I Hate Titanic Models !

Look for some of the older Airfix liner kits. They made a few. Wish in one hand and in the other, as the saying starts...

Yer just cranky because you were late for the sailing at Southampton.

Here’s something you’ll find interesting.

http://m.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?n=lurline-coonan&pid=188769697&referrer=0&preview=false

Aye, but TB made it topside from a stoker's apprentice in the boiler room of the Lusitainia in record time......

Pretty swift for an old tar with a peg leg, on account of that unpleasantness at Mobile Bay.

TB- pick up “A Night To Remember” again. That’ll whet your enthusiasm. It really is a unique story. Good movie too.

How about the SS Califorinan instead of the Titanic.

BTW there are 2 versions of a 1/350 Indy (Academy and Trumpy) and at least 2 (Tamiya and Revell) in 1/700 that I know of.

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How about the SS Califorinan instead of the Titanic.

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Thats available from Loose Cannon (east)

The Carpathia is also available from Loose Cannon

Oh, wait a minute.  These are resin and brass.  Totally unaccepatble as a form of modeling. ;P

While the Titanic is being bad-mouthed, how about in the same vein: Arizona, Missouri, Bismarck, Yamato, Enterprise ....

EdGrune

While the Titanic is being bad-mouthed, how about in the same vein: Arizona, Missouri, Bismarck, Yamato, Enterprise ....

I don't mind those so much but I would like to see more British cruisers. Ajax, Achilles, Exeter Etc. (other than the old Airfix kit).

" G " 

 I do have a copy of that book . Given me by my Grand-Mum .The one that actually did miss the sailing ! Whatever the link you gave in this short message couldn't be linked on  , But Thanks .

Oho ! I believe that ye might be a bit jealous ?

 That I did indeed rise from the firerooms of ships to the bridge is a fact . I just wish I could've done it all in the Navy .

 Tis a great feeling to look out at the Bow of a large ship and know you are the man they trust with her , the crew and cargo .

The Canberra and the Oriana I have 

 What I don't have is the Californian or Carpathia in plastic ! I have a very bad allergy to resin , Period . That's a shame too . The Civil War vessels i would like to collect in 1/350 or 1/250  are paper or resin . Most resin .

 there are other vessels that could be built from , say the American President Lines ship-model , but she's to large and poorly molded

Yeah !EdGrune ;

 Too bad they are resin . That's what I am talking about ! Are those 1/350 ?

Tanker - Builder

" G " 

 I do have a copy of that book . Given me by my Grand-Mum .The one that actually did miss the sailing ! Whatever the link you gave in this short message couldn't be linked on  , But Thanks .

 

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?n=lurline-coonan&pid=188769697&fhid=26209

If you hate too many TITANICs, how about too many H.M.S. VICTORYs, CONSTITUTIONs and MAYFLOWERs ? That's why I prefer to scratch build model ships. One is not held captive to the limited types of model ships in the plastic kit market. If one likes a perticular model ship in which the plans are available, then one can break out of the plastic model box.

Happy modeling    Crackers 

Maybe a little  TB.   You have had a great life with plenty of success.  More to come, I'm sure.

That great feeling comes with anything done in life that happens and is recognized for what it is.

 Aye , Mr. Goldhammer !

 I'll be needing All ahead Flank now . This life has been Interesting , Heartbreaking and then Awesome . I think I can rest easy on this score ! I do wish sometimes I could do some things over or better . Oh well , that's why it's called life .

GMorrison

 

Back at my desk. Try this.

 

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?n=lurline-coonan&pid=188769697&fhid=26209

 

Thanks for that link. My dad shipped out for Adelaide Australia aboard "Lurline", April 22, 1942, and returned home in October, 1944 after 654 days of combat in and around New Guina. I wish there was a model of the Lurline available.

EJ

E.J

   There is one close enough . You would have to do a lot of improving and some scratch building but there is a chance .It's the old Pyro , Now Lindberg ? American President Liner . The President Wilson and the Lurline had only forty foot of difference between them in real life .

 They were built to a type for efficient troop movement and then conversion to passenger trade for the line's to make back the money they spent to build them for UNCLE SAM  !

If there were plans available, scratch building would be the answer. However, do not ever expect a kit for the LURLINE. If plans for this liner were not available, there are plenty of photos for the skillful scratch builder to copy a model.

Happy modeling    Crackers 

Thanks TB.

I found three, a 1/547 Lifelike kit (vintage) for $115.00,

a 1/547 Lindberg kit (don't lnow the age) for $38.00,

and a 1/350 Lindberg kit for $34.00.

Do you have a reccommendation? I do have some fine pictures to guide me in making changes, some before the war and some during and after the war.

EJ

The middle one. Amazon has it for $ 25 or so plus shipping.

Our good friend has recommended this conversion before. I frankly am skeptical. Under the assumption that any hull is better than no hull, and that is kind of the original proposition of this thread; sure.

Everything from the main deck up would be new. Thats not an unbeatable challenge, but with liners it gets finicky with the stacks and curved deckhouse faces etc.

My question is this. Both the P2 Admiral Class troop ships upon which the President Liners were converted, and the kit which is based on them, have little to no sheer for most of their length. They look like big floating boards to me.

Our Lurline however has a fair amount of sheer, as do most good looking ships of the era. That makes the hull conversion a lot more difficult.

" G " 

    What you stated is true . But with careful scratch building this can be achieved .The Sheer isn't as bad a problem as the bridge area .The U.S.S. Dixie ( A Destroyer tender . Although shorter , has a similar Bridge . So does the Piedmont !

 The sheer is noticeable from a distance , but , I do believe it can be done . Yes , with this hull ! I have done four of the Dixie's for friends from here and one Matsonia which was smaller ( Shorter by thirty foot  ).

 I would say because of the scale it would be not be that big a chore . Many of thos older ships had beautiful sheer and other great lines . Only the true ship afficianado would know what to look for though !

 You have to remember " G " the wood models of liners are way out there in accuracy , Meaning , None ! At least with this old veteran model we can get close .

 It's like the REVELL Brasil, Brazil ?/Argentina situation .She was a Moore-McCormack ship of a size smaller than the Doria . But She is a good start to that goal . How many models of the Andrea Doria have you seen .  Or her adversary the Stockholm ? By the way . Did you know that in Portugal , Spain and Italy  ,Andrea is a male's name . He , Andrea Doria was one of their well respected Admirals or something like that . 

I did know that. In fact, there were two U.S.S. Andrew Dorias.

I have to agree with TB. Like Titanic, ships like the Bismarck, Yamato, Missouri, Victory, Constitution, etc., are over represented in the plastic ship modeling industry.  Companies like Trumpeter and DML/Dragon are godsends for producing other ships.  I wish that other companies would follow suit and steer away from the overly recognizable names.

Bill

I've concluded that for a long time selected subjects have been either museum or "famous/ infamous" ships.

Ships that starred in movies do OK too. 

GMorrison

Ships that starred in movies do OK too. 

LOL we need the Posiden! Wait, I'll bet someone makes it in resin.

Comes with a little Shelley Winters fig.

Hasegawa for a while made models of ships the IJN sank, like the Gambier Bay.