[scratch 1/72] 'Gondola veneziana' Papercard step by step

Thanh Thuy

New Member
Salut à tous!

Here is one of my latest model : a venitian gondole made of papercard (99%) and miscellaneous from stain, lead, and plastic...

I do a first test in posting, because I previously failed.

Here the finished model, and in a forthcoming one, a fast 'step-by-step'...

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Well, I post now, and hope it will be OK!

@+

Thanh Thuy.:wave:
 

Thanh Thuy

New Member
Salut à tous!

OK, it runs!

So, as I promised, a 'step-by-step' post...
The complete building took 2 days.

I first reduce a plan from 1/32 scale to 1/72 scale.

Than, I draw it on a card, and began to cut, glue, paint, etc.

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Some defaults had been corrected with some 'glue'.

Then I began to paint : acrylic paintings, for artists.
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The carpets are made of stain sheet : it's easy to curve and mould over the shape of the hull.
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This part is made of a two-paste' blend, and will receive the oar: and under it, you see a peace of lead which will serve for building seats and arms of seat.
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Copper bars over the carpet are made of plastic sticks:
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The typical figurehead of the gondoles : simply in card, painted silver.
Then completed with the 'two-paste' blend...
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And the same thing to the poop:
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The row : a plastic stick and some thread ...
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The bride and groom figures are from PREISER (Germany) , the 'gondoliere' is a modified sailor (from a 1925 zeppelin crew).
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I replaced his 'sailor's head' with a 'boater hat head', made a stain ribbon, and shorten his torso , bent it on the legs and placed the cut arm in a good position.
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Now, imagine you see them from one of the numberless bridges of Venice...

O sole mio....
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Ciao a tutti!

Thanh Thuy.:wave:
 

Thanh Thuy

New Member
Thanks a lot.

I shall post some other works from card and a little other materials :

- A trawler

- A PBR from US Navy

- A little motor boat

- A french gunship from Yang-tse-kiang river

Bye

Thanh Thuy.
 
M

Maico Shark

We have another member who would like to build a trawler. Great workmanship and careful instructions....thanks for sharing with us, I'm going to put this on our front page!
 

Thanh Thuy

New Member
Thanks a lot!

I shall post the making of my trawler.
I precise that it is a small one, always scaled in 1/72, is around 50 cm long, and 98% made of papercard.

Bye,

Thanh Thuy.:wave:
 

Thanh Thuy

New Member
Ới chàu Tuấn !
Chú cúng là vui vẻ chú gạp Tuấn dây ạ !

(I mean that I'm happy to meet my friend Tunny on this site too!)

Bye...

Thanh Thuy.
 
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