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The Ships at ModelTroia 2009
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Posted: Friday, March 20, 2009 - 05:36 AM UTC
Hello,

Here is the Ship Photo Report of this year ModelTroia Contest, held in Lisbon, Portugal.
Enjoy the report...

Cheers,
Rui

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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
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Posted: Friday, March 20, 2009 - 10:22 AM UTC
I especially like the Portuguese shows, they always have an eye-popping range of ship models. The 1:72 Yorktown parts, the skillful inclusion of graphics to the Japanese destroyer base, and Rui's splendid LST made for another worthy display of model ship crafting.

--Karl
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Posted: Friday, March 20, 2009 - 08:56 PM UTC
nice ones Rui! soooo? how many medals?
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Posted: Friday, March 20, 2009 - 09:52 PM UTC

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nice ones Rui! soooo? how many medals?


Rui won two medals. One for his LST diorama (canīt remember his placement) and a Gold award for his "Diogo Cão".

Rui : Next time, donīt forget to add a photo or two of ModelTróiaīs surroundings... perhaps we could convince some of our friends here at MSW to come to Portugal in the next event...

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Posted: Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 12:49 AM UTC
Congradulations on the awards Skipper.
Enjoyed the posts, some really excellent work shown.
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Posted: Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 12:58 AM UTC
Congrats on your award! Thanks for sending those photos also!
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Posted: Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 03:14 AM UTC
Awesome show Rui! Thanks for sharing.
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Posted: Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 06:14 AM UTC
Thanks guys, it was a pleasure to share these photos of a Good weekend with ship modeling friends

Now for some correction:

NRP Diogo Cão F-333 (1964): Gold in Masters (Plastic & Resin ship models Class) and the Pedro Figueira Award for Best Ship;
Somewhere in the Pacific... : Silver in Military Dioramas (all types and scales)
Getting Ready for another mission: Bronze in Military Dioramas (all types and scales)

But the fun of the event and place of the venue, being with friends was, I must say, the most important thing!
Some of us, although Portugal is a small country, only meet in the modeling events and we have a lot of ideas and things to share and talk about...


Rui
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Posted: Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 08:56 PM UTC
Congratulations Rui, welldeserved recognition!

Nice picture report too, I like that you have taken more pictures of the same models, but how come you didnīt open thet 1:144 XXIII box and showed os the contents, or is it a comming in-box review ?

Cheers/Jan
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Posted: Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 01:58 AM UTC

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...Now for some correction:

NRP Diogo Cão F-333 (1964): Gold in Masters (Plastic & Resin ship models Class) and the Pedro Figueira Award for Best Ship;
Somewhere in the Pacific... : Silver in Military Dioramas (all types and scales)
Getting Ready for another mission: Bronze in Military Dioramas (all types and scales)


Hi Rui

Please accept my appologies for not having stated correctly what you had won. I completely forgot that "Getting Ready..." dio, as well as the Pedro Figueira Award...shame on me !!!!

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Posted: Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 10:32 AM UTC

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(...)but how come you didnīt open thet 1:144 XXIII box and showed os the contents, or is it a comming in-box review ?

Cheers/Jan


You have to convince Filipe Ramires on that - it was his u-boot. I opened the box, it is a work in progress and I can say that comparing it with ICM Typ XXIII it looks much better (it has three conning tower options!!!)
It looks a good value for the money - as ICM one was too

Chaiįa,
No need to apologize, please...

Rui
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Posted: Monday, March 23, 2009 - 05:48 AM UTC

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You have to convince Filipe Ramires on that - it was his u-boot. I opened the box, it is a work in progress and I can say that comparing it with ICM Typ XXIII it looks much better (it has three conning tower options!!!)
It looks a good value for the money - as ICM one was too


Well, I guess I can manage that though I wasn't exactly expecting to build this one in the next couple of months (no Rui this is not my secret project either!!!). I have a few lights of what kind of diorama I want to do with the Type XXIII and I guess I'm not having too much work with it so therefore I guess I can write something about the model....being either a simple review or a "build article". Your choice. It's an easy model, with fairly good details and accuracy and very accessible in price (15 Euros if I recall).
Regards,

Fil
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