j.mahieux wrote:
Hi Neal,
Fantastic job, realy marvellous!!!!
Jean
Mon Ami Jean! How are you? Very good to hear from you my friend. I have some pictures coming soon to you of 'Life in Oklahoma.' Good luck on 'Le Grand Projet!'
Telford won't know what hit them!
JP64 wrote:
Incredible !!
Jp
Thank you sir! Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Dave Wooley wrote:
Callen I can only stand back and marvel at your ability and dexterity. I guess if I had just 1% of your amazing skill I would never finish a model . It's a great pleasure seeing such a model developed , and take the form it does. You sir are a master craftsman and artist combined.
Dave Wooley
Your comments are very kind Dave, and recognition from master modelers like you and Ron has really meant a lot to me over these past few months. You guys are the profs for the rest of us to learn from.
Actually I have a terrible time finishing models, but I'm not sure it's because of skill... it might just be 'completionitis' as they say. But there's nothing like a contest to help get your butt in gear.
Thanks again for dropping by.
NukeMM wrote:
Callen,
The most impressive part of this model in my opinion, besides the fact that it was scratch built, has got to be the rigging. It is the most ambitious, courageous, and meticulous rigging that I've seen. There were lines that could have been omitted (items that I would have said, "Naah." to; or "Good enough.") and you went all the way.
Thanks Carl. Much appreciated. I enjoy rigging, so that helps. It's a challenge though, to get it really clean like I'm used to seeing on your builds and Vlads, Kostas', Jim's etc. It was really providential I didn't have any major screw ups those last two days in Omaha. If I had had just one major slip of the finger and broke a mast, etc. That would have been the end, and I would have had nothing to enter after 9 months of work. Kind of got lucky with that, and hope I don't have to repeat the experience.
NukeMM wrote:
I assume that you brought an Opti-Visor with you, too.
I don't use them, although I probably should. So far my eyes are still in good shape, thank God.
NukeMM wrote:
You had figures in mind for this ship? Wow! I'm torn between if figures could add anything more to this impressive model, or not. I'm sure that the figures would also be the most impressive that I've seen.
The thing about Renaissance era figures is that you can give them things like pikes and trumpets, and they wear colors like gold and bright green etc. I am planning on figures for the poop deck, but I want to take a little break from carracks for the time being, just so I don't get burned out on them... Thinking of starting a '41
Akagi actually, haven't decided if I'm going to blog it or not...
Tom L. wrote:
Neal, she's wondeful. I could mine a thesaurus for well earned superlatives, but let's leave it at a most sincere *wonderful*, in every sense of the word's meaning.
Thank you Tom. That's exactly the feeling I had when I saw your carrack the first time. You got the ball rolling. I just kicked it down the field a bit.
Tom L. wrote:
What a story, too; finishing in the hotel at the last minute?
And, you won.
Wish you'd been there to see it. It was a lot of fun. I'm very grateful for the recognition.
Tom L. wrote:
This thread has really been something else; it exemplifies the best that can be found at ModelWarships.com. Kinda gives you the warm fuzzies.
It's a lot of fun to do. And it's such a great group of guys around here. I had no idea when I started it how supportive and helpful the community would be. I think sharing the hobby in this way really adds to the experience. I've learned a lot from everyone here, history, techniques and tips, modeling in general, competitions, etc. and it's all been positive. You'd think there'd be one or two bad apples, but I haven't run into any. Maybe it has to do with scratch-building? I don't know.
Tom L. wrote:
Congratulations on your First Place Scratchbuild at the Nationals, congratulations on this beautiful, wonderful model, and thank you for being an inspiration for me to get off my lazy katorkus.
Thank you sir! Like I said, you and Lars (maxim) got me going on this. Looking forward to your progress. Cheers!
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