My 440 model warships... 13 years building.
Lima, Peru
Joined: April 11, 2008
KitMaker: 54 posts
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Posted: Monday, November 28, 2011 - 06:29 AM UTC
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Stockholm, Sweden
Joined: December 19, 2001
KitMaker: 1,717 posts
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Posted: Monday, November 28, 2011 - 06:35 AM UTC
I'm not much of a ship-builder myself, but I do enjoy great craftsmanship!! Simply awesome...
Brian Kuehn
Handen, Sweden
Lima, Peru
Joined: April 11, 2008
KitMaker: 54 posts
Model Shipwrights: 47 posts
Posted: Monday, November 28, 2011 - 06:44 AM UTC
Thanks Bryan!
New York, United States
Joined: January 21, 2008
KitMaker: 2,531 posts
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Posted: Monday, November 28, 2011 - 07:11 AM UTC
Very impressive body of work Erick, both in the quantity of it, and the quality of it.
Al
Lima, Peru
Joined: April 11, 2008
KitMaker: 54 posts
Model Shipwrights: 47 posts
Posted: Monday, November 28, 2011 - 07:46 AM UTC
Thanks Al!...
well, the dockyard dont stop... now im building an USS Ranger diorama...
North Carolina, United States
Joined: June 06, 2006
KitMaker: 4,691 posts
Model Shipwrights: 258 posts
Posted: Monday, November 28, 2011 - 08:32 AM UTC
You are not only prolific,but your work is very impressive.It's a great collection.Evenmore impressive is that by your avatar picture is that despite all that time at the bench,you still held on to your wife or girlfriend
Now thats dedication.congrats again.
Now get away from the bench,and get some fresh air
Lima, Peru
Joined: April 11, 2008
KitMaker: 54 posts
Model Shipwrights: 47 posts
Posted: Monday, November 28, 2011 - 04:38 PM UTC
Thanks Tojo!...
well, is my wife... but i had a good idea... i have a little mobile table... if my wife come to the computer room i can go with her and continue building my ships... or if we go to the main room i can go with mi table...
ad the dockyard never stops!
Aarhus, Denmark
Joined: July 18, 2003
KitMaker: 3,377 posts
Model Shipwrights: 985 posts
Posted: Monday, November 28, 2011 - 08:52 PM UTC
Impressive work, how the h... do you store all those models ???
Cheers/Jan
It´s happy days for modellers...
Queensland, Australia
Joined: July 10, 2011
KitMaker: 653 posts
Model Shipwrights: 6 posts
Posted: Monday, November 28, 2011 - 09:47 PM UTC
I've only got one word.
Bugger me !
and your beautiful wife is an inspiration to us all, now I can say to my beloved "See he has a FLEET and she doesn't complain "
Thanks for sharing and inspiring.
"Give me the strength to be the man my dogs think I am"
Indiana, United States
Joined: August 19, 2007
KitMaker: 2,184 posts
Model Shipwrights: 204 posts
Posted: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 08:45 AM UTC
Nice work. Love the water dios, puts them where they belong and makes them look alot better. Iv'e got a deal with my wife, she wont mess with my dio building and I wont mess with her t.v. , kind of like the non-aggresion pact with Germany and Russia,
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There is no return policy on time spent
Removed by original poster on 11/29/11 - 21:45:48 (GMT).
Lima, Peru
Joined: April 11, 2008
KitMaker: 54 posts
Model Shipwrights: 47 posts
Posted: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 10:52 AM UTC
Thansk my friends!
well, i have a special room only for my ships... 4 big cabinets protects the ships...
well, and like Bob the pact with my wife is that he let me do my ships but the TV, PS3, PC, etc, etc... is his...
Kansas, United States
Joined: November 18, 2003
KitMaker: 2,242 posts
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Posted: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 01:01 PM UTC
Admit nothing, deny everything, demand proof--then blame a Private
US Army Military Police 1982-89
Grumpyoldman
_ADVISORFlorida, United States
Joined: October 17, 2003
KitMaker: 15,338 posts
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Posted: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 01:48 PM UTC
I'm speechless. Great collection.
Character is what you do when no one is looking.
Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.- Mark Twain
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one less scoundrel in the world.--Thomas Carlyle
Queensland, Australia
Joined: May 20, 2010
KitMaker: 1,230 posts
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Posted: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 02:08 PM UTC
Man that is some great work as well as being prolific. I love what you have achieved.....Cheers Mark
If I was your Wife I would Poison your Tea
If I was your Husband, I would drink it.
Kildare, Ireland
Joined: November 21, 2007
KitMaker: 3,212 posts
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Posted: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 08:48 PM UTC
Very impressive collection! So which is your favorite?
California, United States
Joined: August 08, 2008
KitMaker: 1,274 posts
Model Shipwrights: 1,236 posts
Posted: Thursday, December 01, 2011 - 06:45 AM UTC
Hey, Bob!
Quoted Text
...kind of like the non-aggresion pact with Germany and Russia, .
I hope that works out better for you than the Russo-German pact!
Erick, at full scale, your Navy--it's not simply a fleet--would make you a world power!
--Karl
On the ways:
1:96 USS Constitution
1:96 USS Richmond (1862)
Launched:
1:96 USS Cumberland (1862)
England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
Joined: August 12, 2005
KitMaker: 14,499 posts
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Posted: Friday, December 02, 2011 - 04:04 AM UTC
'Action this Day'
Winston Spencer Churchill
Lima, Peru
Joined: April 11, 2008
KitMaker: 54 posts
Model Shipwrights: 47 posts
Posted: Monday, December 05, 2011 - 09:16 AM UTC
Thanks my friends!
well, my favorite? mmm... maybe the monitor Huascar, or Musashi... or Super Yamato, or Bismarck... or...
Auckland, New Zealand
Joined: July 13, 2004
KitMaker: 2,169 posts
Model Shipwrights: 1,597 posts
Posted: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 - 11:38 AM UTC
Gidday Erick
What a collection!!!
What a standard of modelling as well!!!
Take sometime and enjoy your achievement.
Great to see the odd U-boat.
Have you got any S-Boats amongst your built collection?
Great stuff and well done to you my friend.
Cheers
Sean
Lima, Peru
Joined: April 11, 2008
KitMaker: 54 posts
Model Shipwrights: 47 posts
Posted: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - 03:19 PM UTC
Montevideo, Uruguay
Joined: August 22, 2011
KitMaker: 998 posts
Model Shipwrights: 941 posts
Posted: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 12:52 PM UTC
" My bigger dread is to look at the history of my life and to ask me what I did with her "
Lima, Peru
Joined: April 11, 2008
KitMaker: 54 posts
Model Shipwrights: 47 posts
Posted: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 10:49 AM UTC
Hola Daniel!
date una vuelta por el foro que se ha puesto buenisimo!... hay cantidad de amigos modelistas con todo tipo de maquetas... un abrazo!
