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AMAZING!!!

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Nichol Caballero
Civil Engineer and Ship Enthusiast

Exquisite job so far Bruno!!

Hello Folks! It's us again

Busy busy times... but Jean managed to assemble the crazy rail road stuff he designed from Harry Dente's data...

Some prototypes here. We found many improvements to be made in those soooo small items, so we'll redesign the whole sheet, which proved far too difficult to assemble for normal minded modellers

Some locos with a small harbor tug on the South pier (more on the tug below)



Mogul 2-6-0 (left) and Switcher 2-6-0 (right)




The Mogul (remember... 100% photo etching):



Note the "small" tweezer at right...





The Switcher :

During assembly. Note the boiler rear plate with details...







a tender :





Now let's return to naval subject. Jean bought a BattleFleet Models small Harbor Tug... and couldn't resist improving this very small kit...
First he made an underwater body (foam and putty):





Then he designed a photo etched superstructure :





And the tug was taken out of water for refit...



With a Consolidation in foreground



... sooooo, still working, getting more and more crazy/ insane

Jean and Bruno

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A day spent without laughing is a wasted day!

Superb

John

This really unfair to the 1/350 guys!

Awesome engines!!!!

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Timothy Dike
Owner & Administrator
ModelWarships.com

I couldn't have put it better myself!

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"It is best to remain silent and let others assume you are dumb than to speak up and remove all doubt"

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Are these locomotives made out of P.E's alone?
You guys are amazing!!

Yes : .1mm thick nickel steel, relief etched.
(except for the stacks which are scratch built from plastic rod)

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A day spent without laughing is a wasted day!

Brilliant work

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I'll build anything that has big guns, flat decks & clean lines. I'll also have some CA's, CB's & CL's thanks.

I'm amazed at what you did with the stuff I sent! I'm kind of embarrased to be named there-I just scanned some old books' data, after all.
The detail you included rivals that on RTR N scale stuff (1/160)! Always wanted to do a slice of Mare Island in N, but the prospect of scratchbuilding all the ships...brrr! Amazing what you've done so far.
Now if we can etch those drivers separately and find a micro-motor the right diameter for the boilers...

Why should we find a micro-motor ? These were steam engines, so we need a micro-steam-boiler

Nevertheless, Harry, you gave us a major contribution to this crazy thing

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A day spent without laughing is a wasted day!

This is one of the most baffling things I've ever seen...

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If all else fails, a complete pig-headed refusal to see facts in the face will see us through. - General Melchett

Hi people. Twenty plus years ago, when I was a boy, I used to be a dedicated railroad guy. My grandpa had a nice collection of Märklin HO engines of the sixties and seventies. They are still there in my parents´ home and still today look very nice the rare times I peek into the boxes.
But those "micromachines" of yours! Oh my God! They would be very well detailed for 1/87.
I´m absolutely out of words about this whole thing.

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Luis Crespo "Sparrow".

I would like to join all those who hope you make ypur photoetch commercially availaable. Thanks for the inspiring photos!

Hello, it's us again
Back on the air after forty busy days...

We spent the last weeks correcting the preceding photo-etched sets, expanding the submarine section sheets to a full Gato hull (more to show next week)... and designing/ prototype etching/ prototype assembling a new one...

This time, Jean and me went farther into the insanity/ madness (as you want).
Jean had been fascinated for a long time by this :



This is (left) the YD33, a 150tons floating crane with a very complex revolving structure which was used from 1918 to 1975 at Mare Island

Jean literally browsed all available pictures on NavSource which included the crane (or part of it) and drew the plans at scale 1:700. He designed two gorgeous sheets of fantastic ultra-detailed parts (down to the rivets !) and sent them to me for etching.

Here is one of the etched sheets :



As you may see on these enlarged parts, detailing is amazing :





Last week, Jean began the prototype assembly :

First the floating barge :



Then the fixed structure :







Next came the extraordinary complex revolving structure :
(remember, this is 1:700 scale and 100% photo etching !)







The windlasses come from BattleFleet Models :











... to be continued

The assembly showed some minor modifications to be made on production models to make the fitting easier : this has been so far the most challenging photo-etched project we've ever made.

Some new stuff should be posted in about one week.

Jean and Bruno

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A day spent without laughing is a wasted day!

Wow. What more can you say? You guys are... wow.

Fascinating!!
I love big old yard cranes--they are a topic to themselves

Bravo!

JIM B

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....I buy them at three times the speed I build 'em.... will I live long enough to empty my stash...?
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Hi Jean and Bruno!

Have you any idea, when anything from your PE sets will be available for sale?

Cannot wait too long !! - 1/ I am motorbiker and 2/my diabetes is worse year by year...

Thanx and Cheers

David

http://www.sweb.cz/davidbilek

By early September the following should be ready :
- Rail road stuff : locos and wagons
- All the piers with equipment
- Buildings
- The pier large cranes
- Most of the barges : workshop barge, power barge, dredge USS Endicott
Upon completion and to come later this year:
- The twin slip with submarine stuff
- The YD33 large floating crane
- and probably more (surprise !)

When times come, please contact me via PM.
Bruno

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