Lindberg Nantucket lightvessel

Hi Julian

The Lindberg model of the lightship is the old Pyro/Lifelike Co. model. First released in the mid 1950's it's a pretty accurate model of the American light ship circa 1956. The amount of detail is good and the moldings are very good also. Just keep in mind the age of the model, no PE. I've seen a number of these built up, even radio controlled, it makes up a nice kit. The South Goodwin light ship is British, a 1960's era mold and detail. It makes up a nice looking model also. Google up "lightship modeler", there are a number of good pics of the two models built up. I've built the Nantucket about 5 times over the years, with a little work they will be a nice(and unusual) addition to your collection.

Regards

Mike M. former Nantucket Lightship crewman 

Digital Navy offers a free downloadable copy of their 1:250 scale paper model of the AMBROSE lightship

http://digitalnavy.com/html/ambrose.html

Its on my things to do list,  to shoot the parts down to 1:350 scale and copy them to plastic card

Thanks Mike, Ed,

Dates from the mid-50's sort of sums me up too. Guess I'll go for one of these, as you say it is something different.

cheers,

Julian

This thread brought back some memories. I built Lindberg/Pyro Nantucket about 50 years ago. It was a center piece on my display table (a large trunk). I probably did not use any paint back then; just built it out of the box. I have seen some really good builds of it since and would recommend it. I yearn to build it again, but my stash of unbuilt kits probably extends my life expectancy!

In My collection, I have a kit (#1015) form Bluejacket Ship Crafters. It is a scale of 3/8" = 1'.

The finished model measures 18 & 3/4" with a height of 13". It is depicted as launched in 1936 but includes some info in order to up-date the model. It features a pre carved hull, full size plans, cast Britannia fittings, and PE.

This is the Lightship I will build for a couple of reasons, neither having to do with modeling. 1) I lived on Nantucket as a CG brat when I was but a small child and 2) my mother was born in 1936.

It is a beautiful kit and would make a nice addition to any collection.

Andy 

 

Grem56 wrote:

Advice, reviews and photo's of builds would be very much appreciated. Regards, Julian

Gem56, you were interested in photos of a Nantucket build. Lindberg has one on there site at http://www.lindberg-models.com/water_model70860.html.

Thanks shipwreck, missed that one. Instructions downloadable as well

Cheers,

julian

Found this site while surfing around, looking for deck color info for the Digital Navy Ambrose

http://www.lightshipmodeler.iwarp.com/index.html

The guy has all sorts of Lightship models, paper, plastic, wood ...

The site is a little amateur-ish with lots of popups  but it looks like might be some information to be mined

 Hey Ed

 Are you going to offer that 133' buoy tender as a kit, haven't heard any more from you on this. It was looking real good last photo I saw...

The US Coast Guard Historian's office has some good photos of CG lightships..many of them were painted gray in WWII and were fitted with deck guns. They were utilized as examination vessels at US ports...

 Regards,

Mike M.    Nantucket Lightship sailor 

The only difference between the NANTUCKET light vessel and the county jail is that the jail can't sink!

 

thunder1 wrote:

Hey Ed  Are you going to offer that 133' buoy tender as a kit, haven't heard any more from you on this. It was looking real good last photo I saw...

The master got trashed when I tried to pour a mold at a Smooth-On seminar.   I used the wrong/too stiff of an RTV, and when I pulled it out of the hardened rubber some of the master stayed in the mold.     I tried to pour a hull from the salvaged mold,  but the detail was too soft.  The master has been mostly repaired.   I still need to buy some more porthole rings from Tom's to apply before trying it again.