• glimse@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    What the hell, man? I looked up that model and…yeah, same one right down to the plaque. How did you do that?

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        1 month ago

        Autism might be the reason they have an interest in ships and/or tintin but catching the model from a low res picture is what I’m praising. Impressive and cool

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          1 month ago

          I don’t have any particular interest in ships. I don’t think you have to be autistic to be a huge Tintin fan either. The books are very popular worldwide and made a big impression on me. Thanks though, I’m glad that you found this impressive. :)

          BTW, I never found the specific frame from the comics online that showed the Unicorn model that I remembered from so long ago. Did you find it? I unfortunately find myself without a complete Tintin book collection. :) I found enough references on an image search to confirm that it was similar though.

          Edit - PS: I actually don’t think it’s the Tintin model. The nose and tail at least are a bit different designs:

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            I was just trying to make it clear that autism isn’t relevant to whether I’m impressed or not

            I found that model, too, but there’s another one I came across with a plaque that’s twice as tall!

            I didn’t look for any original image, I haven’t seen too much Tintin unfortunately

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              1 month ago

              No worries.

              If you’re into comics at all, especially European-style or more realistic comics, the Tintin books are amazing! If you do check it out, get the full-size individual ones, not the 3-book hardcover sets, which are reduced-size prints.

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      1 month ago

      I guessed purely based on a vague memory from reading the Tintin books as a kid, decades ago. I guess I have a good design memory? It’s a pretty distinctive design. I had to look it up online to verify that it was actually similar though.