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Building the Pelayo~Jim Baumann
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Posted: Friday, March 21, 2008 - 10:38 PM UTC
Ahoy, Mates!

Crew-mate Jim Baumann (JIMBAUMANN) sends us a full build feature of one of his latest, "Building the Spanish Navy Battleship PELAYO,1895"...
Enjoy!


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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
~Gunny
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Posted: Saturday, March 22, 2008 - 12:44 AM UTC
Jim is the Master, that's for sure! He makes any subject come to life! AND... it's a pre-dread!! What more could you ask for?
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Posted: Saturday, March 22, 2008 - 01:14 AM UTC
Just another fantastic job. Thank you for sharing!!

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Posted: Saturday, March 22, 2008 - 03:30 AM UTC
Another excellent SBS by Jim!
It also provided some help on one of my current projects

Congrats Jim
Thanks for sharing it Mark

Rui
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Posted: Saturday, March 22, 2008 - 06:53 AM UTC
Seriously, don't you want to play some Rachmaninov when you look at Jim's boats? Come on, at this point of mastering it's poetry..
That and I think the Pelayo is a really very handsome boat too
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Posted: Saturday, March 22, 2008 - 11:42 AM UTC
A great study for anyone interested in the finer points of ship building.
Thanks for sharing with us Jim.

Frank
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Posted: Saturday, March 22, 2008 - 01:25 PM UTC
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Posted: Monday, March 24, 2008 - 04:35 AM UTC
Thanks you for your kind words gentlemen!

I had fun building her too!

Rui--a new project eh...?

JIM B
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Posted: Monday, March 24, 2008 - 05:17 AM UTC

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Rui--a new project eh...?

JIM B



Indeed Jim ... slow in the making, but another one
Cheers,
Rui
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Posted: Monday, March 24, 2008 - 06:02 AM UTC
Beautiful build, Jim. Great atmosphere.

A suggestion for the next time you have to plug a large section of hull (as you did with the sacrificial gun turret in this build): try some Aves Apoxie Sculpt. It's an acrylic two-part sculpting clay. It dries super hard, sands and feathers like a dream, and it will hold an edge. You might have trouble making it out in this picture but I was able to get that end of the hull razor thin using Aves (I had to resculpt that edge after the hull took a nose-dive to the floor). I was able sand it down so sharp it became a translucent knife-edge.
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Posted: Thursday, March 27, 2008 - 08:43 PM UTC
Jim,

Beautiful build, mostly especially because you took a base (with flaws!) and made it sing! I love your mods and creativity, and the finished dio is beaut mate. A lovely finished piece, even better because of the extra work you put in. Really enjoyed the article.

Devin - very nice epoxy replacement!
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Posted: Monday, March 31, 2008 - 08:27 PM UTC
We usually play the Dubussy while gazing at Jim's presentaion, JBA, ah yes, I can hear it now.

Peter F
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Posted: Thursday, April 03, 2008 - 08:51 PM UTC

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We usually play the Dubussy while gazing at Jim's presentaion, JBA, ah yes, I can hear it now.

Peter F



yep Peter, Debussy works too! Actually, anything good classical music from the last 130 years should work. it must be slightly romantic but mostly, you have got to hear the Machine and the smoke in the music too, this is why a bit of repetitivity and harshness in the music would be necessary.
Stravinski's Весна священная (Spring's sacre in English?) comes to mind.
Actually I would also play Neil Young's soundtrack to jim Jarmush's Dead Man too As there is space, smoke, a longing to be somewhere else in another time, and like Jim's work, at this point, it doesn't look like model making anymore.


and for the Pelayo!
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