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    Higaki Kaisen (WoodyJoe 1:72) by Ekis

    A traditional cargo ship from the Edo period (18th century Japan) transformed into a leisure boat (bezaisen) for a daimyo or shogun. Red colors and Indian ink, "Mon" (emblem) of the Tokugawa family, warlord during the Edo period. Base made from a tea box and Japanese chopsticks to recall these...
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    Higaki kaïsen 1:72 (Woody Joe) byEkis [COMPLETED BUILD]

    A new shipyard opens ! A little history... Two types of sailing ships, once used to transport taru (casks) of sake from Kamigata (上方, the present Keihanshin area of Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe) to Edo (now Tokyo). Until the Meiji period (1868-1911), movement from the center of the capital Kyoto to...
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    New kit Atakebune - Woody JOE 1/100

    Woody JOE, contrary to what its name indicates, is a brand of a Japanese manufacturer of wooden model boats (Higaki-Kaïsen for example), Japanese castles, temples, etc... It is often of great quality, but expensive... in addition to the rather high postage (Japan import), and the new VAT to be...
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    Help in California!

    Hello all, I need the help of the modelers community living in California! :) I built for a friend a Bleriot XI identical to the one I presented here. It is a 1/10th scale model from the Amati kit. I am French, and I live in France. When I sent the model to my friend, I took absolutely every...
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    NordlandsBoat -1:20 - Billing Boats [COMPLETED BUILD]

    A new shipyard to change a little bit the stones... This is the BillingBoats kit of a boat that you don't see much: a Nordlandsboat! Direct descendant of the landskips of the peoples of Northern Europe. The Nordlandsbaaden is a type of boat from Nordland, northern Norway, and dates from the...
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    18th century harbour crane - 1/72 Shipyard models - cardboard

    I haven't yet resumed the construction of the village... But, as I had started something different on vacation, I preferred to finish it before resuming... So this is a cardboard Shipyard model ! It's at 172 scale (the village is at 187) : it's an 18th century harbour crane located in...
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    Medieval Fortified Village

    So... I started something completely different. Years ago (around twenty!), I subscribed to a Del Prado collection (when it still existed ...). I never had time to do this thing, and I quietly locked it in boxes all this time. Today, to change things a bit, I brought out all this stuff, and I...
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    Endeavour 1934 - yacht J-class - 1:80 Amati

    It's been a while since I started this boat, but I'm moving much more slowly than usual... It's summer, I have things to do outside the model. This is the 1934 J-class sailboat Endeavour, America's Cup challenger. An elegant sailboat with very pure lines, a design made for the race...
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    Ictineo II 1864 - 1:46 - WoodenKit

    It's time to take care of this wooden submarine: the Ictineo II (1864), scale 1/46, a kit of an unknown Russian brand (WoodenKit) ... Ictineo II is the first autonomous submarine equipped with a real chemical reaction engine. With a reinforced wood structure in steel, copper and brass: it is...
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    Canon Jolle 1:72 - Master Korabel [COMPLETED BUILD]

    It is a Swedish type gunboat of 1801 The Korabel Master Kit is 1:72 scale. Le kit est composé de toutes les pièces en découpe laser, pour certaines planches en poirier... The instructions are in Russian, but I found on the net an English pdf file that I adapted in French. This...
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    Blériot XI (1909) - 1/10-Amati [COMPLETED BUILD]

    Blériot XI (1909) from Amati Wood assembly for the most part, metal for the motor and the controls, fabric for the wing ... Scale 1/10 - length 84cm - wingspan 80cm The Blériot XI or Blériot Type XI is a light monoplane, built between 1909 and 1931, by the French aeronautical manufacturer...
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    La Flore, french frigate 18th - 1/84 Constructo

    La Flore is a French frigate of the 18th century with a completed profile that marks the advent of the age of sail. This model kit Constructo was built in 7 months, with my colors and respecting the monograph of the Association of Friends of the National Maritime Museum (AAMM) that the scheme...
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    Xebec, Mediterranean boat 18th (1753) - 1/60 Amati

    The Xebec (chebek or chebec) is a small Mediterranean boat with 3 Latin sails. Of Hispanic-Arab origin, it serves for commerce or war. He can carry guns on his flanks, unlike the galleys and he is rigged in three-masted with Latin sails. (Source wikipedia) [/URL] All-wood kit "Sciabecco del...
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    Gretel, Swedish yacht 18th - 1/54 Mamoli

    Small Swedish yacht from the 18th, with a typical rigging. A delicate montage with the materials and scale of the model. As usual with the kits, I modified, added, replaced a lot of parts. I'm not sure I have to list them, I prefer to let the pictures speak. :) Oh yes, one thing anyway: the...
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    Victory 1737 - 1:84 scale

    I'm doing this thread on the HMS Victory which is the current project. I've made good progress on construction, but I'm going to put the construction steps here and let it react before posting the next ones. All texts are those of a French forum, simply translated by Google Translate. Excuse me...
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    Ekis, new member

    Hi, I'm Ekis, 52, from France (more exactly a few kilometers from Versailles). I work in advertising. I read this forum for many months now, and I often find very good information about our hobby. I decided today to take the plunge and join you as a member. Excuse me in advance for my English...
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