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                        IMAI Chebec,I have it,I have it.

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                        jtilley
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: Greenville, NC
                        Posted by jtilley on Saturday, January 1, 2005 3:00 PM
                        Anybody interested in chebecs needs to take a look at the series "Le Requin: A Navy Board Model of a Mediterranean Xebec of 1750," by Olivier Bello, that's been running for the past year in the magazine Ships in Scale. Part 6 is in the January/February 2005 issue, which came out last week. A really fabulous model, and the text of the articles contains lots of sophisticated techniques. The trick for making the seam lines in sails is worth the price of the seriec - though I'm not sure I've got the nerve to try it.

                        Youth, talent, hard work, and enthusiasm are no match for old age and treachery.

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                        Big Jake
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Lacombe, LA.
                        Posted by Big Jake on Saturday, January 1, 2005 2:35 PM
                        OHHHH I got mine alright. I started it but am waiting to finish my model cabinet 22 ft. long, 3 ft. deep and 7 foot high, Oh baby I can finally display all of them in their glory! I'll take some pictures and post them in my web shots album.

                        Jim, I have a few pictures of the prep work on the Chebec, email me direct and I'll shoot them your way.
                        Jake

                         

                         

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                        lolok
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: On the way to AC+793888
                        IMAI Chebec,I have it,I have it.
                        Posted by lolok on Saturday, January 1, 2005 11:31 AM
                        Big Smile [:D] A big thank you to member 'Millard'. The Imai/Ertle Chebec arrived the other day.A great way to start the new year. I was expecting it come surface in about 7 weeks but he kindly sent it Air and it took only a week and a half.
                        I have been lusting after this old kit for 20 odd years after I lost my first one when my marriage broke up.(hey,take the wife but leave the ship)Smile [:)]
                        When Millard mentioned to big jake that he had 3 I just could not resist it. I really remember this model I think because of the detail.After years of Airfix and Heller,to see a kit with metal fittings,real cloth sails and fantastic moulding detail was a revelation.I know it is an antique and should be kept reverently in the box but no-way.This baby is going to get all the TLC 40 years of model building can give it.
                        Big Jake......Get one, get one.
                        ?????How can a box of plastic parts give so much pleasure???????
                        happy new year Guy and gals from a surprisingly snow free and balmy Warsaw Poland.
                        JIM.
                        Jim Ryan Ex-Pat Limey in warsaw.Poland. " MENE,MENE,TEKEL U PHARSIN"
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