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Pieces is simple: everything
produced must be of such high quality and detail that I would want to
purchase the item, myself. Initially the models produced will represent the
warships of the late 19th and early 20th century. I love the shape of
the ships of that era because of their complex appearance and their many
curves.
Only the finest materials are used and I strive to insure that every component and part that goes into a YS Master Pieces model warship is of the highest level of craftsmanship possible. All components are produced here in Hellas (Greece), except for the Photo-Etch etching process and boxes, which are from the United Kingdom.
Yiannis
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Master Pieces Model Dealers The model warships produced by YS Master Pieces can be purchased from the following vendors, which have world wide service. Commander's Models L'Arsenal MISTER KIT, sas
NNT Modell & Buch
Versand Pacific Front Hobbies
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YS
Master Pieces Models
1. Georgios Averoff, Greek Armored Cruiser, 1912 2. USS Oregon, BB-3, USN Battleship, 1898 If you have built an YS Master Pieces model and would like to have your model shown on the this web page, please send photos to: (steelnavy@msn.com) |
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YS Master Pieces newest 1:350 resin kit is the USS Oregon. This one piece full hull model portrays the ship as she appeared during the Spanish-American War of 1898. The third of the three ship Indiana Class, Oregon and her sisters Indiana, BB-1 and Massachusetts, BB-2 were the first modern USN battleships designed to equal the fighting power of contemporary European designs. Their armament of four 13 inch and eight 8 inch guns were as powerful as any European design and her armor belt of 18 inch Harvey-nickel steel, running 2/3ds the length of the ship was also comparable to her European contemporaries. The weakness of the class was their low freeboard, small coal capacity which limited their endurance and only moderate speed. Even so, Oregon, the first battleship built on the Pacific coast at Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California, earned fame during the war for her 14,000 dash around Cape Horn to join the Atlantic Squadron blockading the Spanish squadron at Santiago, Cuba. During the Battle of Santiago, she outraced the other battleships in chasing down Cervera's doomed squadron.
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YS
Master Pieces Models
1. Georgios Averoff, Greek Armored Cruiser, 1912 If you have built an YS Master Pieces model and would like to have your model shown on the this web page, please send photos to: (steelnavy@msn.com) |
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As modelers started seeing and building the beautiful 1:350 scale kits from YS Master Pieces, some asked, "When will there be a YS Master Pieces kit in 1:700 scale?" Now there is one, the Georgios Averoff, Greek Armored Cruiser, was the first 1:350 release from YS Master Pieces and now it is their first release in 1:700. The kit is different from most 1:700 models, in that it is available in two versions. You must decide if you want to build the traditional 1:700 waterline version or the one piece full hull version. One piece full hull 1:700 kits are something of a rarity because of the waterline tradition of 1:700 scale but also because of the added detail of the kit and difficulty of production. YS Master Pieces provides the choice.
The 1:700 version of the Averoff is amazingly close to be a perfectly scaled down replica of the 1:350 version. If you have seen the 1:350 model, you will be undoubtedly struck by the precision of the replication. It is only when the 1:350 and 1:700 models are placed next to each other that some differences are noted. The 1:700 version has been slightly simplified in parts count and design to allow for easy assembly.
The fidelity of the 1:700 Averoff is not confined to only the hull casting. Many of the smaller parts appear to be exact half sized miniatures of the larger kit. What is remarkable is that no detail appears to be lost in the castings.
The brass photo-etched parts consist of one fret. Because of size and complexity constraints, there are certain parts that appear in the 1:350 frets that are not included in the 1:700 version. One example is the ship's name brass plaques that are on either side of the bridge in the 1:350 kit are not present in brass in the 1:700 kit. Instead they are cast integral to the hull/superstructure. This is true with other details that were in brass in the 1:350 version, they are now part of the resin casting. However, take a close look at the extraordinarily high quality of the 1:700 fret. The three dimensional etching and consummate quality of the fret are evident in the photos.
It is strikingly clear that YS Master Pieces has the same commitment to excellence in their 1:700 kits as they do in their larger 1:350 scale sisters. Every component is of the highest quality, from resin, to brass, to instructions. The instructions come spiral bound just as those in the 1:350 kit. From the photographs, you can judge the high quality of the instructions for yourself. Each page is clear and well laid out. The instructions have many of the same drawings as those in the 1:350 kit but many differences as well.
This has been only a look at the components and my first impressions of this kit. A Build review will follow.
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