Smit Frankrijk diorama – Revell 1/200
The old Aoshima/Revell kit revived with a bit of spare phototetch and a lot of scratchbuilding…
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21 responses to Smit Frankrijk diorama – Revell 1/200
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Michel Verschuere said on March 21, 2019
Amazing work in this scale Nikos, mbravo!
Pedro L. Rocha said on March 21, 2019
Just wow, amazing model, congratulations on a masterpiece
Tom Bebout said on March 21, 2019
Nicely done Nikos, great detail work.
Craig Abrahamson said on March 21, 2019
Stellar workmanship, Nikos….very nice job !!
Gary Wiley said on March 21, 2019
Wow! Outstanding. A great level of detail became even greater when compared to the paint bottle. Very well done.
Csaba said on March 21, 2019
Great idea and amazing build! I love it!
Nikos Kosmadakis said on March 21, 2019
Thank you everyone, I really appreciate it!
Gavin Snowdon said on March 21, 2019
Amazing work and incredible detail @ 1:200!
Charles King said on March 21, 2019
Just beautiful!!!! The froth of the water is just fantastic!
Nikos Kosmadakis said on March 22, 2019
Thank you Charles, it’s just a little cotton with acrylic gloss medium
Greg Kittinger said on March 21, 2019
Excellent! Fantastic details, especially for the scale.
Paul Mahoney said on March 21, 2019
what a really cool little diorama. Really has that boatyard feel. I don’t think I could pull that off in any scale, let alone one that small. Really love the whole feel of that scene – you absolutely nailed it!
Ferry Dierckxsens said on March 21, 2019
Fantastic work Nikos, and you made a lot of very nice details. The guys on the boatyard have a lot of work on their hands by the look of it.
Maybe intresting to know, Smit had a whole fleet of these harbor tugs in use in the port of Rotterdam on various locations. They all had country names like the “Frankrijk” (France) and where mainly used to tow the deepsea vessels to and from the quayside in Europort and Maasvlakte port area. The biggest deepsea vessels like crude oil tankes and post Panamax containerships were their main business.
The “Frankrijk” was built in 1981 on a shipyard near Rotterdam as part of a series of these tugs, and worked in the Port of Rotterdam until 2000. Then was sold to a tug company in the Flushing area were she worked until around 2009. Sold via Italy she now works in the Greek waters under the name “Christos XL”. Some technical details: 2 x 6 cylinder Stork-Werkspoor diesel engines producing 1339 Kw of power. 2 propellors in thrusters, with a pulling power of 30 tons.
I,ve worked for many years in the Port of Rotterdam and these tugs were to be seen in action daily.
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Nikos Kosmadakis said on March 22, 2019
Thank you very much for the nice words and the precious info you provided. I didn’t know the Frankrijk was operating in Greece now!
david leigh-smith said on March 21, 2019
Beautifully conceived, constructed, and presented. You have managed to create an atmosphere- a fine art, Nikos.
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DE4EVER said on March 22, 2019
🙂 … Greetings … 🙂 :
A diorama very nicely achieved Nikos. Very goo attention to details. I coincide with Charles on the comment made of the froth … very well rendered. Nice work.
Terry Schuler said on March 22, 2019
Nikos, Amazing detail and fun to look at, Well done !
Nikos Kosmadakis said on March 22, 2019
Everyone thank you very much for the much appreciated comments!
Richard Mcstay said on March 23, 2019
What they said! Fantastic demonstration of ability!
Tom Cleaver said on April 9, 2019
This is an incredible piece of work that truly elevates itself into the extraordinary. How did I miss this when it first came out???
Nikos Kosmadakis said on April 9, 2019
Guys you make me blush! Thank you very very much! All it takes is a little patience and some oil paints…