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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP16 Oct 2020 9:19 p.m. PST

"Browsing through one of Larousse's encyclopedic publications centuries ago, I came across a drawing and description of a primitive jangada raft used by Brazilian fishermen. Since the description showed that the rafts were made of balsa wood, I obtained a large chunk of this material and built my own yangada based on the drawing from the book. I present how it turned out in the pictures. First the reference material, then the model…"
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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP17 Oct 2020 11:11 a.m. PST

I find these as a master little piece of work….


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