Hi Pawel!
! Yeah, and I thought a few improvements were in order. "Whatta Revoltin Developement" that turned out to be! All the bracing and support work you see, of course on paper wouldn't allow you to see through to the detail behind, Right? Well after some months and a lot of, .020 and.030 those parts are now ready to install. It's taken seven months to create the changes .But it looks great off the ship.We will see. All the elevated walkways were replaced with spare P.E. as well.
I started her the same time I ordered the "Andrea Doria" and the "Stockholm" as well as the "Mellum" the Doria, Stockholm and the Mellum are at 95% and the Rio is at 75%. I like taking the printed detail and changing it to reflect what would look right in Plastic or Scratch. So far the biggest problem I have had with ships is the Lifeboats.The paper(or card) boats have a triangular cross-section which doesn't catch the eye of the observer just right. Soo, I took life boats off old ships that were on the shelf of doom and created litterally hundreds in different sizes. I now have about four left!
I still say that Card modeling is fun. My D.C.10(KLM) turned out gorgeous and it was my first Card Plane! I have a few smaller fighters around with plastic cockpit interiors and the adjacent Vac-Formed canopies. It's just the way I do them. That ship pictured sure has a busy deck though. The Burn Off tower has at least 200 pieces! The Big reel on the bow was replaced with a 1/25 1900s Fire-Truck hose reel, wound with heavy fishing line. It looks right too! What's funny. Although you cannot see through the card, they supplied all the suspended walkways and ladders that were internally mounted to the structures! What was I supposed to do? Throw them away? No Way, Jose'!