IMEX Tampa *update 7-28* Finished! - FineScale Modeler - Essential magazine for scale model builders, model kit reviews, how-to scale modeling, and scale modeling products

enemeink

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February 2008
From: San Bernardino, CA

Posted by enemeink on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 11:24 AM

Thanks everybody!

"The race for quality has no finish line, so technically it's more like a death march."

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mfsob

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March 2005
From: West Virginia, USA

Posted by mfsob on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:09 AM

Very nice work in that oddball scale, and best of all, it's painted something besides gray! I am going to seriously look at a container ship for my next build, just to brighten up the "ships" side of the bookcase if nothing else.

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onyxman

Member since
December 2005
From: Seattle, Colorado

Posted by onyxman on Monday, July 28, 2008 12:27 PM

She came out real nice! Fine work. Yes, the "Maersk SeaLand" is probably a little small, but unless you compare it to the real thing nobody will notice.

Fred

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JMart

Member since
March 2007
From: NJ

Posted by JMart on Monday, July 28, 2008 12:23 PM

cheers mate..nicely done... seldom seen ship, thanks for posting and sharing!

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enemeink

Member since
February 2008
From: San Bernardino, CA

IMEX Tampa *update 7-28*

Posted by enemeink on Monday, July 28, 2008 11:58 AM

So it's finished! the PE sets were somewhat of a pain. Good thing i had a great set of calipers or it would have made this that much worse. The maersk decals were smaller than I had hoped but I went ahead and used them anyway. I tried to find some G scale railroad decals but couldn't find what I needed. anyways I hope you all enjoy. People at work seem to dig it.....

"The race for quality has no finish line, so technically it's more like a death march."

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enemeink

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February 2008
From: San Bernardino, CA

Posted by enemeink on Monday, July 21, 2008 11:58 AM

onyxman wrote:
By the way enemeink, nice workspace!

Thanks, I posted a picture in the "show us your workspace" thread. i picked it up at sams club back in march. before that I was using a TV tray in the living room.

"The race for quality has no finish line, so technically it's more like a death march."

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enemeink

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February 2008
From: San Bernardino, CA

Posted by enemeink on Monday, July 21, 2008 11:56 AM

DURR wrote:

try putting some rigging on her like on the cranes maybe
it is a big enough model so not to be hard and would make a MAJOR diff.

I had Planned on it. But i'm saving that for the very last.

"The race for quality has no finish line, so technically it's more like a death march."

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onyxman

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December 2005
From: Seattle, Colorado

Posted by onyxman on Monday, July 21, 2008 8:06 AM

By the way enemeink, nice workspace!

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DURR

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July 2013

Posted by DURR on Sunday, July 20, 2008 9:28 PM

try putting some rigging on her like on the cranes maybe

it is a big enough model so not to be hard and would make a MAJOR diff.

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mfsob

Member since
March 2005
From: West Virginia, USA

Posted by mfsob on Friday, July 18, 2008 6:41 AM

Here's what I learned the hard way - you can't print small decals with an inkjet printer. It just won't work. Period. By small I mean anything less than about 1/350.

If all you want is black logos and lettering, then a laser printer and clear or white laser decal paper will give good results down to 1/700 scale. I did an entire carrier air wing that way and it looked good, down to the individual aircraft modex numbers. Someday God is going to leave a color laser printer on my kitchen table for me to play with. Until that time ...

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onyxman

Member since
December 2005
From: Seattle, Colorado

Posted by onyxman on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 4:12 PM

Yeah, 1/550 is probably too small for lettering. Maybe some of the larger logos might come out. This is 1/400 scale, and the 'Sea-Land' was about as small as my printer could habdle.

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enemeink

Member since
February 2008
From: San Bernardino, CA

Posted by enemeink on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 10:45 AM

I had thought about doing this but I had my doubts as to how it will turn out due to the scale. I originally wanted to get some z scale decals but those were way to big for this. I created some logo's and did a test print and it didn't turn out so good. either. I even went as far as creating the shape of the stack in adobe illsutrator so i could just add the decals as one sheet instead of each container. But it was just too much and the quality of my little printer wasn't doing the job so I left the logo''s and numberings off. next up railings...... those puppies are tiny.....

"The race for quality has no finish line, so technically it's more like a death march."

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onyxman

Member since
December 2005
From: Seattle, Colorado

Posted by onyxman on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 8:21 AM

If you take MFSOB's suggestion, you might find all kinds of logos in the trade magazines. Scan them into a graphics program, then print them on Testor's decal paper. He's right though. Frustration level goes up. I found it was hard to get them reduced to the correct size.

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mfsob

Member since
March 2005
From: West Virginia, USA

Posted by mfsob on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 7:04 AM

You know, if it wasn't for the offbeat scale, I'd grab one of these guys just for the sheer joy of getting to paint something in a shade other than gray. Nice-looking build. If you really want to up the frustration level, try making your own decals for the containers - except that white would be a problem.

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JMart

Member since
March 2007
From: NJ

Posted by JMart on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 7:50 PM

neat build, also great that you can model 'work", great conversation piece.

if anyone want to pick one of these Imex cargo kits up, they are in the (Naval) Bargain Bin at Sprue Brothers, 13$ USD. And grab the last Zvezda Oriol at 20$ while you are there, I already have mine ;)

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enemeink

Member since
February 2008
From: San Bernardino, CA

Posted by enemeink on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 11:13 AM

Yeah it was a pain to paint all of those pups......I thought about doing decals on the containers but I couldn't find anything that was that small. I was looking at some Z scale railroad continaer decals but even those were too big. so I'm going to just weather the containers to try to hide the missing logos a bit. I am going to add some Maersk decals to the ship. I ordered some HO scale railroad decals to use. they should be the right size for this ship I hope.

"The race for quality has no finish line, so technically it's more like a death march."

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onyxman

Member since
December 2005
From: Seattle, Colorado

Posted by onyxman on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 7:45 AM

Heckuva lot of 20 footers in that stow! You mention decals. Are you going to have logos on the containers? What about 'Maersk Lines' on the hull?

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enemeink

Member since
February 2008
From: San Bernardino, CA

IMEX Tampa *update 7-14*

Posted by enemeink on Monday, July 14, 2008 1:09 PM

I think i spent more time masking containers then I did on the actual painting and building of the hull. next up it's weathering these cans to make them look like they've crossed the ocean a couple of times. hopefully my rail set and decal set will be here before the week ends.... to pick the colors of the containers I just went outside my office and looked in our container yard to see what companies we do business with. anyways i hope you enjoy....

"The race for quality has no finish line, so technically it's more like a death march."

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enemeink

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February 2008
From: San Bernardino, CA

Posted by enemeink on Monday, July 14, 2008 12:57 PM

kp80 wrote:
Keep us posted on your progress. How did you shade the hatches, with chalk pastels, or did you airbrush? Is this 1/500 scale or so? I've only seen these on my LHS shelf a few times and never really studied the box.

KP90,
Funny thing. I used a black primer on this. and to save paint i just didn't airbrush were the containers will be sitting. So nothing fancy I was just cheating and being conservative. the scale is 1/550. Thanks,

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kp80

Member since
November 2005
From: NYC

Posted by kp80 on Sunday, July 13, 2008 9:14 AM

Keep us posted on your progress. How did you shade the hatches, with chalk pastels, or did you airbrush? Is this 1/500 scale or so? I've only seen these on my LHS shelf a few times and never really studied the box.

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enemeink

Member since
February 2008
From: San Bernardino, CA

Posted by enemeink on Saturday, July 12, 2008 7:27 PM

Actually i was building this as a generic maersk container shp. I didn't have any particular ship in mind o this build. I've read that the Tampa is not really based on any real ship. I just wanted a model for my office that represents something that I do. Thanks for a reference for a ship that matches. I think that i will designate my ship as this.

"The race for quality has no finish line, so technically it's more like a death march."

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hasse n

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September 2006

Posted by hasse n on Friday, July 11, 2008 11:06 AM

Hi enemeink!

Are you building the Maersk Nanhai?

The Imex model Tampa is the Willhelm wilhelmsen´s container ship Toyama built in 1972, sold to Maersk in 1993 and renamed to Maersk Nanhai, sold again in 1995, and scraped in 2001.

The Imex Tampa and Toyama is the same model, only that Tampa has some badly shaped plastic container in the kit.

The Imex container ship Tampa did never exist, I Emailed Imex and asked them why they did a model of a non existing ship, and they replied that they are working in Tampa and this was a personal thing they do for fun.

Good luck on this model, I´m slowly on my way my self on this model as Toyama.

If you need some pic. mail me.

hans.neren@telia.com

By the way Fred, nice one your last model, the rebuilt Hawaiian pilot.

Regards to you ,

Hasse.

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onyxman

Member since
December 2005
From: Seattle, Colorado

Posted by onyxman on Thursday, July 10, 2008 9:23 PM

That's looking real nice! You did a nice job of matching the Maersk blue.

Fred

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enemeink

Member since
February 2008
From: San Bernardino, CA

IMEX Tampa *update 7-28* Finished!

Posted by enemeink on Thursday, July 10, 2008 12:57 PM

I finally decided to build on of these for my office at work. My company does alot of business with Maersk so i decided to try my hand at making a maersk contianer ship. there's not alot to this build. But there are major fit issues and there is lots of filing needed. i'm going to weather some of the containers so it will give it some depth. I've also ordered some PE railings to help make this boat not so ugly. anyway not the best build but fun.