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Title: 1/285 th Eiffel Tower
Post by: mlcolbert on December 05, 2011, 01:53:10 PM

Hi guys, just thought some may appreciate this 1/285th scale model. It is NOT my work but I found it on the link below

http://www.ghqmodels.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4146

Title: Re: 1/285 th Eiffel Tower
Post by: Chuck Doan on December 06, 2011, 09:28:26 AM

Very clean build. I immediatly thouhgt of Dave at Vector cut.

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Post by: nk on December 07, 2011, 05:14:47 AM

Interesting. Its a good start and there is a lot of room for adding extra detail, if that is your thing.

Title: Re: 1/285 th Eiffel Tower
Post by: marc_reusser on December 07, 2011, 01:51:27 PM

Interesting...but when is he going to start adding the rivets? The ET is all about the rivets. ;D

Title: Re: 1/285 th Eiffel Tower
Post by: finescalerr on December 07, 2011, 02:45:56 PM

Rivet counter!!!! -- ssuR

Title: Re: 1/285 th Eiffel Tower
Post by: Mr Potato Head on December 07, 2011, 06:41:36 PM

There are roughly 2.5 million rivets! :oso start counting! ::)
MPH

Title: Re: 1/285 th Eiffel Tower
Post by: Frederic Testard on December 09, 2011, 01:28:57 AM

I agree with you, Marc, without the rivets, he should simply discard the tower. :)
Apart from this, and the utterly unbelievable work that building such a model can represent, the guy seems very fond of 1:285 scale. Does anybody here know this scale?

Title: Re: 1/285 th Eiffel Tower
Post by: David King on December 09, 2011, 06:23:23 AM

It's a wargaming scale;

http://www.ghqmodels.com/pages/military/index.asp

While the model is impressive it wasn't built to be finescale, it was built for wargaming, so it's quite unlikely he'll be adding any rivets.

David

Title: Re: 1/285 th Eiffel Tower
Post by: Frederic Testard on December 09, 2011, 09:02:45 AM

Thanks for the answer about the scale, David.

Title: Re: 1/285 th Eiffel Tower
Post by: lab-dad on December 09, 2011, 04:10:06 PM

NO RIVETS!?!?! :o :o :o
what the hell is holding it together? chickenfat?!?!? ??? ???

Title: Re: 1/285 th Eiffel Tower
Post by: finescalerr on December 10, 2011, 12:59:08 AM

A chickenfat joke! Welcome to my world! Around here I am the undisputed king of chickenfat. -- Russ

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