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Hello friends, the USS Vesuvius is finally available. The kit is in PDF format to print it yourself. It is in A4 format, but should fit on letter sized paper. The model is about 30cm long and has 429 parts. It costs 10 EUR and will be sent to you via email. More information and a...

Hello friends, the USS Vesuvius is finally available. The kit is in PDF format to print it yourself. It is in A4 format, but should fit on letter sized paper. The model is about 30cm long and has 429 parts. It costs 10 EUR and will be sent to you via email. More information and a...

Hi Barry, it really looks like your Eskimo is about done - good job! I wouldn't have the patience to design and build at the same time. Seeing a part not fitting, ripping it off and redesign it would drive me nuts. Instead, I give my designs to other people for test-building and let them...

Rob, think I misread your initial rules - I chose a free kit as well - but I am over 16, hope that my choice is nevertheless valid. Will start posting pictures soon (I assume there will be a separate forum?). For anyone interested: It is a M5A1 "Stuart VI" To be found...

Hey Rob, great announcement - it might even encourage me to try my first armour model. (Well, in fact I just glued together the framework ;) ) Michael

Good question... Roman, I need the results... I need to know if my collect order that I have sitting pending here will be for 5 or 6 Arizonas ;) regards, Michael

Hi Barry, boring? Hell no! Please show us how you did it. And when you are done - will you make the files available to us? best regards, Michael

Hello friends, This is truly a beautiful model. I have seen it built at the international card modeler convention in Bremerhaven, and couldn't resist to grab a kit. It is worth every cent - beautifully printed, all fold marks are outside the parts, lots of fine details, etc. It is not...

Roman, you present an absolutely wonderful model - well worth the wait. I've already started organizing a collect-order on kartonbau.de ;) best regards, Michael

Hello John John, the model was indeed never designed for modelers. It was designed for harbor firefighters - by building the kit, they should familiarize themselves with a ship of this type. At first only the bow part existed - the middle and stern piece were added later when the model...

Dear friends, the "Oregon" is now finished. You can find the final photos here: http://cardmodels.net/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=2123 As I am a bit proud of finishing my first larger model, I took the freedom to enter it into the large ship model competition. For me it was fun to build...

all that is left now are the last four boats. Maybe I can get it done on Sunday... best regards, Michael

Hello friends, today I finished the rigging. Doing it realistically was quite a challenge - about each photo I have of the original shows slightly different rigging - so I decided to an "average" of what I have seen on the images. To me it looks ok...

Hello friends, thank you for your kind words. The paper railing is 1:250 and comes in 2-rail and 3-rail variety. There are different colors available as well as railing 1:200. The link is: http://www.pleiner-modelle.de/ 1:200 railing from another manufacturer is also available from...

next part is adding the mast and starting the rigging. best regards Michael