Week 7 2012 Coelacanth by Gamera

[billy.leliveld]

And now, for something completely different...
It's ugly, and it has been around for 70 million years :roll eyes:
Gamera did a nice job on this Canon free model, showing that the strangest objects can be turned into a paper model
Original thread here; http://www.papermodelers.com/forum/other-builds/18391-coelacanth-canon.html
Download from Canon here; Coelacanth - Other Animals - Animals - Paper CraftCanon CREATIVE PARK (http://cp.c-ij.com/en/contents/3157/coelacanth/index.html)

[whulsey]

I like that, makes even an old pothold catfish look good.

[Tim Crowe]

Well deserved - Just shows what can be done with a free download model.

Tim

[Zathros]

A well done model. These Canon models are great, and sometimes, when a builder goes through the trouble, they're fantastic! :)

[NStarkel]

Almost looks real! nice job. :)

[Vermin_King]

Beautifully captures all the ugliness of that fish. Excellent and well-deserved.

[thorst]

Very nicely built model!

But something seems to be wrong with me, I don't find him ugly...

[gamera]

To see my fish where so many fantastic works have been shown, just blows me away.

I hope it doesn't scare away new members.:)

[strk]

Good job!

But, is there anybody who can tell me how to correctly pronounce "Coelacanth"? My tongue just cant make it ;)

[billy.leliveld]

That would be something like KOE-LA-KANT or COO-LAH-CANT but my phonetic Polish is a bit rusty

[Cami]

Now just figure how big you can make this model, take a picture and you can fool anyone with an incredible fishing story ha ha! Seriously, it is just amazing, nice job Gamera!;)

Cami

[birder]

Nice model of the living "extinct" fish!:)

[APA-168]

Nicely done! I was really delighted to see this model on the front page, this model (and fish!) is way cool.

With regards to the pronunciation, it is pronounced SEE-la-canth. Don't ask me why. :rolleyes:

[scyeige]

I agree! It is a very well built model... congrats gamera!

And yeah, APA-168 is correct; it's pronounced "see-la-kanth"

[TLUN]

It is the strangest paper model in deep!

[cardist]

Good job!

But, is there anybody who can tell me how to correctly pronounce "Coelacanth"? My tongue just cant make it ;)

I was always taught to pronounce it "See-Lo-Kanth".
Great model b.t.w., from a great site. I have buit a few of the Canon kits for the grand-kids, they love them.
B.

[peter taft]

Whichever way you pronounce it, it's still one hell of an ugly fish - but one hell of build too ! Well deserved POTW for sure :)

[billy.leliveld]

Nicely done! I was really delighted to see this model on the front page, this model (and fish!) is way cool.

With regards to the pronunciation, it is pronounced SEE-la-canth. Don't ask me why. :rolleyes:

Yes you are right about the english pronunciation, but the in the languish I speak daily, which sounds like something in between German, farting and snoring for non speakers, of course the Dutch found a different approach ;)

[piginapoke]

Always thought that was an amazing model when I saw it on the Canon website.
Looks really good when built for real.

Nice one.

[gamera]

Seel-a-canth, not a word that comes up in conversation a lot. Unless your like, David Attenborough or somebody.

[Marco]

Cool build! Actually this ugly bugger has been around for closer to 400 million years. It just went missing for the last 70 million or so.

[cdavenport]

Good job!

But, is there anybody who can tell me how to correctly pronounce "Coelacanth"? My tongue just cant make it ;)

I asked that question over 30 years ago and the answer was:

See-le-canth

Who knows for sure?