GALERA REAL de DON JUAN DE AUSTRIA [COMPLETED BUILD]

[ramonolivenza]

Meanwhile, the Badajoz team did their job. This happened in Badajoz, while I worked in Madrid with my part. Badajoz is 400 km from Madrid

 

[Jimsky]

It is an awesome project, and I am sure you are proud to be an important role of it!

 

[Uwek]

Great job from both sides - Teams Work

 

[ramonolivenza]

And finally the day arrived, after a trip of 400 km, both parts of Madrid and Badajoz come together. Both fit perfectly and without problems

 

[Charles QC]

Some time it is difficult to find a compliment that is realy to the level of the work involve and the talent of the builder.
So well I just love your work

 

[dakyzw]

GREAT!!!

 

[JohnA]

In october 2017, I received a call from my friend and professional modeler Curro Agudo Mangas, from Badajoz, Spain ...

Is that the same Curro that built the massive "Encirclement of the Santisima Trinidad" diorama years ago?

 

[Uwek]

Is that the same Curro that built the massive "Encirclement of the Santisima Trinidad" diorama years ago?

I think so - he is well known for his spectacular dioramas

Battle of Trafalgar by Curro Agudo Mangas

The Diorama is in scale of 1/50 , consisting of 8 ships and 2500 figures!!!The battle was the most decisive naval victory of the war. Twenty-seven British ships of the line led by Admiral Lord Nelson aboard HMS Victory defeated thirty-three French and Spanish ships of the line under French...

miniscaping.com

 

[Schrader]

El siguiente paso fue reproducir los cuadros de los laterales.
Estan pintados con pintura acrilica reproduciéndo los diseños originales (a escala, claro) posteriormente, como se verá, añadí cartelas con los versos de la Eneida que describe el tratado del siglo XVI.

The next step was to reproduce the pictures on the sides.
They are painted with acrylic paint reproducing the original designs (to scale, of course) later, as will be seen, I added posters with the verses of the Aeneid that describes the treaty of the 16th century

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I had the privilege to follow this work..... but here with the description......this is amazing!!!!

 

[JohnA]

I think so - he is well known for his spectacular dioramas

That's the one! Thanks. He had a blog site building the diorama which he updated every couple of days.
He taught me a lot- especially to appreciate the painted and weathered vessels in their historically accurate appearance.
I was building lots of varnished models up to that point.
Here's a model of the AL Swift I started building out of the box, then I ended up experimenting with a few techniques I learnt from Curro's blog.

You can see the varnished wood below the wales and painted above- I even experimented the salt technique for the handrail on the cabin.