[scratchbuilt 1/72] French Yang-Tse river gunship "OLRY" step-by-step.

[Thanh Thuy]

Salut tout le monde!

Again, I have to explain the choice of gunship "OLRY" and nothing else!

As movies'amateur, I had seen "Sand Pebbles" and "55 days at Peking", and a figurine brand had ranged a serie of chinese Boxers (and of course I bought them).
So, I decided to build a gunship, but I wanted her to be french.

After a search on internet, I found pictures of "OLRY" and some technical datas on her : power, size and type of guns, length, width.
BUT nothing about height!!
I took help with a picture, where I could see crewmen, and evaluated this measure.
Later, a member of a forum where I subscribed, gave me a complete sheet with all I wanted; it was too late, because the ship was achieved, but I was proud - and easied - not to be wrong with the height!

The model is always scaled 1/72, I made figurines of french sailors for it (kitbashing), and it is not 100% (only 98% :o ) of papercard. There is wood, metal, plastic and cotton thread.

I had a lot of pleasure to create and build this personal model, and I expect you will have some to follow the "step-by-step".

To be continued...

Thanh Thuy.:)

[Thanh Thuy]

Salut à tous!

Voici le début : a skeleton made of thick card , with a 'base' representing the draughtline, a 'middle' made of inner walls put on "strategic" locations, and the first deck covering the whole.

http://www.bellapix.com/STORAGE2/BELLAPIX/ALBUMS/USER45/USER4520/USER452021bf98728/images/olry002.jpg

http://www.bellapix.com/STORAGE2/BELLAPIX/ALBUMS/USER45/USER4520/USER452021bf98728/images/olry003.jpg

http://www.bellapix.com/STORAGE2/BELLAPIX/ALBUMS/USER45/USER4520/USER452021bf98728/images/olry004.jpg

http://www.bellapix.com/STORAGE2/BELLAPIX/ALBUMS/USER45/USER4520/USER452021bf98728/images/olry005.jpg

http://www.bellapix.com/STORAGE2/BELLAPIX/ALBUMS/USER45/USER4520/USER452021bf98728/images/olry007.jpg

The figurine shows the scale (1/72) and is a kitbashing : at this period, when I built my gunship, there was no figurine of french sailors.
So I transformed some from different origins to make my crew.

Next post : the cabin on the principal deck, the second deck, and the cabins of the officers and the wheelhouse, funnel, etc.

To be continued...

Thanh Thuy.:)

[cdavenport]

Sil vous plait, continue' vitement! Le modele, c'est magnifique!

Je vie en l'Amerique. Ou est vou?

[Thanh Thuy]

Sil vous plait, continue' vitement! Le modele, c'est magnifique!

Je vie en l'Amerique. Ou est vou?

First of all, I do thank you for the congratulations!

I live in France, in the small city of Figeac, which is the native place of Jean-François Champollion, the translator of the 'Rosetta stone' , source of the egyptian hieroglyphics understanding.

You can learn about it here:
Site de la ville de Figeac (http://www.ville-figeac.fr/)

I can see that you practise a little french : did you still live in France?

Bye...

Thanh Thuy.:)

[cdavenport]

Mais, non. J'ai visite a' la France en 1970. I learned French in high school, but have forgotten almost all but a few words. But, I still love to visit! I live in the USA.

Unfortunately, France gets some bad press, but that's because Americans just do not understand how unique French are as a people and a culture.

Your name suggests you are an emigre', or perhaps your family was. From what country does your name originate? It appears to come from one of the SE Asian countries like Indonesia or Vietnam. I know that France and Vietnam have close economic ties, so that is my guess!

Apologies for all the questions. I was a world traveler in the US military and I love learning about peoples' backgrounds.

In any event, welcome to the forum and have a good time!

[Thanh Thuy]

Mais, non. J'ai visite a' la France en 1970. I learned French in high school, but have forgotten almost all but a few words. But, I still love to visit! I live in the USA.

Unfortunately, France gets some bad press, but that's because Americans just do not understand how unique French are as a people and a culture.

Your name suggests you are an emigre', or perhaps your family was. From what country does your name originate? It appears to come from one of the SE Asian countries like Indonesia or Vietnam. I know that France and Vietnam have close economic ties, so that is my guess!

Apologies for all the questions. I was a world traveler in the US military and I love learning about peoples' backgrounds.

In any event, welcome to the forum and have a good time!

Thanh Thuy is my nickname for the internet forums.
It means "clear water" in vietnamese, and my french family name means "clear water" in a southern France Idiom ( Occitan language, which is between italian and spanish).
But I was born abroad, in northern Africa, where my family emigrated in the late XIXth century, and after independance of the region, we went back to France. I am half-french, half-italian! (sicilian, exactly...but not mafioso!) so neither vietnamese, nor thaï, nor indonesian.

Thank you for the welcome, and it's nice to read some french!

Bye

Thanh Thuy.:)

[elliott]

Well, I must confess I made the same assumption as cdavenport did. :o My apologies but my what a fascinating background you have! I was also in the military and traveled quite a bit in the Pacific area. I always enjoy learning about peoples backgrounds and how they came to be where, and who, they are today. I think perhaps I should have been an oral historian.

Oh, your build, I like it already and look forward to seeing you put the decks on. Your running commentary is great too.

[Don Boose]

I, too, have enjoyed your builds and the fascinating background information, Than Thuy. I've never had the pleasure of visiting France, but hope to do so some day. I served in Korea with a French Marine colonel and military historian who became a life-long friend. He has visited me here and has invited me to visit him at his home in Calvados and I look forward to doing so some day. (And I spent a year with a Vietnamese infantry battalion in the late 60s, so I find your nom de papier maquette to be evocative.)

I also like the cinematic and literary connections of your gunboat. At the U.S. Army War College, we use both "Sand Pebbles" and "55 Days at Peking" as part of our Campaign Analysis Course annual film series, so I have seen both many times. The "Sand Pebbles" film provides a lot of good and accurate visuals of the old river gunboats. The book on which it was based was written by a former Yangtze Gunboat sailor who knew what he was writing about.

This is certainly a rich and fascinating thread and I am enjoying it.

Merci beaucoup.

Don

[cdavenport]

Than Thuy, thank you for a fascinating background bio. I, too, have Sicilian blood in me; my mother is all Sicilian and everything that brings with it! Thanks for sharing your history. I feel that it builds a closer bond among those who are likely to never meet each other in person.

Now, back to your build. Based on your demonstrated photography skills, I was hoping to see more insight into how you crafted those scale French crewmen. The one you showed was beautiful. Are you using some of the photoetched crewmen that are available to modelers?

[Thanh Thuy]

I, too, have enjoyed your builds and the fascinating background information, Than Thuy. I've never had the pleasure of visiting France, but hope to do so some day. I served in Korea with a French Marine colonel and military historian who became a life-long friend. He has visited me here and has invited me to visit him at his home in Calvados and I look forward to doing so some day. (And I spent a year with a Vietnamese infantry battalion in the late 60s, so I find your nom de papier maquette to be evocative.)

I also like the cinematic and literary connections of your gunboat. At the U.S. Army War College, we use both "Sand Pebbles" and "55 Days at Peking" as part of our Campaign Analysis Course annual film series, so I have seen both many times. The "Sand Pebbles" film provides a lot of good and accurate visuals of the old river gunboats. The book on which it was based was written by a former Yangtze Gunboat sailor who knew what he was writing about.

This is certainly a rich and fascinating thread and I am enjoying it.

Merci beaucoup.

Don

With pleasure!
And I hope that you will visit France, and Calvados is a very fine country - when sunny weather - with a lot of historical sites (from conquest of England by the Normans, to D-Day beaches, and more...)

I like "sand pebbles" too : because of Steve Mc Queen, but of the scenario too. I like the scene of the naval fight on the river, between the junk's dam and the gunship, and the description of the life aboard the ship, and the bond between the chinese coolie and Steve Mc Queen, and all the characters are well "designed"...

A good base for wargames!:)

Bye...

Thanh Thuy.

[Thanh Thuy]

Than Thuy, thank you for a fascinating background bio. I, too, have Sicilian blood in me; my mother is all Sicilian and everything that brings with it! Thanks for sharing your history. I feel that it builds a closer bond among those who are likely to never meet each other in person.

Now, back to your build. Based on your demonstrated photography skills, I was hoping to see more insight into how you crafted those scale French crewmen. The one you showed was beautiful. Are you using some of the photoetched crewmen that are available to modelers?

:D Hey ! There is more than a billion chinese people but there is Sicilians everywhere!!:)

You will see the sailors in the further posts concerning the gunship, and other ones in my post concerning the trawler.

I use plastic figurines "from the box", and make "cosmetic surgery" , changing position of heads, arms, etc., or adding some details (hats, weapons, belts...)
I made 2 figurines 1/72 with a two-components paste, but it was a try!!;)
I can do better!

I can open a post for that, but it is not papermodelling.
Or I can send you to others forums where I posted them, to see the topic.

Bye.

Thanh Thuy.:)

[Thanh Thuy]

Now, back to your build. Based on your demonstrated photography skills, I was hoping to see more insight into how you crafted those scale French crewmen. The one you showed was beautiful. Are you using some of the photoetched crewmen that are available to modelers?

An example here:



http://www.bellapix.com/STORAGE2/BELLAPIX/ALBUMS/USER45/USER4520/USER452021bf98728/images/scaphandrier_032.jpg

http://www.bellapix.com/STORAGE2/BELLAPIX/ALBUMS/USER45/USER4520/USER452021bf98728/images/scaphandrier_033.jpg


http://www.bellapix.com/STORAGE2/BELLAPIX/ALBUMS/USER45/USER4520/USER452021bf98728/images/scaphandrier_021.jpg

http://www.bellapix.com/STORAGE2/BELLAPIX/ALBUMS/USER45/USER4520/USER452021bf98728/images/scaphandrier_023.jpg


http://www.bellapix.com/STORAGE2/BELLAPIX/ALBUMS/USER45/USER4520/USER452021bf98728/images/scaphandrier_029.jpg

http://www.bellapix.com/STORAGE2/BELLAPIX/ALBUMS/USER45/USER4520/USER452021bf98728/images/scaphandrier_030.jpg


http://www.bellapix.com/STORAGE2/BELLAPIX/ALBUMS/USER45/USER4520/USER452021bf98728/images/scaphandrier_031.jpg


http://www.bellapix.com/STORAGE2/BELLAPIX/ALBUMS/USER45/USER4520/USER452021bf98728/images/scaphandrier_034.jpg

http://www.bellapix.com/STORAGE2/BELLAPIX/ALBUMS/USER45/USER4520/USER452021bf98728/images/scaphandrier_035.jpg

http://www.bellapix.com/STORAGE2/BELLAPIX/ALBUMS/USER45/USER4520/USER452021bf98728/images/scaphandrier_036.jpg

http://www.bellapix.com/STORAGE2/BELLAPIX/ALBUMS/USER45/USER4520/USER452021bf98728/images/scaphandrier_037.jpg

http://www.bellapix.com/STORAGE2/BELLAPIX/ALBUMS/USER45/USER4520/USER452021bf98728/images/scaphandrier_038.jpg

Another modified:

http://www.bellapix.com/STORAGE2/BELLAPIX/ALBUMS/USER45/USER4520/USER452021bf98728/images/plongeur_003.jpg

http://www.bellapix.com/STORAGE2/BELLAPIX/ALBUMS/USER45/USER4520/USER452021bf98728/images/plongeur_002.jpg

http://www.bellapix.com/STORAGE2/BELLAPIX/ALBUMS/USER45/USER4520/USER452021bf98728/images/plongeur_001.jpg



Bye.

Thanh Thuy.

[Thanh Thuy]

Hello happy taxpayers!

I am back with the gunship, after this "figurine interlude": more sailors.
They are modified from Luftwaffe figurines and Russian revolution figurines.




http://www.bellapix.com/user/global/ACCOUNTS/USER452021bf98728/images/marins001.jpg

http://www.bellapix.com/user/global/ACCOUNTS/USER452021bf98728/images/marins002.jpg

http://www.bellapix.com/user/global/ACCOUNTS/USER452021bf98728/images/marins003.jpg

http://www.bellapix.com/user/global/ACCOUNTS/USER452021bf98728/images/marins007.jpg


http://www.bellapix.com/user/global/ACCOUNTS/USER452021bf98728/images/marins004.jpg

Then I carry on with the decks and cabins:


http://www.membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry008.jpg

http://www.membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry009.jpg

http://www.membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry010.jpg

http://www.membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry011.jpg

http://www.membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry013.jpg

http://www.membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry014.jpg

http://www.membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry015.jpg

To be continued...

Thanh Thuy.:cool:

[Don Boose]

Excellent photos and information on the figures and the construction of the gunboat.

Thanks.

Don

[Art Deco]

Really nice work modifying and painting those scale figures, they will add a lot to the model!

[Thanh Thuy]

Excellent photos and information on the figures and the construction of the gunboat.

Thanks.

Don

Really nice work modifying and painting those scale figures, they will add a lot to the model!

I always do my best to "complete" a model with figurines when possible.
It adds some "life" around the model, and if in the same time, I can make a good photo, I feel happy, so to speak!

In this case, there were no french sailors figurines, and I had to devise them : thus I undertake to do this item myself.

It is not perfect, but from a certain distance, it seems correct...:)

Next post later, I have to go to bed now!:cool:

Bye,

Thanh Thuy.

[cdavenport]

TT, those figures are outstanding! I am really impressed with your sculpting skills. Paper or not, they are as good as I have even seen.

[Thanh Thuy]

TT, those figures are outstanding! I am really impressed with your sculpting skills. Paper or not, they are as good as I have even seen.

Thank you very much!

I am studying how to carve and mould my own figurines with the less fees....

If I make a try , and even if it is not "papermodel", I shall post it to explain my method, as an amateur and not a professional.

I think that figurines enhance models : I cannot conceive a model without a figurine made for it. It's their "life".

Bye.

Thanh Thuy.:)

[Thanh Thuy]

Hi tutti !

I continue with the cabins, and funnel:
Made of card, the forward cabin will contain the wheel and the phone for the machinery.
The funnel is made of two paracetamol packages.

http://www.membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry018.jpg

http://www.membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry019.jpg

The main deck (as the second one will be too) has been covered with "planks" of coloured drawing paper.
Tha flanks of the hull are of card always.

http://www.membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry020.jpg
http://www.membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry021.jpg
http://www.membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry022.jpg

The flanks at the prow.
On the second picture, you can see the graph paper where I made my plans.

http://www.membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry023.jpg
http://www.membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry024.jpg


Here a close-up to show the size and some details , as the future one-barelled 37mm gun.

http://www.membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry025.jpg

http://www.membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry026.jpg

Here is the second deck : at this stage, the look of the gunship begins to be correct.
Nothing but the decks and flanks is glued at this stage.

http://membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry027.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry028.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry029.jpg

A new close-up but where nothing is finished, gives an idea of the model in the future (I often do so, it gives me courage to carry on!!).

The barrel of the gun is made from a disposable dental tool, the foot of the gun is made from a screw covered with a resin cement (on the picture above, it was made of card), and the buckler is of card but will be made in fact from a lead sheet.
I have changed the appearance of the gun several times : the one-barrelled will have a tripod as base, and the revolver-guns will have a base made of a screw smothered in resin.

http://membres.lycos.fr/fig46/marins016.jpg


Next post : the yawl (a shuttle one, more than a rescue boat).

To be continued...

Thanh Thuy.:)

[Thanh Thuy]

Salut tout le monde!

As I wrote in the preview post, I continue with the "chinese" launch, which is more a shuttle than a rescue roam boat.

All is from card and the shape was done without plans : only the "feeling"!

Hooks are from copper electric cable.

http://membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry031.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry032.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry033.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry034.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry035.jpg

I carved the seat's planks with a cutter to give the appearance of rough wood.

Following, the airsocks, made of poplar wood, and 1/32 WWII english helmets (!;)), glued with some two-paste cement.

http://membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry037.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry036.jpg

Another "preview" with the launch on the side, as it will be with the davits (not yet built).

http://membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry040.jpg

Next time : the wheel room, the guns, and a lot of details...

To be continued...

Bye!

Thanh Thuy.:cool:

[cdavenport]

Bravo on the airsocks; very clever indeed and beautifully executed.

[B-Manic]

Salut tout le monde!
As I wrote in the preview post, I continue with the "chinese" launch, which is more a shuttle than a rescue roam boat.
All is from card and the shape was done without plans : only the "feeling"!
Hooks are from copper electric cable.
Another "preview" with the launch on the side, as it will be with the davits (not yet built).
Next time : the wheel room, the guns, and a lot of details...
To be continued...
Bye!
Thanh Thuy.:cool:

I think you could call it a sampan. There several different variations. Here is a Singapore sampan for future reference.

[Thanh Thuy]

I think you could call it a sampan. There several different variations. here is a Singapore sampan for future reference.

Thanks a lot : as the pictures I had at this time were -and are always- very small shaped, I could not see the details with interest.
With your plan - and it's why I thank you so much - I kept time to watch at the different pictures of the gunship, and except a small detail (the prow seems to be flat as I did in my model) it fits : the poop of the launch seems to be with these two "wings" , length fits too.

When I shall be able to use back my "engeneering factory" ( :D ) which is unusable because we do works at home and the table where I cut and glue is full of a lot of packages coming from the attic, I shall build another one : it is a good idea to come back in my hobby!

Thanks again!

Bye!

Thanh Thuy.:)

[Thanh Thuy]

Salut tout le monde!

Here is the "furniture" of the wheel room : the wheel and the telephone.

http://membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry041.jpg

The wheel is from copper electric cable, the telephone too, but after having been hammered...

Then the steersman and his coworker: they are made from two modified Revell figurines of WWII german submarine sailors.
First picture, the original ones.
The three second pictures, the transformed:

http://membres.lycos.fr/fig46/marins017.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/fig46/marins018.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/fig46/marins019.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry042.jpg

These two figurines "in action"...


http://www.bellapix.com/user/global/ACCOUNTS/USER452021bf98728/images/45217c61452bf.jpg

http://www.bellapix.com/user/global/ACCOUNTS/USER452021bf98728/images/45217c69ef8df.jpg

Now the funnel, detailed with some piece of stain sheet to counterfeit the rivets'lines.

http://membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry043.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry044.jpg

The upper deck, hatches, one more small airsock, davits...
At this stage, all the cabins are glassed-in, the funnel has a "net" in the upper part, and maybe you can see the whistle on a side of the funnel.

http://membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry051.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry052.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/fig46/olry055.jpg

The following post will be how I made the guns.

To be continued...

Bye!

Thanh Thuy.;)

[Thanh Thuy]

Happy week-end to all of you!

I am very sorry , but once won't be ever, because I have no pictures of the guns while I made them.

I can only give an explanation, as clear as possible with my english level.

Fist, the pictures of the finished guns : 4 are revolving-guns, and 2 are one-barrelled guns.

http://www.bellapix.com/user/global/ACCOUNTS/USER452021bf98728/images/marins010.jpg

http://www.bellapix.com/user/global/ACCOUNTS/USER452021bf98728/images/offshore__007.jpg


Thus, the explanation :

The base is made of a steel screw covered with a two-paste cement.
The "bucklers" are made of thick (0.8mm) lead sheet, curved as necessary.
The 37mm revolving-guns are made of six pins (for tailors), put around a central "bow" of plastic, and glued to a plastic small cylindre, where is put another piece of plastic to simulate the bullets cartridge.
The barrels are surrounded with a "belt" made of stain sheet.

The one-barrelled are a bit different : the base is a tripod of cardboard, and the barrels are made of sticks from ear-cleaning tips.
The bucklers are of lead sheet too.

The following picture shows that the rear revolving-guns are different from the forward ones, having only an upper buckler, like the one-barrelled.

http://www.bellapix.com/user/global/ACCOUNTS/USER452021bf98728/images/offshore_017.jpg

You can see the guard rail : it's made of steel nails and cotton thread.

To be continued...

Bye!

Thanh Thuy.:o

[B-Manic]

Looking good, you sure make use of a variety of materials. Very creative.

[ct ertz]

This is such a great build, thank you forall of the great detail shots.

[Thanh Thuy]

Looking good, you sure make use of a variety of materials. Very creative.

Thanks a lot : In fact, I rarely make a model 100% from cardboard or paper.
Soma details are more realistics with other materials, and Trompe-l'oeil is often insufficient (it is my thought), so I have rather to enhance with other materials.

This is such a great build, thank you forall of the great detail shots.

I try to do my best with the details, when I know them : sometimes, I can't , thus when I can, I try to give "life" to the models.
Thanks a lot for your interest.

Bye,

Thanh Thuy.;)

[Thanh Thuy]

Salut à tous!

This is time to end this building : I shall do it there, withe the pictures of the last details.

Here is the winch, made of wood, and the anchors' chains, from a model of HO platform-crane (which served for my offshore drilling rig).

http://www.bellapix.com/user/global/ACCOUNTS/USER452021bf98728/images/offshore_015.jpg

The anchor, made of lead sheet.

http://www.bellapix.com/user/global/ACCOUNTS/USER452021bf98728/images/offshore__010.jpg

I added a pulley (of lead) on the mast, to hoist the signals.
The wheelhouse has now a ventilator on the roof (wood and stain sheet).
The mast is rigged with cotton thread.

http://www.bellapix.com/user/global/ACCOUNTS/USER452021bf98728/images/offshore_016.jpg

The french nationa flag is made of stain sheet, on a piano string mast (1.2mm diametre).
Tha name of the ship is written in golden letters (hand painted) on a piece of lead sheet.
The two "cabins" are "les poulaines" i.e. the toilets, on a ship.

http://www.bellapix.com/user/global/ACCOUNTS/USER452021bf98728/images/offshore_018.jpg

The complete poop:

http://www.bellapix.com/user/global/ACCOUNTS/USER452021bf98728/images/offshore_019.jpg
http://www.bellapix.com/user/global/ACCOUNTS/USER452021bf98728/images/offshore_032.jpg
http://www.bellapix.com/user/global/ACCOUNTS/USER452021bf98728/images/offshore_024.jpg

"Close-up" on the signals!

http://www.bellapix.com/user/global/ACCOUNTS/USER452021bf98728/images/offshore_023.jpg

The forecastle:

http://www.bellapix.com/user/global/ACCOUNTS/USER452021bf98728/images/offshore_022.jpg

And the stairs, in fact a mobile ladder, in cardboard:

http://www.bellapix.com/user/global/ACCOUNTS/USER452021bf98728/images/offshore__011.jpg


View on the four sides:

http://www.bellapix.com/user/global/ACCOUNTS/USER452021bf98728/images/offshore__016.jpg
http://www.bellapix.com/user/global/ACCOUNTS/USER452021bf98728/images/offshore__017.jpg
http://www.bellapix.com/user/global/ACCOUNTS/USER452021bf98728/images/offshore__018.jpg
http://www.bellapix.com/user/global/ACCOUNTS/USER452021bf98728/images/offshore__019.jpg

I shall post another set of views, "in situation", in a next and last post!

Bye!

Thanh Thuy.;)

[ct ertz]

You have inspired me! I may have to do a 1:72 scale Confederate ironclad now. Your deck planking would work just as well for armor plate layering. And I am sure I can find some ACW soldier/sailors to crew the thing.

[cdavenport]

Beautiful work. Will you put the boat in a water diorama?

[Thanh Thuy]

Beautiful work. Will you put the boat in a water diorama?

Thanks a lot!

Yes, I shall post an "ephemerial diorama" where the gunship is next to other scratchbuilt ships that I made before.

Bye!

Thanh Thuy.

[Thanh Thuy]

Salut à tous!

Here the end of the story.

The model "in situation" : all the other models, except a plastic jungle outpost are scratchbuilt.

http://www.bellapix.com/STORAGE2/BELLAPIX/ALBUMS/USER45/USER4520/USER452021bf98728/images/olry_002.jpg

http://www.bellapix.com/STORAGE2/BELLAPIX/ALBUMS/USER45/USER4520/USER452021bf98728/images/olry_006.jpg

http://www.bellapix.com/STORAGE2/BELLAPIX/ALBUMS/USER45/USER4520/USER452021bf98728/images/olry_007.jpg

On the following picture, you can see the gunship "OLRY", a river-tug, a small commuter steamboat, a sampan, a pier, a vietnamese watch-tower, a vietnamese jungle-house, hills and trees, all scratchbuilt, the ships and the houses mainly from cardboard.

http://www.bellapix.com/STORAGE2/BELLAPIX/ALBUMS/USER45/USER4520/USER452021bf98728/images/olry_011.jpg

http://www.bellapix.com/STORAGE2/BELLAPIX/ALBUMS/USER45/USER4520/USER452021bf98728/images/olry_012.jpg

http://www.bellapix.com/STORAGE2/BELLAPIX/ALBUMS/USER45/USER4520/USER452021bf98728/images/olry_015.jpg

http://www.bellapix.com/STORAGE2/BELLAPIX/ALBUMS/USER45/USER4520/USER452021bf98728/images/olry_016.jpg


I let you imagine the storyboard and the screenplay for this new superproduction in technicolor and sensurround...;)

Bye!

Thanh Thuy.

[lehcyfer]

Impressive diorama!

[Oliver Bizer]

COOL i like it very much http://www.cosgan.de/images/midi/verschiedene/b015.gif

[Thanh Thuy]

Impressive diorama!

It was only an 'ephemeral' one!
I dream of a big shelf with a true big diorama!:rolleyes:

COOL i like it very much http://www.cosgan.de/images/midi/verschiedene/b015.gif

Thanks a lot!
I always try to give "life-effects" in my "ephemeral" dioramas.
If the "atmosphere smells good", I think I succeeded.
Your advice fills my heart of pride!:D

Thanks again!;)

Bye,

Thanh Thuy.:)

[elliott]

I've enjoyed watching the OLRY and the associated diorama take shape. Nicely done.

[cdavenport]

TT, that was fun watching your vision come to life! What is next? Will you add another ship to the diorama?

Congratulations on your lovely work.

[Thanh Thuy]

TT, that was fun watching your vision come to life! What is next? Will you add another ship to the diorama?

Congratulations on your lovely work.

Thank you for this kind message!

My next model for asian rivers, will be a vietnamese junk, that I'll made from card, of course, and I think wooden masts, maybe from the bamboos of my garden.
(I've already made the "Kon-Tiki" , 1/72 scaled, from the bamboos of my garden, but without any cardboard, and finished it in a diorama).

I have some figurines of british sailors which will be "kitbashed" in viet-minhs or viet-congs...
But not before september or later.

Thanks again.

Bye,

Thanh Thuy.:)

[B-Manic]

I look forward to seeing the junk, I really like those boats.