1/60 scale RC model of a schooner, loosely based on a gunboat steamship from the second half of the 19th century.

[Peter Voogt]

You have courage and a lot of confidence, Alessandro. To build a model with so many details and then let it sail away. The videos showed that she is in her element on the water. Congratulations with this result.
Regards, Peter

 

[RDN1954]

Grazie mille Johan, sempre troppo buono. Spero che tu sia indulgente anche con i video, ma eventuali critiche sono più che giustificate, non ti preoccupare.

Thanks so much, Johan, always so kind.
I hope you're being lenient with the videos, too, but any criticism is more than justified, don't worry.

Saw your YT videos as well and, no, they don't disappoint.
Building a static scale model is an art in itself, but designing and building a sailing scale model is something else; buoyancy, weight, CoG, etc, etc.
Project mission accomplished, cum laude.

 

[AlessandroROMA]

You have courage and a lot of confidence, Alessandro. To build a model with so many details and then let it sail away. The videos showed that she is in her element on the water. Congratulations with this result.
Regards, Peter

Ciao Peter, grazie per le tue bellissime parole.

In effetti confido molto sulla buona chiusura dei coperchi del ponte perché non ho reso inaffondabile la nave.
Sarebbe stato meglio renderla inaffondabile (perché in caso di ingresso di acqua nella stiva si possono danneggiare le parti elettroniche ma non perdiamo il modello) ma stavolta c'erano obiettivamente molte difficoltà.


Hi Peter, thanks for your kind words.

I'm actually very confident that the deck lids are properly closed, because I didn't make the ship unsinkable.
It would have been better to make it unsinkable (because if water were to enter the hold, the electronics could be damaged, but we wouldn't lose the model), but this time there were objectively many difficulties.

 

[AlessandroROMA]

Saw your YT videos as well and, no, they don't disappoint.
Building a static scale model is an art in itself, but designing and building a sailing scale model is something else; buoyancy, weight, CoG, etc, etc.
Project mission accomplished, cum laude.

Grazie mille Johan, un complimento che vale molto per me.
Sappiamo entrambi quante sono le pecche e gli errori che non sono riuscito a modificare su questo modello (molte le hai scoperte tu stesso).
Ciononostante qualche aspetto positivo che mi da soddisfazione c'è stato perciò apprezzo molto il tuo commento.

Thank you so much, Johan, that's a huge compliment for me.
We both know how many flaws and errors I haven't been able to fix on this model (many of which you discovered yourself).
Nevertheless, there were some positive aspects that gave me satisfaction, so I really appreciate your comment.