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Le Richelieu, September 1943.

a build story by Louis Carabott
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The Tugs…

The Brooklyn Class Tugs came from Commander Models, one was left as a steam powered tug, and the other was converted to represent a fuel powered vessel. They were also detailed. They were still in use in US Harbors in the late 1940’s

I wanted the diorama to look really busy representing the departure of the Richelieu for a long stretch of sailing to Scapa Flow which obviously involves a lot of preparation so there’s lot of action going on…cargo being loaded, personnel and top brass seeing the ship off etc etc.

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About the Author

About louis carabott (loucar)
FROM: MALTA

I am 61 and have been doing scale modelling since I was 12 years old. I had a go at practically everything in this beautiful hobby, namely aviation, figurines, AFV 's ,aviation dioramas in 1/72 scale always with wartime Malta as a setting and finally Shipbuilding which has given me the most enjoym...


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bobcicconi
Great Dio!!!
SEP 09, 2010 - 11:38 AM
skipper
Hi Louis Congratulations on a very impressive dio! Full of action (even if it's peaceful action!) with a very busy pier, as usually they are! Also think you have made an excellent job with the Richelieu!! The camo is simply amazing! You are a resourceful modeler Cheers, Rui
SEP 10, 2010 - 04:28 AM
Angeleyes
Very nice Louis.(talk about an understatement!!) Worth the wait and the extra effort. Very good painting and shading .Lots of action.Everything, from the seascape to the pier instalments has an air of extra realism.Almost makes it as a 3D picture of the real thing.
SEP 10, 2010 - 05:33 AM
Tailor
Excellent work! I bet it's even more inpressive in real life! BZ! Guido
SEP 10, 2010 - 05:39 AM
DieselDog
Nice job on researching this and digging out the photo you used for reference. I think you've set the definitive high bar to-date for the 1/350 model. Magnifique!
SEP 11, 2010 - 03:02 PM
DutchBird
A stunning model indeed....!
SEP 11, 2010 - 09:41 PM
potchip
Simply magnificent. Love the paint job with colour fade and. Your builds have a distinct style in painting (loved your illustrious!), with artfully done highlights that show off the dimensions of the model very very well. Like modelling the impressionst style
SEP 12, 2010 - 02:54 AM
Rab
Another masterpiece Louis!
SEP 15, 2010 - 11:54 AM
loucar
Gentleman ...just came back from Holiday and just read all your kind comments about my model. I thank you all. I enjoyed this project very much and like Kostas said it was well worth the wait:):).... The Richelieu is such a beautiful and unusual ship. Karl I also thought like wise about the number of boats on a ship during wartime....but I came across an overhead shot of the ship sailing out of New York and it had 3 additional boats behind Turret number 2...so I just stuck them on:):) Thanks once again and best regards from the little island of Malta Louis
SEP 15, 2010 - 08:59 PM
peterf
My favourite build of the year so far - wonderful, Louis, the camo blending couldn't be any better than that, and the composition is superb. Peter F
SEP 16, 2010 - 08:18 PM
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