FINISHED: Building Sword Fishing boat Andrea Gail in 1/350

[Guido]

Getting there slowly, Gents!

Lots of tiny parts to make now! I wish I could play the fiddle ... would do much help with the fiddeling.






Still plenty of small stuff to be done!

Cheers,
Guido

[Guido]

...
@ Christian: Nar klar!

Guido

[LE BOSCO]

superbe Guido !bravissimo maestro !!!!!
le bosco

[tweety777]

Do i hear a captain screaming something like "MMMAAAAMMMMAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"?
I really can imagen the captain would do so.

Looking really very good, and scary with that enormous wave.

Greetings Josse

[Rui Matos]

Brace yourselves Lads!!!
EXCELLENT Guido!


Tschuss,
Rui

[Dave Rowe]

The water effect is fantastic Guido

[Guido]

... one wonders that half a day goes into rigging up the outrigger.
The steel of the actual rigging is done in brass. I need it to actually carry the heavy outrigger otherwise connected to the hull only at the very front.





Cheers,
Guido

[Christian Bruer]

Hi Guido,

she looks great

[Rui Matos]

Hallo Guido

I don't know what else to keep on saying... Excellency at it's BEST!
Keep on - you're almost over the top of the wave

Cheers
Rui

PS: On a side note... we can make terrific models/dioramas without spending a lot of money! Skills and imagination makes more than half of a good project!

[Bigdaddy Mark]

What a fantastic job!

[J. Soca]

That is one unbelievable work Guido !!



Jose

[Lucky]

Hi Guido

very very nice ..
Luciano

[Guido]

Gentlemen-

Thank you for your continuing visits to this blog and your most gracious comments!
With a few more moves I have finished the Andrea Gail.








AS it turns out while watching the movie again, neither of the formerly shown screen shots were right: In the movie both outriggers were lashed aft before the ship went down! So much for photo-analysis!


For the next posting I will take care to get some dramatic effects into the show!


Cheers,
Guido

[Skiper]

Excellent work Guido. Even if you haven't see the movie (I wonder if there is someone who actually didn't), your small scene emits drama and imminent danger. Well done.

[Guido]

Gentlemen,

I forgot to mention that I finished the surface of the sea with a juicy coat of future to get some nice watery shine into the scene. It doesn�t really show that much in the photos and it is a matter of taste.



















I�ve been asked why I didn�t put the ship higher up the wave.
It�s difficult to say. I pushed the ship quite a bit around until I found a position that would be both dramatic and balanced at the same time. I found that putting the ship higher up hat wave made it look awkward and quite credible. So it is a matter of feeling really.

I certainly hope you like the result and that I have inspired you to sit down and build a model. Maybe you�ll try something new this or next time around!

Please feel free to contact me anytime to answer your questions.

Cheers,
Guido

[Cadman]

I love it!

[NukeMM]

Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful!

This must have been one of those "I just have to build it!" cravings. I'm sure that we all have those from time to time.

Although I've been enjoying the in-progress, final close ups, and the special lighting effects pics, I have been craving a zoomed out photo of the entire completed diorama, front and back.

[Guido]

... I have been craving a zoomed out photo of the entire completed diorama, front and back.

No problemo!









Cheers,
Guido

[NukeMM]

Oh, my!!

Guido,

That just provoked a sudden and surprising emotion in me. Truly. I'm just a little teary-eyed.

Thank you for obliging me and thank you for building this wonderful project!

[Timmy C]

Yay! Great to see it finished! Awesome shots =) The glossiness shows up really well in the closeups, less so in the long shots - possibly to do all the chaotic water colours.