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Hi Doris

First congratulations for your work, looks fantastic and I can believe the time spending on construction in this kind of boat
Remembered me, one of my first model 25 years ago, also sovereign of the seas : 1/180 from Airfix I believe, can't remenber,
and so far away from your model. Hope you have more determination than me to finish it, with masts, etc... mine is waiting for a long time something that he 'll never receive

Hello dear friends!
Thank you a lot for you words, I appreciate them a lot.
Maybe I will try one day to take part in an exhibition. This really will be a very exciting experience.
Chris: Very nice model, thank you for these beautiful pics, I like them very much. I also have this kit from Airfix finished, but it doesn´t look as nice as your model. I had no experience with building and especially painting of plastic models at that time.
But now I suppose the result of paper Sos will be better and of course more detailed.

How I continue now? I have already finished almost all decorations on the port and now I am decorating the starboard. Only lower part is missing.














Stand:

Starboard:


Together with Victory:

Whaou excellent, I like with Victory along the wall
did you went to Portsmouth to visit it ?

Those models are to precious to keep in a home. They belong in a museum or art gallery with protection against fire, flood, earthquake, weather, war, and theft. -- Russ

Hello everybody! Thank you very much for your kind compliments, I am very honored and appreciate your words a lot!
Unfortunately not, but I would like to visit England a lot.

Wow, this would be a great honor for me, but there are a lot of things on my models, which need improvement. Meantime I keep all my models in a special room, where they are protected against damage.

I continue making decorations, I finished most of them on both sides of the hull. I also created better letters on label for this model, the letters were first made from modeling clay, but I wasn´t satisfied. My friend from Slovakia gave me a very interesting motive and I realized it. The letters are now from paper and painted by gold colour. At the sides of the label I created two statues of Pegasus. This was quite difficult, because I had to reach perfect similar look of them and mirror symmetry.
Now I am making railing, I use for it wooden listels for high stiffness.
Here are a lot of photos from progress:





























New letters on the label:

Actual pictures:

Words fail me. I can only sit here in silent appreciation. Grand work .. just grand.

Simply mute with admiration.............. superlatives are not enough?

Quote from: Frederic Testard on February 15, 2011, 01:41:38 PM
I volunteer to make two planks. I'm not sure I can do them as nicely as Doris does, though.

I'll watch you Frederic!!!!!

Jerry

Stunning!  Thank you for continuing to post your photos and descriptions.  Really enjoy them. 

Cheers,
Dallas

Doris, some people would be proud if they had only made one of the two statues of Pegasus. I belong to these people.
And you made two, plus all the rest. What a fabulous achievement!

Just amazingly amazing. Sculpting is one of the highest skills to attain.

Maybe the model is not perfect; only Doris would know. Nevertheless it is most satisfactory. -- Russ

BEYOND WORDS!!!!

-Jerry