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Miniatures Adventure => Back of Beyond => Topic started by: Byblos on January 25, 2016, 11:48:39 AM

Title: [Reviresco 28MM] White Gunboat Adarjan
Post by: Byblos on January 25, 2016, 11:48:39 AM
Hi !

This is the paddle gunboat "Adarjan" from the White Russian Caspian Sea Fleet during the RCW !

At the beginning it's an (excellent) Reviresco kit : the "WaterWitch"

http://www.tin-soldier.com/waterwitch.html

(Printed cardboard with lead artillery and details such ladders , riddings fittings , vents , stantions ...)

I replace the cardboard lifeboat by plastic lifeboats and the towel came from a plastic kit ...

The lenght of the boat is about 75 cm (2,2 feet !?)

Some skills are needed but it's a fantastic (and not expensive !) kit , and an excellent idea from John Mc Ewan !

Next will be the "Minos" freighter but i would like to slightly modify it to an Seaplane Tender so it will take time and skills  ;D

I hope you like the poor old "Adarjan" , a mid 19th century old boat who had to fight for the Whites against the Reds (and Turks !) for Baku and the Caspian Sea  :'(


(http://i68.servimg.com/u/f68/13/09/54/58/dscf9210.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/view/13095458/1370)
(http://i68.servimg.com/u/f68/13/09/54/58/dscf9211.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/view/13095458/1371)
(http://i68.servimg.com/u/f68/13/09/54/58/dscf9212.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/view/13095458/1372)
(http://i68.servimg.com/u/f68/13/09/54/58/dscf9213.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/view/13095458/1373)
(http://i68.servimg.com/u/f68/13/09/54/58/dscf9214.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/view/13095458/1374)
(http://i68.servimg.com/u/f68/13/09/54/58/dscf9215.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/view/13095458/1375)
(http://i68.servimg.com/u/f68/13/09/54/58/dscf9216.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/view/13095458/1376)
(http://i68.servimg.com/u/f68/13/09/54/58/dscf9217.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/view/13095458/1377)
(http://i68.servimg.com/u/f68/13/09/54/58/dscf9218.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/view/13095458/1378)
(http://i68.servimg.com/u/f68/13/09/54/58/dscf9219.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/view/13095458/1379)
(http://i68.servimg.com/u/f68/13/09/54/58/dscf9220.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/view/13095458/1380)
(http://i68.servimg.com/u/f68/13/09/54/58/dscf9221.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/view/13095458/1381)
(http://i68.servimg.com/u/f68/13/09/54/58/dscf9222.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/view/13095458/1382)
(http://i68.servimg.com/u/f68/13/09/54/58/dscf9223.jpg) (http://www.servimg.com/view/13095458/1383)
Title: Re: [Reviresco 28MM] White Gunboat Adarjan
Post by: juergen c. olk on January 25, 2016, 01:43:14 PM
Perfect..great job!
Title: Re: [Reviresco 28MM] White Gunboat Adarjan
Post by: The Dozing Dragon on January 25, 2016, 01:46:48 PM
Great work!
Title: Re: [Reviresco 28MM] White Gunboat Adarjan
Post by: FramFramson on January 25, 2016, 02:35:21 PM
Amazing! Excellent work there!
Title: Re: [Reviresco 28MM] White Gunboat Adarjan
Post by: cuprum on January 25, 2016, 06:01:32 PM
It looks great!
But I would have replaced the artillery to more modern field guns and machine guns.
And still you have a flag - upside down :)
Title: Re: [Reviresco 28MM] White Gunboat Adarjan
Post by: Byblos on January 25, 2016, 06:04:22 PM
And still you have a flag - upside down :)

Ooops  :D
Title: Re: [Reviresco 28MM] White Gunboat Adarjan
Post by: carlos marighela on January 25, 2016, 07:51:03 PM
Well you could just say it was Serbian.

Lovely model making.
Title: Re: [Reviresco 28MM] White Gunboat Adarjan
Post by: marianas_gamer on January 25, 2016, 07:57:50 PM
Top notch work :-* :-* Really looking forward to your seaplane tender!
LB
Title: Re: [Reviresco 28MM] White Gunboat Adarjan
Post by: FramFramson on January 26, 2016, 06:02:20 AM
By the way, where did you get those plastic lifeboats? They're very nice!
Title: Re: [Reviresco 28MM] White Gunboat Adarjan
Post by: Burnin Coal on January 26, 2016, 07:57:56 AM
 :-* love it....great work
Title: Re: [Reviresco 28MM] White Gunboat Adarjan
Post by: Byblos on January 26, 2016, 09:50:54 AM
By the way, where did you get those plastic lifeboats? They're very nice!

From a french shop : Cap Maquettes ...
Title: Re: [Reviresco 28MM] White Gunboat Adarjan
Post by: FramFramson on January 26, 2016, 05:24:41 PM
Ah, ok. Un gros merci!
Title: Re: [Reviresco 28MM] White Gunboat Adarjan
Post by: Marine0846 on January 28, 2016, 01:54:39 AM
John makes some excellent paper models.
You have take it to the next level.
Love it.
Title: Re: [Reviresco 28MM] White Gunboat Adarjan
Post by: Ataman on February 20, 2016, 07:08:52 PM
A lovely piece of work! Though it does appear the crew are under the impression they're in the Serbian navy rather than the Siberian  :D
Title: Re: [Reviresco 28MM] White Gunboat Adarjan
Post by: Ignatieff on February 21, 2016, 09:14:48 AM
What a magnificent piece - well done!!!  :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: [Reviresco 28MM] White Gunboat Adarjan
Post by: Byblos on February 21, 2016, 10:59:44 AM
Thanks Ataman & Ignatieff

I'm currently working on HMS "Alader Yussanoff" , a little Caspian Sea Tanker used as Seaplane Tender by Royal Navy for the White Russians , who later owned the boat re-chistianed as "Volga"

It's an Reviresco kit (Freighter Minos) but heavily modified ! (Nearly 1 meter long now)
Title: Re: [Reviresco 28MM] White Gunboat Adarjan
Post by: Ignatieff on February 21, 2016, 06:58:59 PM
a 'little' tender thats nearly 1m long   o_o o_o o_o
Title: Re: [Reviresco 28MM] White Gunboat Adarjan
Post by: Byblos on February 21, 2016, 07:06:56 PM
Yes at scale it's a less than 100 m long ship , a little ship  ;D
Title: Re: [Reviresco 28MM] White Gunboat Adarjan
Post by: Beast of Bukhara on February 26, 2016, 09:35:06 AM

That a serious amount of work. Perfectly put together   :-* :-* :-*

Looking forward to seeing the Seaplane Tender  :o