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Building the Admiral Nahkimov, 1889

a build story by Jim Baumann
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I was now armed with better information, and therefore was able to cut a new deck, of the correct outline, out of Evergreen N-car siding... having made a number of paper patterns to check symmetry and fit, a new conning tower of aluminum tubes and supports of brass scrap PE was constructed, this latter item has a roof made of paper, with a rolled edge.

This deck was duly installed and the boat support cradles were built from small pieces of PE scrap--these would be almost entirely hidden by the ships boats...
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Littorio
OMG...I'm not worthy (que bowing smiley). Thank you Jim for sharing your build process if even a tiny bit has rubbed off on to me I will be over the moon Ciao Luciano
JUN 28, 2007 - 06:14 AM
jba
There are some ship names that makes my ears go up like a golden retriever in front of a rabbit, Admiral Nakhimov belongs to those ones! not only IMHO Jim is the best around at what he does, he is also quite special for me as he likes the same boats as I do! fantastic build, great and generous SBS to read, as usual Jim's stuff kinda put new frontiers to what's humanely possible to do in terms of miniature and ship building. now I can rub my head frantically on the wall and say "outstanding, outstanding, outstanding" for the whole evening JB
JUN 28, 2007 - 07:11 AM
wildspear
Jim, I don't know how you do ships that small, it was hard for me to see and I was looking at the photo....LOL! Great Job!!
JUN 28, 2007 - 08:16 AM
skipper
It's great to have (finnaly) Jim's work published here! As usual the workmanship, craftmanship and the trainned spiders make an excellent result! Jim I owe you another at Telford Cheers, Skipper
JUN 28, 2007 - 09:44 AM
Grumpyoldman
Beautiful model. I'm amazed by the detail.
JUN 28, 2007 - 10:12 AM
PFulgoney
Top build by the top dog himself, very special, Cheers, Jim Peter F
JUN 28, 2007 - 08:09 PM
MikeM
Quite simply, an example of the best modelling in small scale you will see. We can all only look at Jim's work and take what we can from it to improve our own skills. Great to see you on here. Mike
JUN 28, 2007 - 09:11 PM
Gunny
Well said, Mr. McCabe, and yes, I do agree whole heartedly on all above points, mate.. And just to keep the coals stoked, I have another Baumann feature in the works as we speak.. Keep watch, ~Gunny
JUN 28, 2007 - 10:39 PM
JimBaumann
hello gentlemen! thanks for the warm welcome! Nice to meet some old as well as new friends! Cheers Jim Baumann
JUN 29, 2007 - 07:12 AM
RKernaghan
Welcome aboard JIm. Nixt to see your excellent Nakhimov again. Cheers, Rob
JUL 01, 2007 - 09:30 PM
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