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Conclusion:
We can but confirm what Frank Ilse and Dirk Mennigke related us after building their Pacific diorama – the commitment and the number of hours needed to complete such a project is considerable. We did not count the hours, but it must have been several hundred of them. Originally we had thought it would not matter if we did not complete the project on time; at some point, upon realizing the amount of work still needed, we got caught by an ambition to nonetheless get things done on time. Considering our professional and private commitments, this is anything but simple, and it must not be forgot that scale modeling is a hobby (or at least supposed to be one ...)
Realizing this project presented fresh experiences to us all. Most important  to me is to learn that it is possible to build a common project with four individuals, all of them with opinions and perspectives of their own, even though separated by several hundred miles and with phone and email as main communication tools. That needs discipline, commitment, mutual respect and appreciation!
 
 
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This diorama is a team project of  „German Gamblers„ Christian Bruer, Frank Spahr, Guido Hopp and Torben Keitel; it was realized between May, 2007 and November, 2008.

Christian Bruer and Frank Spahr

November 2008

„VMF-06 German Gamblers“

Our very special thank goes to the Liverpool Old Mersey Times Public Relations Department for their kind support in any research for photos and information around the Liverpool Dock. A special thank goes also to Andreas Krause for his precise work with his milling machine on the polystyrene dock sections and Stefan Schacht for procuring the polystyrene sheet!


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