D1fuN0 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Right you lot... So, it began as an Ultimate project idea and now seems to have gotten to the point where i believe i can actually do this.... So, the story so far. Im going to build the flight deck of the Atlantic Conveyor, one end will be a facade of the ships super structure, whilst the other will end just after the launch pad (the pointy end of the ship) There are one or two minor issues that i have at the moment, which are... - In 1/72 scale, the ship is roughly 9 1/2 feet long, lop off the unnecessary bits for the build and were looking at about 6 feet long. - The load was 6 Wessex Helicopters, 5 Chinooks, 8 Sea harriers and 5 Harrier GR3's when she arrived in the Falklands, however, looking at a couple of the photos, im going with the following - 8 Sea Harriers - 5 GR3's - 2 Chinooks - 3 Wessex Purely, from the point of view of the photo and the time it was taken. At the moment, the stash has...... one of the above, A Matchbox Chinook. - about 40 1/72 scale shipping containers, easy enough to get from the model railway suppliers - and about 30 odd figures. oh and about 3 and a half tons of plastic card So, rivet counters and history buffs beware, this is not a build of 100% accuracy and historical fact, its about fun, experience and enjoyment. I intend using the cheapest kits i can find, not the latest wunderkits, and shock and horror, some wont even be painted (cos they have their winter jammies on) So, I must now move to my dark side of modelling (wingy things) and find where i can get all those planes and helicopters. Let us not forget, there were a dozen or so chaps that lost there lives on this ship, lets hope I can do them justice... Let the games begin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depressed lemur Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I see you are trying to live up to your name Steve. Good luck with this, and I, for one, will bee keeping an eye on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pte1643 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 This is certainly one MAD build. Can't wait to see it prgress. Good luck with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelman182 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 OMG! You are a brave man! NUTS... but as brave as they come! LOL! I've had a quick look at my stash and, regretfully, I dont have any of the aircraft you need. I do have a large amount of plastruct (girders, square rod, box section and others). If you think any of that could be useful, drop me a PM and I'll get some to you. Good luck - I presume you have an empty garage in which to display this? Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1fuN0 Posted July 25, 2012 Author Share Posted July 25, 2012 OMG! You are a brave man! NUTS... but as brave as they come! LOL!I've had a quick look at my stash and, regretfully, I dont have any of the aircraft you need. I do have a large amount of plastruct (girders, square rod, box section and others). If you think any of that could be useful, drop me a PM and I'll get some to you. Good luck - I presume you have an empty garage in which to display this? Kev Hehe..... Im lucky in that i have a modelling room, which is big enough along one wall. Thanks for the offer of the plastruct stuff, Have a fair bit on hand, but ill definately give you a shout if I run out. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelman182 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Hehe.....Im lucky in that i have a modelling room, which is big enough along one wall. Thanks for the offer of the plastruct stuff, Have a fair bit on hand, but ill definately give you a shout if I run out. Steve ha ha - I guess your room is even bigger than mine, then! Or it has less computers in... my OTHER vice... err, I mean hobby! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1fuN0 Posted July 25, 2012 Author Share Posted July 25, 2012 (edited) ha ha - I guess your room is even bigger than mine, then! Or it has less computers in... my OTHER vice... err, I mean hobby!Kev Come closer (hushed whisper)... It used to be a railway room... just dont tell anyone Edited July 25, 2012 by MAD STEVE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetgrob Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I guess this is going to take you a day or two. Look forward to seeing your progress with it. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landyshah Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Insane! But a fascinating subject and I look forward to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 ...........In 1/72 scale, the ship is roughly 9 1/2 feet long, lop off the unnecessary bits for the build and were looking at about 6 feet long.- The load was 6 Wessex Helicopters, 5 Chinooks, 8 Sea harriers and 5 Harrier GR3's when she arrived in the Falklands, however, looking at a couple of the photos, im going with the following - 8 Sea Harriers - 5 GR3's - 2 Chinooks - 3 Wessex - about 40 1/72 scale shipping containers, easy enough to get from the model railway suppliers Hi Steve, I don't think you need as many as 40 shipping containers, as the photo below shows. The count looks to be: 4 x 20ft containers 15 x 40ft containers 10 x 40ft containers half height - these are the light grey ones at positions 2, 3 & 4 on the port side (under the red, orange and white/grey containers). On the starboard side they are at position 2 and 4. I don't know anyone who makes OO/HO/1:72 half height containers so you may just have to use standard containers and score a line along the spit, to make it look like two. The bottom rows of 'dark blue' are not actually containers but gantry frames that the containers stand on. Other modellers have mistaken these for containers however, at such a large scale as 1:72, you would need the correct layout for your model. I'm sure you have this image but if not, send me a pm with your email details and I'll send you a higher resolution copy. Good luck with the build Mike . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanicity Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Oh! I read about this in the Ulitmate Build thread, but I never thought you'd actually do it! Well best of luck to you...! The best kits of the early harriers are supposed to be the Esci moulds, which are available from Italeri. A quick look at Hannant's shows these to be £11.99 each, which is actually cheaper than the Airfix SHAR FRS1s, and only £2 more expensive than the antique Airfix GR3. I'd go for these! Not sure about the helos I'm afraid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttoncup Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Looking forward to seeing this build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Have you had this underwritten by Lloyds???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 (edited) The ESCI/Italeri kits can be picked up cheaply on the second hand market (I got an Italeri one for £4 a couple of months ago) If you are doing the gift wrapped Harriers, The Matchbox kits are just as good and could be a fair bit cheaper if you can find them! I've seen an MB Sea Harrier done up as one of those. You only need one 'unwrapped' as the alert aircraft. Edited July 27, 2012 by Dave Fleming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kspriss Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 hi there...i found a couple of slide scans in dads collection im currently copying to computer for him...they aint fantastic, but might be useful. Taken shortly after Bootneck's pic, on 24th April 82 steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1fuN0 Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 Hi Guys As the signature says, down tools... Gonna put the grand mad project on hold for a few weeks as me and the woman deal with our loss and get her back on her feet again Still be around tho And thanks to everyone that has offered support so far. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Hi Steve,I don't think you need as many as 40 shipping containers, as the photo below shows. The count looks to be: 4 x 20ft containers 15 x 40ft containers 10 x 40ft containers half height - these are the light grey ones at positions 2, 3 & 4 on the port side (under the red, orange and white/grey containers). On the starboard side they are at position 2 and 4. I don't know anyone who makes OO/HO/1:72 half height containers so you may just have to use standard containers and score a line along the spit, to make it look like two. The bottom rows of 'dark blue' are not actually containers but gantry frames that the containers stand on. Other modellers have mistaken these for containers however, at such a large scale as 1:72, you would need the correct layout for your model. I'm sure you have this image but if not, send me a pm with your email details and I'll send you a higher resolution copy. Good luck with the build Mike . Hi Steve. Have you noticed the last two stacks of containers P&S in front of the bridge are staked to represent the old SA flag! Hmmmmmm! Colin on the Africa Station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomPhreakII Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 nineandahalffeetlong????? Harald, keeping an eye on this thread..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastmcc Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 you done any of this mad build mate ? .. you could do the hull in 1/96 and still have the aircraft in 1/72 ... thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastmcc Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 SandS models do containers .. http://sandsmodelsshop.com/ thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1fuN0 Posted September 7, 2013 Author Share Posted September 7, 2013 Hiya. Funnily enough i was looking at this the other day. Plans are still afoot, but im only going to do the flight deck (at the moment) and the paper and drawing war is continuing. Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastmcc Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 steve you scale plans of her then ? .. thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastmcc Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 steve asked on the ship model forum for you to see if any scale plans of atlantic conveyor .. thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1fuN0 Posted September 7, 2013 Author Share Posted September 7, 2013 Hi Thomas I've done most of the work scaling off pictures in books and the Internet. Found a few drawings of the conveyor as well. Luckily I have access to a plotter and when I'm back at work, I'm going to print out the plan I have Thanks very much though for asking for the ship plans, will be a tremendous help. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastmcc Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Hi Thomas I've done most of the work scaling off pictures in books and the Internet. Found a few drawings of the conveyor as well. Luckily I have access to a plotter and when I'm back at work, I'm going to print out the plan I have Thanks very much though for asking for the ship plans, will be a tremendous help. Steve no probs mate i know what its like my friend tony and build landing craft and we done a 1/72 LST ,its on here .. thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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