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Grumpyoldman
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Posted: Monday, April 10, 2006 - 05:33 AM UTC
I thought this was a rather nice ship model....
Just a little something for the mantle.
Just a little something for the mantle.
Gunny
Joined: July 13, 2004
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Posted: Monday, April 10, 2006 - 02:58 PM UTC
That IS a beauty, Dave! Do you know anything about the model/modeler, that you can tell us??
~Gunny
~Gunny
skipper
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Posted: Monday, April 10, 2006 - 02:58 PM UTC
A nice Liberty Ship 
Is it the Trumpeter's 1/350 Jeremiah O'Brien?
I guess so, but we'll never know :-)
Apparently the ship class was a little empty....
Thanks for sharing Dave!!!
Skipper
Is it the Trumpeter's 1/350 Jeremiah O'Brien?
I guess so, but we'll never know :-)
Apparently the ship class was a little empty....
Thanks for sharing Dave!!!
Skipper
Grumpyoldman
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Posted: Monday, April 10, 2006 - 05:17 PM UTC
I believe it was 1/96 scale, scratchbuilt....
The modeller lives down the road from me. Never met him before and unfortunately I forgot his name, but I'm sure Martin Quinn knows more about it than I do.
The modeller lives down the road from me. Never met him before and unfortunately I forgot his name, but I'm sure Martin Quinn knows more about it than I do.
MartinJQuinn
Joined: January 19, 2005
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Posted: Monday, April 10, 2006 - 07:38 PM UTC
Oswald Thuman is his name...I know his first name is Ozzie, but I can't recall if I got his last name correct. The Angry Ensign knows him pretty well.
The 1/400 and larger category for Cruisers, Battleships and Carriers was a little light, with only four entries. The other ship categories (we have four) were much better populated.
The 1/400 and larger category for Cruisers, Battleships and Carriers was a little light, with only four entries. The other ship categories (we have four) were much better populated.
Halfyank
Joined: February 01, 2003
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Posted: Monday, April 10, 2006 - 07:52 PM UTC
I'm always in awe of people who can scratch build, and make it look as good as a kit. I have hard enough time making a kit look half way decent, let alone building one from scratch. People like this truly deserve the name "modeler."
skipper
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Posted: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 07:41 PM UTC
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I'm always in awe of people who can scratch build, and make it look as good as a kit. I have hard enough time making a kit look half way decent, let alone building one from scratch. People like this truly deserve the name "modeler."
Rodger,
Please remeber that practice make it worth - my wild guess is that this was NOT is first scratchbuild model.
Some thing with models that we build - I am way far more perfectionist than when I started modeling and used to look at those models in the catalog (Airfix and Matchbox ) and thought: "These models are sooooo neat!". Today I look at them (same catalogs) and say "Mine looks better!"
;)
Skipper
Grumpyoldman
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Posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 - 01:19 AM UTC
Not his first scratchbuilt.... :-) :-)
Here's his model from last years show:
Here's his model from last years show:
Angry_Ensign
Joined: December 24, 2002
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Posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 - 10:21 PM UTC
That's Oswald Thalmann, crazy-man ship modeler. Great guy, builds one model every other year or so, most are completely scratchbuilt.
The Liberty is 1/96, about 4 feet long. The Bismarck (and Hood) are 1/100 scale.
Jeff
The Liberty is 1/96, about 4 feet long. The Bismarck (and Hood) are 1/100 scale.
Jeff
blaster76
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Posted: Thursday, April 13, 2006 - 02:29 AM UTC
Very encouraging to see that. I have that 350 scale kit and though I won't achieve results like that I can see that it will be an attractive model quite easily. Best 25 bucks I've spent in a while.
Grumpyoldman
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Posted: Thursday, April 13, 2006 - 07:35 AM UTC
I started to upload some photos from the NJIPMS show to this gallery:
NJIPMS Show
All the NJIPMS show photos I took are now posted.....
NJIPMS Show
All the NJIPMS show photos I took are now posted.....
MartinJQuinn
Joined: January 19, 2005
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Posted: Thursday, April 13, 2006 - 07:28 PM UTC
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That's Oswald Thalmann, crazy-man ship modeler. Great guy, builds one model every other year or so, most are completely scratchbuilt.
The Liberty is 1/96, about 4 feet long. The Bismarck (and Hood) are 1/100 scale.
Jeff
Thalmann, Thuman...whatever!! Guess I confused him with Glazed Ham... (Thumans is a brand of cold cuts here in the Northeast US).
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