I couldn't find any of them on the Kartonmodell forum, but I'm new to it, and I don't read German.
Paul M. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Krauzlis" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 2:37 PM Subject: [Papermodels II 33540] Re: John Freeman's Photos--Deutsches U-Boot > > Thanks, John: > > Another excellent build, and you are right on about Olli's designs, they > are > simple but very convincing miniatures. He's been quite busy and has a > good > number of offerings. I like his HMS VICTORY and Container ship, two > really > nice designs. The U Boot model, however, is one that requires a password, > if I understand the webpage. Unfortunately I could not find his email (he > prompts you to email him for the password), so I left him a message on the > Kartonmodell forum, of which I am a member. > > His IOWA is really looking good! I can't get over how quickly he goes > from > one fine model design to the next...pretty fast. > > Thanks for sharing photos of your build, it is really impressive! > > Cheers! > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On > Behalf Of John Freeman > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 1:31 PM > To: papermodels > Subject: [Papermodels II 33537] John Freeman's Photos--Deutsches U-Boot > > Hi fellow addicts-- > > I just finished this model of a WWII German U-Boat. This model was > designed > by Oliver "Olli" Bizer, who can be found on the German paper > model forum http://www.kartonmodell-forum.de/forum/index.php Olli > designed it at 1/262, so I enlarged it a bit to 1/250 to keep a constant > scale with my other small ships. > > This is my second build of an Olli design. Paper model designers are a > wonderfully inventive lot, and Olli is no exception. The technique I had > not > used before is Olli's frequent use of corrugated cardboard for structural > parts of the model. On this U-Boat, for instance, the supporting structure > of the hull is a slab of corrugated cardboard, and the sides and deck are > glued to it. Different--but obviously it works. The other model of his > that > I have built is a racing sailing yacht--I posted pictures of it to this > list > some time ago. The sailing yacht uses the same technique with corrugated > cardboard. My biggest problem with this is the difficulty in finding > cardboard of the correct thickness. Likely what we get here in North > America > is different from what is available in Europe. > > The real genius of Olli, though, is his ability to simplify a model, but > still have it look right when finished--and for me, the look right part is > what matters. Years ago I belonged for a while to an Historic Modelers > Club. > At the monthly meetings the fellas would spend hours discussing if the > exact > curve of a cowling was right on a particular model. Hey--it looked fine to > me! So it is with Olli's models--a purist may find fault with some detail, > but look at this model and tell me--did you have any trouble knowing what > it > is? All this, and he frequently designs a diorama base to go with the > model, > as with this one. > > Thank you Olli--I'm looking forward to the Iowa Class Battleship that you > have almost completed! > -- > John and/or Marzlie Freeman > Check us out at-- > http://2oldkiters.smugmug.com/ > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
