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by **Fishcakes** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:44 am

Good idea Steviecee Hopefully that will inspire Revell to do more!!!
Just bought a Paper Scillonian II to help scratch build a 1:700th one too.

by **steviecee** » Tue Apr 02, 2013 4:58 pm

hobbylink is taking orders for the Olympic I'll get one.
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10222529

by **Fishcakes** » Mon Apr 01, 2013 4:08 am

I'd certainly like to see more liners in a constant scale. 1:700th would be a great scale as there are a few kits out there. Airfix I think have lost the plot by not issuing again their old liners but again I'm not paying stupid money for the QM2 in 1:600th. That is why to me the 700th ships have potential. I have the QM2 which is almost finished, a couple of the Japanese liners, though I would like more of those to do as the Hospital ships etc. I also scratch built the Schiller and was converting the Academy Titanic to the Olympic, which Revell have now done which is typical isn't it!!! (I'll troop ship the conversion I think.)
Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth ought to be done to compliment the QM2, then there are the "classics": Normandie, United States, France, QE2, Canberra etc...ahhh we can wish and hope I guess.

by **Dellinger** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 5:58 pm

Check out the SS Italia on scratchbuild completed models

by **Victoria** » Mon May 07, 2012 10:45 am

Shipbuilder wrote:I really like the freedom of being able to build whatever I want (subject to finding the plans).
Bob

Wise words...
That is the challenge. And models like this last above are the best inspiration.

by **Shipbuilder** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 2:07 am

I have never built a kit of an ocean liner! I really like the freedom of being able to build whatever I want (subject to finding the plans).
Bob

by **Dan K** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 3:46 pm

Harland & Wolff built, White Star liner. Interesting - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Cedric

by **Pieter** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 3:42 pm

The only celtic/Cedric model that i know of was made by Bassett-Lowke in 1/1200. Bassett-Lowke models are very difficult to find. Scratchbuild one? You seem to have the skills to do so and there's countless Titanic models on the market for small parts and fittings.

by **MartinJQuinn** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:25 pm

Anyone know any models, in any scale, of the passenger liner SS Cedric? Was passing some genealogy information back and forth with siblings and cousins today, and I see my Paternal Grandmother came to the US on the Cedric in 1922.

by **Pieter** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 10:41 am

I couldn't resist playing around a bit with what I had on City of Panama . The seaplane is another late 1920's icon, Pan American Airways' Sikorsky S-38.

by **Pieter** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:03 am

Hi Hugh, email sent. Personally I'm not that interested in Lurline but maybe others from the merchant GB can chime in ?

by **Hugh L** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:32 am

I would very much like to see your photos of City of Panama. Loose Cannon is producing a kit of her. Is there interest in another old classic, SS Lurline? She was used by the navy during WW II as a transport so there are a lot of possibilities.

by **Pieter** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:41 am

Daniel Jones of the (paper) magazine Plastic Ship Modeler did a number of articles on interwar US merchant vessels which featured nice 1/700 drawings and some pictures. After he stopped publishing PSM some of his articles were republished on the SMML website at http://smmlonline.com/articles/articles.html .
Some years ago I reworked one of his other drawings , of the small liner City of Panama, into "real" modeling drawings (with cross sections) using a picture of the official builders' model as a starting point. I'm not sure of Daniel would like to see them published here but you can pm me if you're interested in building City of Panama. She's on my 'to do ' list but will probably remain there for a while. So many interesting subjects...

DougKn wrote:Can anyone direct me to a source of drawings of interwar US merchant vessels. I do small scale stuff, so medium quality drawings would be fine, even one of the ONI books might work. History on CD-Rom used to list some, but I think they are out of business. Any suggestions? (I've tried internet searches, but usually find only sailing or the few biggie passenger liners.)

Cheers

Doug K

by **brooklin1** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 10:16 am

Just a comment on a previous post on this thread.

Regarding what models a company will produce is driven by only one factor. Sales. In my other 'life', I do Formula One race car models. The main companies in that area are Tamiya, Fujimi, Hasegawa. Some items are guaranteed best sellers because of the car make, ie. Ferrari, or the driver, ie. Ayrton Senna. Japanese cars, brands or drivers are also popular because of the large Japanese, home market. As far as ocean liners go, I think something like the Queen Mary 2 was a no brainer for model companies. I still surprised there haven't been any new 'cruise' ships done lately. Maybe a licensing issue?

How do you get companies model made of your favorite ship? Try starting an e-mail campaign to the companies. If they hear from enough people, they may give it some thought.

by **Guest** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:21 pm

Hi,
I'm interested in a "real" liner that's still around...sort-of. I'm exploring kit-bashing/ scratch building
the SS Delorleans/USS Crescent City. She's one that can still, with enough $$ and influence, be "walked-on" (but fast running out of time), has an unmatched pedigree among survivors (except for the Hikawa Maru...about the same size) and she seems just the right size. Are there any plans of her available?
Chris C.

by **Shipbuilder** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:48 am

I like building all types of Merchant Ships both sail & steam. Passenger ships can be a bit repetitive and they are certainly more difficult than sailing ships, but there are so many different types from quite small to very large, they are always interesting builds.

I never build kits at all and am therefore not constrained to whatever manufacturers want me to build.

Bob

by **DougKn** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 11:53 pm

Can anyone direct me to a source of drawings of interwar US merchant vessels. I do small scale stuff, so medium quality drawings would be fine, even one of the ONI books might work. History on CD-Rom used to list some, but I think they are out of business. Any suggestions? (I've tried internet searches, but usually find only sailing or the few biggie passenger liners.)

Cheers

Doug K

by **Pieter** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:26 pm

That's a very nice Caronia Patrick. Giving up on manufacturers seems to have been productive.

by **patrick camilleri** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 5:22 pm

I've given up on the suppliers. My favorite scale is 1:600 and I've ended up scratchbuilding.

Done:
UNITED STATES
FRANCE
NORMANDIE

Under Construction:
RMS CARONIA

In the pipeline:
QE1
QM1
ANDREA DORIA

by **MarkieSparkie** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:30 pm

Well I'd like 1:200 or 1:350 scale.

Some I'd like to see are:

Empress of Britain (II)
Andrea Doria
Olympia
Rex
Berengaria
America
United states
Bremen IV
Bremen V
Normandie
QE
QE2
QM
QM2
QV
Ile de France
France

Basically any ocean liner!

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