A 1:700 scale 1944 Mare Island Navy Yard

[prowannab]

I'm awe struck, simply amazing work.

[DAVID BILEK]

Thank you Bruno! I will contact you in early Septemer.

David

http://www.sweb.cz/davidbilek

[bgire]

Hello

This morning, Jean went farther in the YD33 assembly...









Also some wagons were corrected/completed and are now ready for commercialization :
a Box car X48 :



a War Emergency Gondola :



and a P20 crane :



More to follow later...
Jean and Bruno

[Rui Matos]

Amazingly Insane - but I'm in for some of the PE sets
Please keep up Bruno and Jean
- I wonder if you are pushing this to completion in time for SMW 2008?

Cheers,
Rui

[bgire]

Ladies and Gentlemen

Now may I introduce to you :
The YD33 large floating crane
Scale 1:700
100% photo-etching
(Not truly achieved... about one hundred tiny parts still to be added)







Jean and Bruno

[J. Soca]

Impressive, really impressive


Jose

[Serhan Oflas]

Why don't you make some etched 1/700 destroyers or cruisers or more? I am sure they will look much better than resins. You can simulate cave in details on hull frames lol.

I am going to quit hobby now...

[bgire]

Hello

Inside the YD33 you can find a lot of tiny details...

The conductor's greenhouse :





Part of machinery :





More to come later...
Jean & Bruno

[Rui Matos]

Impressive Bruno!!

I have one question/request:
- Can we have a overall picture of the current status of the project? Please? I am very curious on how this is going to be


Cheers,
Rui

[Reid]

[Sylvain Auger]

Reid, you took the emoticons right out of my mouth, so to-speak

This kind of work boggles the mind and doing it all in 1/700?? That's just crazy!!!

Keep up the excellent work guys and keep us updated

[M�LDERS]

Those Guys just lift the Bar in PE where it�s never been before.....insane........

[bgire]

Hello

Jean added today all the necessary access (catwalk and ladders) to the operator's greenhouse :





I (Bruno) am progressing in the assembly of the prototype full Gato hull structure and inclined twin slip... aaaaaargh, those tiny parts...

Jean & Bruno

[bgire]

Hello

At last, Jean came out exhausted after completing the YD33 floating crane assembly

This prototype is full of small flaws which will be corrected in the "production model". Some parts will be also deleted (too small or not really visible).
Nevermind, may I introduce to you this fantastic piece of art :













... and for this last one, hold tight to your chair :



... more to follow very soon

[MichelB]

(EXPLETIVE DELETED)

[Rui Matos]

MASSIVE


So... what's next, Bruno?

Rui

[JIM BAUMANN]

Really really rather good indeed!

The relief etching gives a sense of depth that I have hitherto not seen.

Most impressive!

Jim B

[Timmy C]

How was it painted, being already assembled? Or was it just not glued earlier?

[Cadman]

I love it and I want one!!

[bgire]

How was it painted, being already assembled?

The crane is left unpainted for now. What you see is the natural colour of the copper-nickel-zinc alloy of the etched parts.
This has been done so to better see any flaw, defect, etc. which would occur when assembling a so complex prototype.

I'm afraid due to the extremely fine relief detailing, the crane will have to be airbrushed.

According to Jean, this was the most challenging assembly ever for him. He's planning to remove some tiny parts to ease the assembly.
He took two weeks to assemble this beauty... and now he'll take a week of vacation to recover !