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WAK

02-15-2009, 09:03 PM

WAK Extra 1/09

"Kersaint"

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o251/dirtyhomik/th_xwake901.jpg (http://s122.photobucket.com/albums/o251/dirtyhomik/?action=view&current=xwake901.jpg)

Scale: 1:200
Designer: A. Kacz (HMS "Saumarez"
Skill level: 5/6
Sheets with parts: 15
Assembly draws: 60
Price: 40,00 PLN (~11.20$)

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o251/dirtyhomik/th_wake901_c1.jpg (http://s122.photobucket.com/albums/o251/dirtyhomik/?action=view&current=wake901_c1.jpg) http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o251/dirtyhomik/th_wake901_c2.jpg (http://s122.photobucket.com/albums/o251/dirtyhomik/?action=view&current=wake901_c2.jpg) http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o251/dirtyhomik/th_wake901_in.jpg (http://s122.photobucket.com/albums/o251/dirtyhomik/?action=view&current=wake901_in.jpg)

Model of french big destroyer, really big: full displacement 3190 tons, lenght 130 meters, main guns 5 x 138 mm. Model very difficulty. 1939 summer camouflage.

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o251/dirtyhomik/th_wake901_01.jpg (http://s122.photobucket.com/albums/o251/dirtyhomik/?action=view&current=wake901_01.jpg) http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o251/dirtyhomik/th_wake901_02.jpg (http://s122.photobucket.com/albums/o251/dirtyhomik/?action=view&current=wake901_02.jpg) http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o251/dirtyhomik/th_wake901_03.jpg (http://s122.photobucket.com/albums/o251/dirtyhomik/?action=view&current=wake901_03.jpg) http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o251/dirtyhomik/th_wake901_04.jpg (http://s122.photobucket.com/albums/o251/dirtyhomik/?action=view&current=wake901_04.jpg)

Don Boose

02-23-2009, 08:24 AM

Beautiful. Those huge French contre-torpilleurs were magnificent ships. I'm glad to see one of them is available.

Don

treadhead1952

02-23-2009, 04:04 PM

Wa-a-a-y cool! The later variant designed by the same shipyards that made the ORP Wicher and Burza for Poland. I have been wanting to get one of these in styrene but since this will be a much larger scale and far more detailed, it looks like the one to get. Thanks for the heads up on this bad boy.

Don Boose

02-23-2009, 04:21 PM

As much as I want to see you do another IJN warship, Jay, I would really like to see you go to work on one of these!

Don

treadhead1952

02-23-2009, 07:25 PM

Hi Don,

As much as I would like to work on this one, I have the Jerzy Lubkowski Vol. 1 he wrote on the Wicher and Burza, got it so I could complete Mirage Models' 1/400 styrene version of the Wicher, I have to complete the Akizuki first. Card Models are proving to be a much more labor intensive and tons of fun effort to produce a model than plastic ever thought about being. Besides, I tried to go to the site and apparently have to live in Poland to be able to purchase this bad boy, hint, hint WAK, point me to a place where I can actually buy one! Plastic (as in credit card) ready, willing, and most able.;) :D

Not to hijack your thread WAK, but here is what I did to the Wicher.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v349/treadhead1952/EMailORPWicher0047.jpg

GreMir

02-23-2009, 07:56 PM

For most of the card modeling needs .: WWW.MODEL-HOBBY.PL :. Internetowy Sklep Modelarski - Modele Kartonowe, Modele plastikowe, Akcesoria modelarskie (http://www.model-hobby.pl/index.php?f=zbiorcze&cid=&pid=&keywords=kersaint)
Good, fast service and reasonable cost. They take PayPal too ;)

redhorse

02-23-2009, 08:01 PM

treadhead1952

02-23-2009, 08:29 PM

Thanks Guys,

Appreciate the heads up, I can see Pay Pal is gonna get a work out in the future.

treadhead1952

02-23-2009, 08:55 PM

Got mine coming, see how long it takes to float, fly, or transport.;)

Thanks again for the heads up on how to do it guys.

treadhead1952

03-17-2009, 09:37 PM

Hi All,

Got my WAK Kersaint and it is a most awesome kit. Some 20 pages of card and paper cover the subject, while not a starter type by any stretch of the imagination it is quite doable.

You can see the ORP Wicher design elements were stretched, additions and updates to various features added to come to this design. I do look forward to working this one out for the collection. For a destroyer it will be quite large at some 26 inches in length just measuring the deck layouts alone. Digging up the history and doing research on this one will keep me busy for a while to come.

Don Boose

03-19-2009, 06:04 AM

I look forward to your building this one, Jay. From your description and the Wak photos, it appears to be the basis for an outstanding model.

Don