S.S. President Cleveland finished pics

 HEY - ONYXMAN whered you get your ship ??? I only paid 23.00 for mine new ,less than 2 months ago . tankerbuilder . Whatever you do if you do a dio ., remember the ladders would be above not below the waterline !! I took mine off too .The faithful DREMEL showed how well the bow and stern bulwarks can be thinned . Being somewhat pearlescent the plastic told me when it was right.Looks great too .I,ll talk about her more ,gotta go to work on a clients project . tankerbuilder

Mine was the old Life-Like issue.  I got it at Skyway in Seattle.  I think it was $40. That was before the re-issue.  As built there should be a cargo hatch aft of the last mast.  The kit is wildly inacurate back there.  If you want to build her as built new, most of that aft superstructure should be deleted, but if you keep it you should skip the last set of booms.  Eventually they cut off that last mast altogether.

Hi- New here.  Really enjoyed your model of President Cleveland.  Wondering if you have any tips on how to make those decals for the funnels?  I just recently purchased this model and , like you am inspired to do an over haul.  Thanks for your time.

 

Poseidon588

Poseidon

I created the stack decals on 'Paint' on my computer. Then I printed them on Testors decal paper. I made quite a few extras, but I sent them all away to people who wanted them. I think I still have the computer file though so I could email it to you and you could fool around with it yourself. It took me a lot of fiddling to get the size right on the printer. Maybe somebody who is more computer skilled could do it easier.

The kit's decals are junk, they don't even begin to fit on the stacks. Lindburg has a lot of nerve to re-issue this without even fixing the decals. If a dummy like me could do it, certainly they could find somebody to do a better job.

Fred

They should look like this:

See if that works better. Maybe you can copy this right off this screen?  The trick is to print them on plain paper until you have the size adjusted correctly.  When you cut them out, put a little curve into the top and bottom borders.   Use the white decal paper.  Print a bunch of extras in case you mess up.  Of course you have to seal them with decal sealer.  I think there is a tutorial on here somewhere about making decals.

Fred

Hi- Sorry getting back to you soo late.  Thank you for getting back to me on those Funnel decals. These will be really helpful.   I will give it a try.  Will be in touch.

Hi-  Was wondering if you would be willing to make a couple ofsets of the decals for the funnels.  Willing to pay for your time and materials.  Let me know.  Thanks

 

Scott

See my email.

Fred

Whatever happened to the 24 foot long model?  

Very interested since I was on this ship in 1954 and have fond memories!!

John

onyxman

Thanks all. Yes, this is a dog of a kit, but I think we should start building some of these old ones before they start deteriorating. The plastic on this one seemed to be getting pretty brittle.

I agree and just picked one up for $ 29.99 at a hobby store that I just discovered near my new home.

Maybe it got re-popped by Round 2? The kit looks pretty new to me.

Is there any way to salvage the stack decals? Cut out the Eagles and paint the red band?

I still see reissued kits at Hobby Town. PM me or send me an email if you still have my address, re decals.

That big model showed up again in an article in the Tacoma paper if I recall correctly. I'll try to dig it up.

Fred

Thanks, Fred. Will do.

This is a really good looking model, yours I mean.

Lindberg got a nice hull shape, although I'm sure when I get into it all kinds of discrepancies like you noted will show up.

Can you mention any source material? Did you work from photos?

Its weird about the decals. Way too big. At first I wondered if the stacks were molded too small, but they seem to scale out ok.

I'll send you some of the photos I collected. I have them around because I just responded to somebody else who contacted me about this kit. One would think that Lindberg could have at least updated the decal sheet for the re-issue. It can't be that hard if I did it!

The major flaw is the area back aft. As built, the ship had cargo hatches fore and aft of that last mast. Then they eliminated the aft most hatch and made it passenger accommodation. At the end, they cut off that mast altogether. But the kit doesn't seem to apply to any of those modifications. I fit it all together as best I could, but it's not accurate.

Recently de-classified documents show that the ship was a test bed for the super secret "bow rudder".

GMorrison

Recently de-classified documents show that the ship was a test bed for the super secret "bow rudder".

is that like the dazzle camouflage ? to confuse the enemy as to which direction it was going?

Probably confused the crew as to which way they were going.

A beautifully crafted model of the CLEVELAND. I'm working on one now. Sadly, I don't have the tools (or ability!) to remove the accommodation ladders, so I'm having to just deal with them.

There is one mistake on your model which could be easily correct: the aft funnel was not painted blue all the way down to deck level. It was white at the base, which visually balanced the stack with the forward funnel, which sat on a white deck house. Google either the PRESIDENT CLEVELAND or WILSON and you'll see relevant photos.