Edwin Korstanje

MOC/WIP Fairplay IX en XI TUGBOAT in scale 1/60

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Nice progress! :thumbup:

Not sure about those exhausts... If I look at the photo's of the real things, they are very "abstract" (point, sharp, "hoekig"), This looks a bit too "organic" to me... 

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10 hours ago, Ludo Visser said:

Not sure about those exhausts...

You are correct with the exhausts and was not ready with them, but bend them so extremly was not possible.

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Almost there, only the crane, stickers, sprinkler nozzels and the transport crate have to be made. Today i got a reaction from the captain who is sailing the same sister ship the Fairplay XI here in the Netherlands and loved her. Know lets hoop that the Client in Hamburg love her to. The build so far was a real challange.
For this 60 cm long and 27,5 cm wide and build at the scale 1:50 is the parts count extreme high and above the 12000 parts.
The only way to seen her in real live there will been one change at the event Floating Bricks from 17e and 18e of March in Hamburg. After the event she will stay there with her new owner.1f625.png?1f600.png

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thats a real credit to you Edwin,now to study your pics and be able to learn from them,for such a small build that is some amount of pieces but given the detail and the pieces you have used its hardly surprising.the lights add the finishing touch,a few pics of the way you did the wheelhouse would be great.hope to use some of your techniques on my build (semi sub heavy lift ship)15ft x 3ft

again amazing build look forward to your next one

 

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2 minutes ago, jim7564 said:

thats a real credit to you Edwin,now to study your pics and be able to learn from them,for such a small build that is some amount of pieces but given the detail and the pieces you have used its hardly surprising.the lights add the finishing touch,a few pics of the way you did the wheelhouse would be great.hope to use some of your techniques on my build (semi sub heavy lift ship)15ft x 3ft

again amazing build look forward to your next one

 

Thanks @jim7564, and use what you can and the base of the wheel house are a lot of SNOT different techniques togehter. To give you some information on the next project it will be the Telstar for Iskes Towage and Salvage.

This is also a crasy tug and is a design of a Eddy tug and must build here with a open engineroom.

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Today the stickers come in and made by JaapTechnic and the quality is great again and looks stunning on her.1f60e.png?
Also the crane is build and have to change the yellow hinge, for a black one and is orderd. The crane can fold in and out.
Now only some sprinkler nozzels and the transport box.

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What a masterpiece!  Those stickers really add to the look of your model. Good application btw it takes a lot of patience to get them right!

How did you manage to get those ribbed hoses (exhaust) to retail the uniform shape?

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1 hour ago, KD123 said:

What a masterpiece!  Those stickers really add to the look of your model. Good application btw it takes a lot of patience to get them right!

How did you manage to get those ribbed hoses (exhaust) to retail the uniform shape?

There is a copper wire inside a riged hose what is bent in the right direction and than i put over the ribbed hoses.:wink:

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At first I thought you heat treated the hoses and them bent them to the shape but your solution is brilliant.  Thanks for the building tip!

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Just now, KD123 said:

At first I thought you heat treated the hoses and them bent them to the shape but your solution is brilliant.  Thanks for the building tip!

Also for bending al the railings and sprinkler pipes with riged hose is done this way.

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Thank you for sharing in the build process.  

Looking forward to seeing some photos of the Floating Bricks event.  Incredible.

 

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On 05/03/2018 at 9:08 PM, Edwin Korstanje said:

 

Almost there, only the crane, stickers, sprinkler nozzels and the transport crate have to be made.

 

Only! For some of us mere mortals that’s weeks (or in my case months :cry_sad:} of work :wink:

Edited by grum64

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On ‎6‎-‎3‎-‎2018 at 6:47 PM, KD123 said:

Thank you for sharing in the build process.  

Looking forward to seeing some photos of the Floating Bricks event.  Incredible.

 

 

22 hours ago, Ludo Visser said:

Beautiful!! :thumbup: Nothing more to say :wink:

 

11 hours ago, Bricksonwheels said:

Very good Ed!

 

1 hour ago, grum64 said:

Only! For some of us mere mortals that’s weeks (or in my case months :cry_sad:} of work :wink:

Thanks all for the great reactions and comments.:blush:

I have one week left for the delivery and the German event Floating Bricks from the 17e and 18e of March in Hamburg. Here the teaser picture for the promotions for the Stein Hanze RLUG and Hamburg Führer for use at (social) Media for the organisation of the event.

Even the ship is just smaller than minifig scale that i have use the event fig from the same event from last year.

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Today i have Finished the Fairplay IX and made the last details and transport box for her. I hope that i find the time next week, to make some studio pictures of her, before she left her homebase for good. I wand thanks MT-Bricks and Fairplay Germany for the great challenge and hope that she is what you have expected. I had some frustration on the build, but the most time it was so fun to build her and very happy with the result and in real she looks better than on the pictures.
In total there are just over 12500 parts in her and 150 hours of building time.1f605.png?
Thanks everybody for following the progress and the great comments and hope you like her.1f609.png

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Very very nice :thumbup: The exhausts look better than I thought from the previous pictures :classic: I'm sure the customer will be very happy!

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Today i got some mails from all captains from the Fairplay IX and her sister ship the XI. Both ships are now at the moment here togehter in Rotterdam and the crews want to see her. So i made some studio pictures, but i am not happy with the result, because my tripot was broken and no daylight, so sorry for the poor studio photo's. the captains and crew wanted see the model and know planning for Thuesday ore Wednesday to lets see them my model, before she goes to the headquater in Hamburg next weekend.

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The build is ready for me and can started the next projext:sweet:

Edited by Edwin Korstanje

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On ‎6‎-‎4‎-‎2018 at 1:31 PM, Dafgek81 said:

And yet again a stunning model from you. Just beautiful!!!!

Thank you Buddy for your great comment.:blush:

 

Today me and my dad got a great trip on the Sister vessel Fairplay XI in Rotterdam as thanks for building the LEGO model of the Fairplay IX. We wanted thanks the Captain Henk and his great crew for the great day, good polska lunch and nice weather. What the day makes for me complete, that the other tug which also assited, i build 3 years ago the Brent from the Iskes Towage company.
Today the tugs have to assist two towing jobs, with one bulk carrier and one Maersk smaller container ship.
This is what my hobby and job makes me complete happy, that i can also see what i must build can do in real and that not only the head of board, but also the crews onboard loved the details of my builds.263a.png

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Edited by Edwin Korstanje

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