas
Post Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 11:46 pm
moomoon
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Ugly ship, but interesting subject and very nice model :thumbs_up_1:
Post Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 4:43 pm
DariusP
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Looks good mabmanu :thumbs_up_1:
Post Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 11:33 am
PetrolGator
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Love it. Ships from the late 1800's are so visually interesting. Impressive scratch job.
Post Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:16 am
mabmanu
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Work of the night ...
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Post Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 4:49 am
JimRussell
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A fast trip from white blob to detailed and handsome.
Post Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 11:39 pm
mabmanu
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Hello .
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Post Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 9:59 am
DariusP
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Tumblehome, big gun... looks interesting!
Post Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:22 am
mabmanu
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The first paintings ...
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Post Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 4:19 pm
mabmanu
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DariusP wrote:
You do know that there was full set of drawings of Acheron class gunboat published in a French magazine (possibly Modèle Réduit de Bateaux)?


I don't know , thank you .
I'll look for that review.
Post Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 8:20 am

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