DDG-178 Ashigara Japanese Ship - by Masayu - Navio Japonês

In the late 1990s with the completion of their four Kongo class AEGIS destroyers, the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) identified a need to develop and build an upgraded version of the Kongo Class to a similar specification as the US Navy Flight IIA Arleigh Burke class destroyers. Accordingly in their year 2000 budget, a plan to build two of these destroyers was set forth.
These vessels retain all of the armament of the Kongo class (whereas the Flight IIA Burkes removed the Harpoon missiles and CIWS systems) while still adding hangar space for two SH-60 helicopters. The LAMPS III package was added in keeping with the Flight IIA capability. The displacement of the Atago class is 10,000 tons full load.
In accordance with the Japanese constitution and the self defense nature of the Japanese military forces, the Atago class, like the Kongo class, carries no Land Attack Cruise Missiles (LACM).
Ashigara, was launched in August of 2006 and was commissioned in 2008.
The Atago class, as well as the Kongo class will be upgraded to Theater Ballistic Missile Defense capability to offset the rising danger of North Korean ballistic missiles. - jefhead.com

The Real Thing

Link: DDG-178.Ashigara.Japanese.Ship.by.Masayu


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Joe`s Cafe Papercraft Diorama - by Castoyrama

Very nice model by Maulana jodi, from Castoyrama.

Modelo bem legal de Maulana Jodi, do site Castoyrama.

Link: Joe`s.Cafe.Papercraft.Diorama.by.Castoyrama


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Halloween Special - Haunted Mansion And Monsters - by Ray O`Bannon

RavensBlight Manor is a very unusual old ruin. Much dryer and weathered than it should be on the outside, far damper and colder than it should be on the inside...rumored to bring ruin to anyone involved with it...and now it can be YOURS! The assembly instructions and all the parts are listed below. Just click each page, print out the parts, and build your own spooky little paper nightmare!  Does your Ghost House model need a few occupants?
Does your Battle-Hearse need a zombie to smash?
Perhaps the mortician from your Hearse Playset just needs someone to chat with? Here are some miniature monstrosities to solve all the problems listed above.- Ray O`Bannon






Link: Halloween.Special.Haunted.Mansion.by.Ray.O`Bannon

Link: Halloween.Special.Monsters.Set.by.Ray.O`Bannon


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Balinese Legong Dancers - by Julius Perdana - Dançarinas de Bali

More one great model by Julius Perdana, from Paper-Replika.

Mais um belo modelo de Julius Perdana, do site Paper-Replika.

Legong is a classical Balinese dance, originally it always performs by a pair of dancers who are two young girls that never have menstruation yet. The word Legong comes from a word Leg, which mean slow dance movement in balinese. It is characterised by highly stylised slow movements. Its delicacy is heightened by the fact that is performed by richly costumed young dancers, sometimes only four years old, many of whom retire at the tender age of 18. The word Legong firstly announced to western public was through a silent movie by an American director titled Legong: Dance of the Virgins in 1935 in New York Theater. That movie was made on Bali island in 1933, all cast are from that island of gods natives. However, Legong dance was rediscovered and maintained by Indonesian goverment on early 1960. - Julius Perdana

Legong é uma dança característica de Bali, que tradicionalmente é feita por um par de dançarinas muito jovens, que ainda não menstruaram. A palavra Legong significa "dança com movimentos lentos". essa delicadeza é realçada pelos trajes ricamente decorados das jovens dançarinas, muitas vezes com idades a partir de 4 anos. O Ocidente ouviu falar do Legong pela primeira vez  em 1935, através de um filme feito em Bali, por um  cineasta americano. - Julius Perdana.


Link: Balinese.Legong.Dancers.by.Julius.Perdana



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Abandoned Gas Station`s Old Furgon Truck - by Papermau

Here an old furgon truck, to use in Abandoned Gas Station`s diorama. There are ten colors in the .rar file. Later I will make a tow truck version.

Aqui um velho caminhão de entregas, que pode ser estilizado para ser um caminhão de mecânico. Perfeito para se usar no diorama do Posto de Gasolina Abandonado. Mais para frente farei a versão de caminhão guincho na mesma escala.

Link: Abandoned.Gas.Station`s.Old.Furgon.Truck.by.Papermau


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Commodore SX-64 First Portable PC - by Erik Schubach

The Real Thing

 The Commodore SX-64, also known as the Executive 64, or VIP-64 in Europe, is a portable, briefcase/suitcase-size "luggable" version of the popular Commodore 64 home computer and holds the distinction of being the first full-color portable computer.
The SX-64 features a built-in five-inch composite monitor and a built-in 1541 floppy drive. It weighs 10.5 kg (23lb). The machine is carried by its sturdy handle, which doubles as an adjustable stand. It was announced in January 1983 and released a year later, at US$ 995.


O Commodore SX-64, também conhecido como Executive ou VIP-64 em outros países, foi um dos primeiros computadores pessoais portáteis. Dobrável, ele se transformava em uma maleta de 10 quilos (?!?) e trazia o sistema operacional Commodore Basic 2.0. Quando foi lançado, em 1984, o computador custava 995 dólares. Foi também o primeiro portátil a ter uma tela colorida, de 5 polegadas.

Link: Commodore.SX-64.First.Portable.PC.by.Erik.Schubach


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Bamboo Blade Anime Paper Dolls - by A C Gateway

Bamboo Blade is a Japanese manga series written by Masahiro Totsuka, and illustrated by Aguri Igarashi. The manga was first serialized in the Japanese seinen manga magazine Young Gangan starting December 3, 2004. An anime adaptation was broadcast in Japan between October 2, 2007 and April 2, 2008 on TV Tokyo. The series tells the story of Toraji Ishida, a luckless high school Kendo instructor, who is challenged by his former upperclassman, also a kendo instructor, to a competition between their female students. The bet inspires Toraji to gather and train a team of five girls. Fortuitously, at this time he meets Tamaki Kawazoe, a gifted young female kendo practitioner. - Wikipedia

Bamboo Blade conta o dia-a-dia de um clube escolar de kendo. O clube tem como treinador o azarado professor Toraji Ishida que, no começo do anime, enfrenta uma crise, pois apenas um membro do clube está em atividade. Inicialmente a série mantém o foco na luta do clube pela sobrevivência, já que, para existir, é preciso ter uma quantidade mínima de membros. Aos poucos o grupo vai sendo formado, e é aí que a coisa esquenta: os personagens da série são extremamente cativantes. Sobre o enredo de Bamboo Blade não há muito o que dizer. É quase um ”slice of life“, acompanhando a vida dos membros do clube em seus treinamentos e campeonatos. É um anime muito gostoso de ser assistir, dono de um clima muito bem humorado, de um ritmo perfeito e que apresenta situações muito engraçadas. A série também conta com alguns momentos sérios, já que todos os personagens possuem algum problema ou frustração. - animehaus.com.br

Link: Bamboo.Blade.Anime.Paper.Dolls.by.A.C.Gateway


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Roman Castrum In Romania - by Papermau - Second Part

Just to remember, in the first post, I`ve stoped here:

In the first picture above you see that I use the original photo to make the textures, just to mark the location of windows, doors and other details. After everything checked, I delete the textures and work the same photo in  MsPaint , to make the  textures fit perfectly. So, I apply at the model, part to part.

 Na primeira imagem acima você vê que eu uso a foto original como textura, no momento apenas para marcar o local das janela, portas e demais detalhes. Depois de tudo marcado, eu apago as texturas e trabalho a imagem original no MsPaint , para que (as texturas) se encaixem perfeitamente. Então eu aplico novamente no modelo, parte por parte. 

More some images of the development of this model, captured from Sketchup :

Here, the final model with textures. Other details such as doors and windows are designed after going through the Pepakura to unfold, then the plans are open in MsPaint to design the doors, windows and tabs.

Aqui, o modelo com as texturas definitivas. Outros detalhes, como portas e janelas, são desenhados depois de passar pelo Pepakura, para desdobrar, então os planos são abertos no MsPaint para traçar as portas, janelas e abas.

And in these last three images, you can see the development of the base, with the lower gate passage.

The next step is to separate the various parts of the model, and then unfold it in Pepakura.

O próximo passo é separar as várias peças do modelo, para depois desdobrar no Pepakura.

Soon.


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Sci-Fi Series Stargate M.A.L.P. Vehicle - by Laul

This M.A.L.P. vehicle from Stargate, very detailed and with incredible textures, was made by Laul, a great French designer. You can see more Sci-Fi paper models in his page, to download for free.

Stargate Crew - Do You Know Who Was McGyver?

"Mobile Analytic Laboratory Probe" - The M.A.L.P. is a remote-controlled exploratory device that is sent through a Stargate to see what is on the other side before a team from the S.G.C. or Atlantis is sent through. It is capable of detecting temperature, analyzing oxygen and transmitting video feeds, as well as visually confirming whether or not a D.H.D. is present so that a team can dial the Stargate back home.
M.A.L.P.s come in various configurations and equipment. For example, the original device used when the Earth gate was first activated ran on all-terrain treads, while the newer models used by Stargate Command run on six heavy-duty wheels. - www.gateworld.net
Stargate is a military science fiction franchise, initially conceived by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin. The first film in the franchise was simply titled Stargate. It was originally released on October 28, 1994, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Carolco, and became a hit, grossing nearly $200 million (USD) worldwide. Three years later, Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner created a television series titled Stargate SG-1 as a sequel for the film.

The "Real" Thing

M.A.L.P. - Sonda e Laboratório Analítico Móvel,não tripulada, que viaja pelo Stargate a mundos inexploradas e determina se é ou não seguro para seres humanos.

Na indústria do entretenimento, o termo Stargate refere-se às produções americanas de ficção científica (do gênero "Space Opera") que tiveram início com o longa-metragem para o cinema Stargate, em 1994, e que hoje incluem três mini séries: Stargate SG-1 (1997-2007 - 10 temporadas), Stargate Atlantis (2004-2009 - 5 temporadas), Stargate Universe (2009-2011 - 2 temporadas), uma telessérie de animação e diversos romances e outras fontes, de modo a formar um extenso universo ficcional.  - Wikipedia
Uma curiosidade: O ator que faz o papel principal do 1º seriado Stargate, é  Richard Dean Anderson, o eterno McGyver, da série homônima dos anos 80.


Link:  Sci-Fi.Series.Stargate.M.A.L.P.Vehicle.by.Laul


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Great Torii of Itsukushima In Japan - by Bernard Buzuc - Grande Torii

This cool and unusual model was made by Bernard Buzuc, a great French designer and paper model enthusiast and is originally posted at Le Forum Em Papier, one of the best European paper model forums.

The Real Thing

The Torii, or Gateway, at Miyajima Island is a classic and beloved icon of Japan, as well as a condensed essence of traditional Japanese architectural expression. This grand wooden gateway, both sturdy and graceful, sits in the tidal flats before the historic Buddist temple complex of Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima island, in the same region as the city of Hiroshima in Japan.
Built on axis with the sea-facing shrine, the gate serves to welcome spirits of the departed as they come in across the water of Japan's Inland Sea. At low tide, visitors walk around the great columns of the structure, measuring its great size against the human body. At high tide, the rugged vermillion gateway seems to float in the waves around it, a gateway for boats, or for spirits indeed. - Kevin Matthews
Itsukushima Shrine is a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima) in the city of Hatsukaichi in Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. The shrine complex is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the Japanese government has designated several buildings and possessions as National Treasures.

Este belo e incomum modelo foi feito por Bernard Buzuc, um grande modelista francês e entusiasta do papel modelismo. Ele está postado originalmente no Forum Em Papier, um dos melhores foruns europeus sobre paper models.

The Torii At Low Tide

O Grande Torii é a entrada marítima para o Santuário Itsukushima. Na maré baixa é possível chegar até ele a pé. ele condensa a essência da arquitetura tradicional japonesa. Ele foi feito para dar as boas vindas aos espíritos que chegam à ilha, vindos dos mares.
Considerado pelos japoneses como um dos três cenários mais bonitos do país, o Torii do Santuário Itsukushima parece flutuar na água. O chefe militar Taira no Kiyomori, que doou fundos para o santuário, construiu o primeiro Torii naquela baía, no século XII. A estrutura atual data de 1875 e tem cerca de 16 metros de altura.
O Santuário de Itsukushima é um santuário xintoísta situado na ilha de Itsukushima, perto da cidade de Hatsukaichi, na província de Hiroshima, no Japão, que foi construído sobre as águas. Foi considerado Património Mundial da Humanidade pela UNESCO em 1996 e está protegido por severas leis de proteção do património japonês.

The Temple Seen From The Torii

Link: Great.Torii.of.Itsukushima.In.Japan.by.Bernard.Buzuc


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