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Hi Folks,

this is my second try of posting a finished modell myself - the first one (a few years ago) went up the spout and I after that sent my postings to Jim who was so kind to pass them on for showing - I hope this one will work.

The Hapag Lloyd CMS Colombo Express is the first modell I've finished this year - the vessel itself went straight forward with the usual amount of addings and scratching. The containers however nearly drove me mad, but I'm quite pleased with the final results. I used some resin containers which are on the market, but wasn't very pleased with them- some of the blocks were totaly out of shape. I also used the decal set offered and approx. 4 Metres of reiling - not much of it visable, because they are mostly between the container stacks - however nice to know they are there - I've also added a few pics of the building:















I used an aquarium as display case which is excellent from my point of view - a DIY store here sells them in various sizes from just under € 10,00 upwards - I think they are fantastic for displaying modell ships.

and here come a few pics of the building stadiums:





















Hope you like her.

Cheers

Paul

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Yes - it worked

Cheers

Paul

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Excellent work as always, Paul.

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Very nice build.

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Beautifull job

A whole container full of Tamiya-Kits? Must be expensive in real life... Well done, looks good with all the enhancements.

Alex

I have no desire to build a 1/700 kit with PE,with the exception of this one.If I ever get to it,I hope the results are half as fantastic as this.

both for your build and the posting there-of!

Well done Paul!


JIM Baumann

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Dear friends,

thanks a lot for your kind and positiv feedbacks

Since the upload seems to go straight forward without any problems now I'll try and post some more in the future.

Kindest regards

Paul

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Great job. Those containers must have taken a long time with all those decals. Did you cut the hull or does this kit give a waterline option? Also what is this thing like 18-1/2 inches or like close to 500mm long?
Paul

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@P.F.N. A really good model!

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French Navy Antiaircraft Cruiser Colbert C 611,1964, 1/700

Very nice! I am wondering if anyone knows the built dimensions of the Colombo? I know the length, but what about width and height?

Her beam is 42.94m, which is 6.13cm in 1/700 scale. The height "from keel to superstructure" is 60.5m, or 8.64cm in 1/700 scale.

Figures for the original vessel taken from the description on the Revell instructions.

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lovely build, well done!

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Great work.

Scott

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great model!!

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