Trocha Júcaro a Morón tower

mirdhim

Active Member

• Mar 29, 2017

• #1

Hi everibody!

I know this is off topic, so, I don´t have problem if somebody wants to delete this post.

I finished this model some months ago.

It consist in a construction that was build in the war Spain Cuba.

This is a picture of the tower in their epoca.

This are some pictures of some rests

This is a reconstruction that exists in Cuba.

I found this scheme surfing on the internet.

It was a good resource and a good start, but I have had to do my own blueprints.

Whit all the work done, I started to build it.

I hope you enjoy it.

Cheers
Luis

 

division 6

Master Member

• Mar 29, 2017

• #2

Nicely done.
With the right background it could pass as the real thing.

What scale is it?

 

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Albertese

Well-Known Member

• Mar 29, 2017

• #3

Outstanding work!

--Alex

 

Strode

Sr Member

• Mar 30, 2017

• #4

Very very nice!

 

Richard Baker

Sr Member

• Mar 30, 2017

• #5

That is a museum quality reconstruction- fantastic build!

 

darth_myeek

Sr Member

• Mar 30, 2017

• #6

Completely enjoyed this subject and craftsmanship, Luis!

Defense-wise, I love the exterior wall design.

Thank you for sharing.

 

SmilingOtter

Master Member

• Mar 30, 2017

• #7

Nicely done! And yeah, the walls are a very cool design.

 

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blakeh1

Sr Member

• Mar 30, 2017

• #8

Absolutely amazing work!

The only thing that really stands out and gives it away as a small scale model is the ropes.

Mainly because they don't look like they have any weight to them the way the drape over things. That's hard to get on a smaller scale

Otherwise, it is very convincing as a full size object

 

Axlotl

Master Member

• Mar 31, 2017

• #9

You can give the ropes the illusion of weight by soaking them in thinned Elmers glue and holding them in the positions you want until the glue dries.

Excellent model! Looks like it was a lot of fun to build, too.

 

mirdhim

Active Member

• Mar 31, 2017

• #10

Hi!

Thanks everybody for your words.

division 6 The scale is 1/32. In fact, the pictures with the pilot figure were to imaginate the size.

blakeh 1 Yes, you are right, but when I took the pictures, I didn´t want to fix the ropes because I taked pictures with the ladder up and down.

Axlotl Thanks for the hint. I did more or less the same with white glue thinned with water. (btw..... I can´t find Elmers glue anywhere!! :angry )


It was a very satisfactory project, investigation, design contructión......


Best wishes. I like you have enjoyed it.


Luis

 

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blakeh1

Sr Member

• Mar 31, 2017

• #11

mirdhim said:

(btw..... I can´t find Elmers glue anywhere!! :angry )

Click to expand...

I blame it on all the kids trying to make "slime". :facepalm

(just google elmer's glue shortage 2017 )

The main ingredient in it is Elmer's Glue. My daughter has probably wasted over a gallon of the stuff just in the past month or so making slime

All the local stores around here are out of it. Whenever you ask someone who works there if they have any, the first question is "let me guess, your trying to make slime?"

It seems the online retailers are the only ones who have it

 

division 6

Master Member

• Mar 31, 2017

• #12

It may have more to do with geography.
If you google La Rioja it comes up as Spain.

If you can find a form of PVA glue it should work.