tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84436842619748835672024-02-20T08:05:44.424-08:00Shipmodelling in the National Museum of OmanCarlos Montalvãohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10307684320085100206noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443684261974883567.post-52879404699103040542009-09-02T08:10:00.000-07:002015-10-18T13:21:22.627-07:00Muscat, Sultanate of Oman - September 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Three ship models from the Portuguese model maker
Carlos Montalvão are already on display at the National Museum of Oman <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Three
scaled-down models of historical ships from the XV century (a Chinese junk, a Portuguese nau and a Portuguese caravel) donated
by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisboa – Portugal) are already on display at the
National Museum of Oman.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> The models are
meticulously craft at scale 1/30 by Portuguese expert ship model maker Carlos
Montalvão and it took him around a year of full time work to achieve each
model.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> In November
2014 Carlos Montalvão and Rui Xavier, from Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, were in
Muscat to make the basic adjustments in the models. See <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1nOq2aQ_yCrWnpEUEoxY2lmU00/view?usp=sharing">Oman Tribune article of November 27, 2014</a> and <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1nOq2aQ_yCrMU9KdkxlQ296QWc/view?usp=sharing"><i>Oman Daily</i> issue from 24 November 2014</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> In early
September 2015 Carlos has returned</span><span style="text-align: left;"> to the National Museum to ensure the final
adjustments in the models and put them in the Museum show cases.</span></div>
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some photos of the work being done with the help of National’s Museum staff: Nada
Alshekaili, Rasha Alfahadi and Christine
Pariselle. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><b>The Chinese junk from the XV at scale 1/30.</b></span></div>
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<b>The Portuguese caravel from the XV. Scale 1/30. National Museum of Oman</b><br />
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<b>The Portuguese Nau from the XV. Scale 1/30. National Museum of Oman</b><br />
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<b>Final adjustments in the Portuguese nau from the XV. Carlos Montalvão, <span style="text-align: left;">Rasha Alfahadi and</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">Nada Alshekaili</span></b><br />
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<b>The Portuguese nau's long boat being hold by Nada Alshekaili. National Museum of Oman</b><br />
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<b>Carlos Montalvão and the Italian team of conservators of the National Museum of Oman</b><br />
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<b>Christine Pariselle and the Omani conservator ladies of the National Museum of Oman</b><br />
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<b>Final adjustments in the Chinese junk</b><br />
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<b>Final adjustments in the Portuguese caravel</b><br />
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<b> Portuguese caravel's long boat being hold by Rasha Alfahadi</b><br />
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