Greetings to all.
In one of the recent MB mags there was an advert, as there usually is, for Marcle Models, who are suppliers of card models. What caught my eye is that they were advertising the new JSC Jahre Viking
http://store.jsc.pl/?d=produkt&id=286. JSC (
jsc.pl) make a number of card models in various scales and various subject matter. Given my interest in this vessel (reference my ULCC thread somewhere here) I thought I really needed to get hold of this card version so as to aid my larger RC build.
Having decided to source it directly from JSC - a process that was not without a little confusion around the ordering and dispatch - I duly received notification of the package care of NZ Post on the 2nd and final (there was a first?!?!) attempt of notification of it's awaiting my pickup as it was too big to deliver and if I didn't pick it up in 7 days it would be returned to sender. Needless to say I hastened to get it!
On arrival I opened the package and found not only the JV but two sheets making up a second model that had been included. I'm not honestly sure what it is at this point other than a warship of some sort as I haven't paid it much attention - and my 8 year old son is angling for it anyway :)
I have never attempted a card model before - other than one shared and forgettable attempt with my son (maybe 6 years at the time) to assemble a card model that came in the MMI a few years ago. What I found was a rather nice stapled together book in A4 size (more or less):
This contained some info about the ship in Polish (gulp) along with some Polish instructions (again gulp):
Fortunately at the back of the booklet this was all repeated in English!
There are also schematics of some, but not all, of the construction stages.
This representation of the JV is a waterline model at 1:400 making it a bit over 1.1 metres in length. So a suitable board was purchased for the model to sit on. Additionally the piping is not included in the model and requires separate purchase of suitable lengths and diameters of brass to complete. Additionally there are some laser cut parts that can be purchased - I decided not to get these.
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