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BIG scale cargo ships?
Posted by constantino on Friday, July 6, 2012 9:06 PM

kind of a random question, I build model cars generally.

Im working in a new building, and part of the office is dedicated to freight logistics.  This is relevent because there are 3 LARGE cargo ships in display cases hanging around the office.  No one knows where they originated from.

Id estimate they are between 3-4' long, they appear to have been professionally made, in glass sealed display cases.  

Im curious if that kind of scale cargo ship is available as a kit...  biggest stuff I see is like 1:350 revell kits... which seem to be just under 20" long, Id love to find something about twice that size.

Is this just not available?

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  • From: Denver, Colorado
Posted by waynec on Friday, July 6, 2012 10:59 PM

i think walthers model rr makes, or made, an ho scale great lakes ore boat. there aren't that many in the 1/350ish range. you might try model shipways. they may make a plank on bulkhead freighter.

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Posted by bondoman on Friday, July 6, 2012 11:51 PM

Blue Jacket makes a T-2 and a Victory each at 1/192 which is 1/16" = 1'-0". So they are between 2 and 3 feet long.

Those two types were a backbone of the commercial fleet in the 40's 50's and even 60's.

That's a lot of ship for a very good price.

They are both carved hulls, which is a good place to start.

www.bluejacketinc.com/.../index.htm

When you call, ask for Al Ross and mention this forum.

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Posted by surfsup on Saturday, July 7, 2012 12:17 AM

I think the ones in your office are either professionally made or could be small Builders Models. I think it was Imex who put out some Modern (sic) Cargo Vessels such as the Bahrain and the Nedlend Lloyd plus the Trinidad. I think they were around the 1-300 Scale. They are the only commercial Injection Moulded Kits of that ilk that I know of.....Cheers mark

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Posted by constantino on Saturday, July 7, 2012 9:25 AM

the bluejacket models look pretty awesome, but I am curious how extreme they are.  Ive never done anything with wood modeling.  Im I going to open the box to a vaguely shaped wood hull and a bunch of styrene sheets with which I will have to put together?

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  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Saturday, July 7, 2012 9:38 AM

Nothing in a modern ship.  All the ones available in large scale are very old designs.  However, one good thing about very modern, very large cargo ships is that they are relatively easy to scratchbuild.  They are so large that seakeeping ability is sacrificed for larger cargo holding and cheapness of building (eliminate compound curves).  Thus, there is virtually no sheer to the deck, the cross section is almost a rectangle, and the shapes of the bow and stern are quite simple.  Thus, using the bread and butter laminating method, they are pretty simple to build.  Plus, the deck structure, again to cut costs are basically simple rectangular prisms.  BTW, the Revell Colombo Express is 1:700, not 1:350, giving you some idea of how large these things are.

Also, in 1:192, which would make a big, big model, for the scratchbuilder there are generic PE railings and ladders available.  Portholes in deckhouses can be represented by drilling a hole, a daub of black paint in the hole, and glazing with microglaze.  No fancy fitting needed.  Rectangular windows can be black decals.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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Posted by tankerbuilder on Sunday, July 8, 2012 1:09 PM

DON,surely you forget the REVELL ships still available anywhere.True the bigger ones are from BLUEJACKET but there are plans out there too. I would prpbably choose the BJ kit of the freighter.The hull carving is not bad.     TANKER-builder

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Posted by tankerbuilder on Friday, July 13, 2012 9:30 AM

DON,in reply-true there,s nothing from 1956 onward EXCEPT your COLOMBO EXPRESS. and that in 1/700 which is to small for those of us with eye problems. There is the NEDLLOYD BAHRAIN and others , but I believe they are 1/400.Anything else YAY has to be scratchbuilt.Plans,plans is what we need . TANKER-builder

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Posted by telsono on Friday, July 13, 2012 11:54 AM

I work with shipping companies and those models are from the various lines themselves. Some are solid wood, but alot more now are plastic and produced by professional companies for advertising purposes. Travel agents used to have plastic models as well, but most of those are paper now..

BTW, Nedlloyd merged with Happag a few years ago and they go by Hapag-Lloyd now. The Nedlloyd Rotterdam and her sisters of the "r" class (Rochester, Rouen, etc.)  now belong to the Military Sealift Command

m/v Cape Knox T-AKR 5082 former N/L Rouen

m/v Cape Kennedy T-AKR 5083 former N/L Rosario

I am guessing that the old N/L Rotterdam and have been dispossed of as I can't find any information on them anymore.

Mike T.

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