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moreplovac

Mon Jan 10 2022, 05:04pm

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From Amati family there were always something nice happening; first there were violins and then ship models.

From Wikipedia: Amati (/əˈmɑːti/, Italian: [aˈmaːti]) is the last name of a family of Italian violin makers who lived at Cremona from about 1538 to 1740. Their importance is considered equal to those of the Bergonzi, Guarneri, and Stradivari families. Today, violins created by Nicolò Amati are valued at around $600,000.[1] Because of their age and rarity, Amati instruments are mostly kept in museum or private collections and are seldom played in public.

From ship model world, Amati makes very interesting and quality models. Since i am not quite a musician to enjoy the quality of Amati violins, i will stick with ship models. This time i decided to go with Columbus ships, Santa Maria and Pinta. The founding for Nina were not available so i was able to purchase only two models. My plan is to start making them in parallel, for example will make planking on both, will put the deck on both, etc... Not sure if this will work well, but would like to try it. Anyhow, Pinta will be the first one to attack.

moreplovac

Mon Jan 10 2022, 05:08pm

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First will be making a copy of kit plans, trying to keep the kit plans unused. Then will start with building.

Actually at this moment, i started to work on figures, Columbo and his crew, 10 figurines, by Artesania Latina.

First the base coat was applied to all figures... and started to paint them...

I was actually thinking of doing some other model but decided to work on these two ships instead...

That is all for now,

Happy modelling..

mrshanks

Mon Jan 10 2022, 05:24pm

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I built the Amati Mayflower some years ago. They make nice kits. The AL figurines will be a nice touch.

Baggywrinkle

Mon Jan 10 2022, 11:26pm

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Those figurines look very nice indeed.

cheers

Pat

moreplovac

Tue Jan 11 2022, 12:11am

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Thank you guys; the idea is to provide a bit of a scale and add some "life" to the model.

Also, thinking of "lighting" it with some candle type LEDs; will see how this works..

Cheers

jacknastyface2

Tue Jan 11 2022, 05:17pm

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OK! I will watch, but the carracks were not the most beautiful hull shapes were they?

I read the other day about Columbus' voyages that only on his last one did he step onto mainland New World!

I know you will do well with her.

Keith.

moreplovac

Tue Jan 11 2022, 09:14pm

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Yeah, they are not the prettiest hulls out there, but i need to postpone the building of bigger models so i choose these two. And was reading some articles about Columbus' voyages.
Officially, Columbus took the possession of a new land (San Salvador these days) on Oct 14, 1492 as it was formally recorded by the fleet notary Rodrigo de Escobedo, in the presence of a crowd of naked natives... Before leaving the land, from the part of wrecked Santa Maria, Columbus build the fort called Navidad Fort as a trade fort. Who knows what happened between natives and sailors, but on his second voyage in November 1493, he find that garrison had been slaughtered only 20 days earlier and the fort burnt down and destroyed.

moreplovac

Tue Jan 11 2022, 11:29pm

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I made a copy of kit plans (blueprints) so i can keep the originals and have a working copy to write on. This is my usual practice when building kit.

Few figures i am planing to put on models are mostly done. I have 5 more figures if i decide to crew the ships a bit more..

This fellow is in the process of painting and will be cleaning the floor in Columbus' chamber.. We will call him Pedro de Soria (thank you Jaime for all crew names)

This dude will hold the famous flag, getting ready to jump on the New World, Juan de la Cosa.

The flag is with another arm..

This is Martin Alonso Pinzon, commander of Pinta during the voyage. Pinta had to reroute a bit to a Lanzarote, Spanish ruled port in Canary Island, because of a problem with her rudder.

This fellow apparently was the first one who saw the land, Juan Rodriguez Bermejo aka Rodrigo de Triana, member of a Pinta crew.

And, the great, Christopher Columbus...

All figures received a layer of protective coat, since the paint was starting to chip off on parts that are exposed to touches.

Happy modelling..

moreplovac

Mon Jan 17 2022, 08:56pm

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Also, planning to put some lights on both ships;

these ones are solid lights; expecting to get the same size LED but this time flickering, candle-alike lights..