1/350 RICHELIEU Dakar 1940-41

[LE BOSCO]

hello all

not much time this week to " tinker " so this morning I tried to make the master a 13.2 ....... it's just that I did not realize the size of the " beast " at 350 ..... 5mm long ! I reached at the end of my abilities with my hands



and it's overscale I'll find the solution in peeping in a friend's achievements who at draw of 13.2 for make a PE plank !! Homo sapiens zero point, machine one point not quite, for the double and single mounts, ok! only the conical base will be in volume, but for the quad mount , much of the mounts will be in volume! the proof ,the master



due the smallness of the thing ,obliged to stick a handling rod , impossible to hold it between the fingers!!!!
to compare the size



for the moment,I'll leave at this stage the arming 13.2 , and I will attack the 37mm double
a +
Nicolas

[dafi]

... I reached at the end of my abilities with my hands

...okokokokok...

You may take off the skiing gloves now and use your fingers ...



Astonishing as always, Daniel

[LE BOSCO]

......You may take off the skiing gloves now and use your fingers ..

very funny my friend it is not nice to make fun of me
thank's for your comment
Nicolas

[wefalck]

Your ability to 'carve' plastic sheet is quite amazing ...

wefalck

[bgire]

Your ability to 'carve' plastic sheet is quite amazing ...

... indeed...given the fact he's still wearing his skiing gloves
_Bruno
(a.k.a. the slave who's preparing custom PE for him)

[Apophysis]

Hello Nicholas,

do you have a German or a french one cent coin used as a size comparison because the German is much smaller since the crisis!

As usual, a great job!

Cheers!
Dirk

[boomstick68]

Nicolas your work is, how do you say, "BAD IN ASS!!!"

[LE BOSCO]

Hi gentlemen

thank's for your kind words I appreciate always your participation !
My Bruno , what are you doing here??? you better get back to drawing of my PE plank it is true that Bruno helps me tremendously and his help is invaluable , it is a good friend with a big-hearted
cheers
Nicolas

[j.mahieux]

[LE BOSCO]

Ho! Jean !

I am glad to "read" you here this friend is the one who has designed 13.2 in PE
"merci encore pour le coup de main"
cheers
Nicolas

[LE BOSCO]

HI folks

This week has been more than loaded, so the shipyard was idled! for the moment I expect the photoetched(belt degaussing and vents) that the friend Big Bear(Bruno) draw'n me. I attacked the harbor water. A view of the whole

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For now the water is black (undercoat) but I mostly worked the texture of the water. I try to get the look of calm water and lightly "dappled" a closeup of the appearance of the texture


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So, I ask you give me your opinions (good and bad) ,I need it to move forward
cheers
Nicolas

[PetrolGator]

LOVE the water Nicolas.

[LE BOSCO]

thank's chris for your feedback
cheers
nicolas

[sirmaumau]

any details about watermarking please?BOSCO?

[NWarty]

Nicolas,
That water is fantastic!!!

Beautiful stuff

[LE BOSCO]

thank you gent for your answer Sirmaumau ,What do you want exactly?how to do this water ?
Cheers
Nicolas

[LE BOSCO]

Hi gentlemen's

the work on the port continued this week .in first ,the small part in the corner of the diorama supposed to represent the portion of living water (with waves)



after to have protect with masking tape,of the plaster is applied on the corner .

then of the paper handkerchief is glued to a wooden glue,for give the texture basis of sea



in A the location of the future jetty and in B a full earth

the quay has been produced with two plates 3mm ??plastic card





the wall quay all around was carved to represent rubble stones of which it was made (a mad work )



I still have to represent the earth which was on the quay floor,at the time not asphalt on the quay
cheers
Nicolas

[Stein Gildberg]

This is interesting to follow Bosco!
I am working on a somewhat smaller, but in some respect similar scenario with two German destroyers in Narvik harbor on April 9th 1940. I am not very much experienced in making buildings, quays etc, so I will suck in all tips I can get!

Stein

[dafi]

Wonderful work, I love the rubble stones on the side

But my personal favorite are the small steps on the right hand side

And get yourself a fly for that you can progress a tad faster ...

XXXDAn

[LE BOSCO]

Dan ,on your advice,I drop the fly and I worked with "the mignons " to carved the rubble stones
Stein I like your expression " I will suck in all tips "
thank's for your feddeback
cheers
Nicolas