The Ship Model Forum

This is for those who like to take a break from modeling regular warships such as destroyers, battleships, aircraft carriers, and such; and instead like to dabble in kits such as:
Coast Guard vessels
Science, Research, & Exploration vessels
Cargo ships
Tankers
......or any other type of civilian or non-military type of vessel.

I'm an occasional ship modeler, just now working on my first 1/700 ship (Dragon USS Monterey). I've always had an interest in research craft. The 1/350 Hasegawa Soya kit looks interesting, as is the 1/700 USCGC Eastwind. Also, I live about 20 miles from the Portsmouth NH Coast Guard Station, where the USS Campbell WMEC-909 is stationed. JAG makes a Bear class WMEC, so that's tempting too. I'll need a stronger magnifier though!

Peter

I recently started the Hasegawa 350th Soya. Here are a few pics of the progress. Hasegawa's dedicated P.E. set will be used.
I've added the link to Model Shipwright's site below the photos, scroll down to the bottom of the thread to see my two postings, with detailed explanation on how I plan to display the Soya.





http://www.modelshipwrights.com/modules ... 566&page=1

Frank

Of course I'm a fan too. I think there is already a merchant ship topic in this section of the board though.

I've built an LNG tanker before and currently working on an ocean going salvage tug (also in 1/700. Tug will be part of a Russian Navy diorama.
I also have some general arrangement plans of other merchant vessels including one of the very first fully cellular container vessels, I also have the frameplan of that vessel and so I can make a nice build of it if I find the time. Probably I'll be going for a larger scale since I have enough resources for this.
Furthermore I'm less and less interested in warships nowadays, I hardly see them at sea, so I'm more keen on building merchant vessels for the future.

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The merchant shipyard

I'm still working on and off on my Tjisaroea which should pass the 500 parts mark in a few days.

A few pictures of Tjisaroea, the most recent one is two months old, the unpainted example about 7 months.

Some more pictures and the reason I had to rebuild most of the masts and the davits recently. The reason sometimes listens to the name "Oi". Usually she does not listen however.

Forgot to add the last picture. "Oi" is perfectly capable of subtly moving around every object she sniffs and scrounging the room without damaging anything. Being able to do so is not the same as wanting to do so however........

Hi there,
I am planning to build an antarctic research ship and am really looking for plans of H.M.S Endurance. I've had a fairly good trawl of the web and cannot find any. Failing that i have plans for the Spanish research ship 'Hesperides' so will need good photos of her, especially detail shots.

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Currently on the drawing board:
Radio controlled Antarctic Research vessel Hesperides 1/72.

On the slip way
Hermann Marwede, Revell 1/72 static model
Arkona, Revell 1/72 static model

I had the opportunity to visit the Falkland Islands last month (my first return since the conflict in 1982) and whilst there got an invite to look around the Antarctic Survey vessel James Clark Ross. I took a few photos on board and, if there is an interest, I could post them here. Let me know.

I also saw the fishery protection vessel Pharos SG as she entered the sound.

Herewith a couple of views:

James Clark Ross


Pharos SG

I have a collection of photos of the James Clark Ross, off the web. 'Also have a small, simple paper model of her that I found somewhere.

If interested, let me know.

Meanwhile, it's back to my ice breakers!

Lee Anne

Are your Ice breakers working models Lee Anne? I'm thinking of making a working ice breaker to smash through (scale) ice on the boating pond. I'd love to see photos of James Clark Ross and plans. Are the plans good enough for a 1/72 scale model to be built? When i decided to build a research ship the only decent plans i could find were for Hesperides, so that's probably what i will build. Would still prefer to build a British ship, just need to find proper plans.

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Currently on the drawing board:
Radio controlled Antarctic Research vessel Hesperides 1/72.

On the slip way
Hermann Marwede, Revell 1/72 static model
Arkona, Revell 1/72 static model

No plans, per se, just two .jpg files that are 1000x1404 pixels. They'd be a good start for drawing your own plans, but they're far from super-detailed. Send me mail and I'll send them and some photos off to you.

Lee Anne
LeeAnne@rlbeward.net

And I never answered your query on working models. No, they're all static.

I usually build in "Airfix scale" (1/600), as I did with my first Healy. But am now doing the Lenin in 1/160 scale. Then, I'll be doing a Swedish breaker, followed by the Mackinaw (83) or a Wind Class or the Healy in 1/160. That allows me to use N scale figures on the decks!

Lee Anne

Ahh. I model in 1/72, as i do a lot of aircraft and railway modelling too. I find its really good as you can get so much stuff in that scale, and OO (1/76) and HO(1/87) scale stuff works fine too. does make for a big ship though. I think in this scale my ice breaker should actually be able to break through ice on a pond, at least a bit.

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Currently on the drawing board:
Radio controlled Antarctic Research vessel Hesperides 1/72.

On the slip way
Hermann Marwede, Revell 1/72 static model
Arkona, Revell 1/72 static model

This is directed at Frank Portola and others who have the pictures here.Now that I see the SOYA I will have to get her.I wonder though, does REVELL of GERMANY or the U.S. have the cutter CAMPBELL out anymore?. I would like to acquire two.You might ask why ,Well, I will build one oob and the other into a coast and geodetic survey conversion I saw in 1978

I just remembered that I took this pic. Polar Sea, USCG icebreaker, at Canada Place, Vancouver, BC. Using my cell phone camera because it was a rather unexpected appearance.

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De quoi s'agit-il?

Does this type of ship fit into these categories? Would it be of interest to anybody?

USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs T-AGOR-1 Oceanographic Research Ship
(former USS San Carlos AVP-52 Barnegat class small seaplane tender)

NavSource.org http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/43/4351.htm
This ship can easily be built from the ISW USS Mackinac AVP-13 1/350 resin kit.



From DANFS:
http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s4/san_carlos.htm

Reactivated in 1958, San Carlos was taken out of the Reserve Fleet on 11 July and assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service for conversion to an oceanographic research ship by the Mobile Ship Repair Co., Mobile, Ala. On 15 December 1958, she was renamed Josiah Willard Gibbs-in honor of the 19th Century mathematician and theoretical physicist-and reclassified AGOR-1. Three days later, on 18 December, she was placed in service.

As an AGOR, the ship has a crew of 48 and a scientific staff of 24. Alterations to her original design included the installation of six laboratories, a machine shop, a darkroom, and a superstructure deck locker for experimental stowage or work, a deep sea winch capable of handling up to 40,000 feet of wire rope and 20 tons of equipment.

After fitting out, the new AGOR, an MSTS ship, became the principal research vessel of the Hudson Laboratories of Columbia University, under contract to the Office of Naval Research; and, through the next decade, provided transportation, accommodations, and working spaces for American scientists and technicians investigating physical, chemical, and biological properties of the ocean. On 15 December 1971, she was transferred to Greece and renamed Hephaisto. Since then, into 1974, she has provided similar services to scientists of that country.

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Carl Musselman
(Formerly Back-Aft Models)

Photobucket
https://app.photobucket.com/u/carlomaha

YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcH4XXgrwKkhbIHgFtIYhAg

Or how about these former AVPs?

They can also be built from the ISW 1/350 USS Mackinac AVP-13 resin kit.

USS San Pablo AGS-30 and USS Rehoboth AGS-50 - Survey Ships 1950s & 1960s.

NavSource.org http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/43/4330.htm
http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/43/4350.htm




C&GSS Pioneer (OSS-31)
(former USS Mobjack AGP-7 PT Boat Tender Barnegat class small seaplane tender)

NavSource.org http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/43/4327.htm



DANFS:
http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m13/mobjack.htm
On 21 August 1946 Mobjack decommissioned. Transferred, the same day, to the custody of the Department of Commerce, she later joined the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey as the survey ship Pioneer. Pioneer was sold for scrap 4 May 1966 to National Metal and Steel Corp., Terminal Island, Calif.

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Carl Musselman
(Formerly Back-Aft Models)

Photobucket
https://app.photobucket.com/u/carlomaha

YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcH4XXgrwKkhbIHgFtIYhAg

I would be interested to see them! There are same plans of James Clark Ross here:

http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/living_and_working/virtual/james_clark_ross/index.php

I have built the Japanese polar research ship Soya (Seals Models/Interallied) in 1/700:
http://www.modellmarine.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2049:antarktisforschungsschiff-soya-seals-models-1700-von-lars-scharff&catid=112:lars&directory=53


and the USCGC Burton Island in 1/700 (based on the Loose Cannon kit of the Eastwind):
http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=45434&hilit=Burton+island
http://www.modellmarine.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2181:eisbrecher-uscgc-burton-island-umbau-loose-cannon-1700-von-lars-scharff&catid=112:lars&directory=53
http://www.modellmarine.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2184:eisbrecher-uscgc-burton-island-umbau-loose-cannon-1700-teil-2-von-lars-scharff&catid=112:lars&directory=53


There are several kits of polar research ships and icebreakers in 1/700:
Japanese polar research ship Soya (Seals Models/Interallied, see also here)
Japanese research icebreaker Fuji (Seals Models/Interallied, probably not available anymore)
Japanese research icebreaker Shirase (Seals Models/Interallied)
Canadian icebreaker Pierre Radisson (Loose Cannon)
USCG icebreaker Eastwind (Loose Cannon and Niko Models, could be converted to any of her US and Canadian sister ships)
Russian icebreaker Jermak (Combrig)
Russian icebreaker Krasin (Combrig)
Russian icebreaker Mikojan (HP Models, Joseph Stalin class, see also here)

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