BA777 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 I'm normally an airliner bloke but have an urge to build a RORO ferry... Are there any kits of them, specifically either Viking Line ship called Mariella or Cinderalla or one of the latest P&O ships or one of their Pride Of ships? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicE1 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Not sure if you`ll find those specific vessels! but there`s a good selection here! http://www.westbourne-model.co.uk/acatalog/Deans_Marine_Model_Boats_Merchant_Ships.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 There's the Airfix Free Enterprise if you can find it! http://airfixtributeforum.myfastforum.org/MV_Free_Enterprise_II_about16524.html Trevor Here you go..... http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/251466146027?nav=SEARCH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richellis Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Yep, well, ive been after the airfix kit for ages, but those prices Come on Airfix, dust the moulds off! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 (edited) Not sure if Revell do any ferries in their range.No just had a look only cruise ships. Edited April 5, 2014 by stevej60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatfingers Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Revell used to do a Silja Finnjet ferry in 1/400 scale. It was re-released a few years back so might be fairly easy to come by. Regards, Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Revell do a 1:700 container ship. http://www.anticsonline.co.uk/2484_1_105594931.html Deans marine do a nice model of the Old Maersk Anglia but its more designed for RC so not cheap. http://www.deansmarine.co.uk/shop/product_info.php/cPath/10_20/products_id/371 In fact they have some nice kits in the range by the looks of it. Julien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 (edited) I'd like to see the Airfix Free Enterprise II kit again, if the moulds are still useable (Last in the catalogue mid-70s) but I suspect the name association with the later ships (in particular Herald of Free Enterprise) may be enough to prevent that. Can you imagine the publicity if some journalist got the wrong end of the stick and thought they were doing a kit of HoFE? Edited April 17, 2014 by Dave Fleming 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test Graham Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 I wondered why they released that ship, but Wiki tells me that it featured in a film San Ferry Ann, which appears to have been a "Carry On" style caper. So if I'm anything to go by, this early media tie-in was completely lost on its audience. However, it did have a later life as the Italian ferry Moby Blu. There was an earlier Free Enterprise, Later Free Enterprise I, which spent later years in Greek waters. And several later ones...I suspect they do not all look the same but don't know. So there are naming and colour scheme options for Airfix if they wished to re-release it, but I don't foresee a large market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richellis Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 I know Id have a couple, but I doubt we will see it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test Graham Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Does this mean that the various Free Enterprises were all the same design - with perhaps other examples build for other users? Or are you just opening a home for unwanted kits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicarage Vee Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Didn't one of the Free Enterprise ones appear in The Italian Job too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 There were variations in design, and they got renamed with new paint jobs as TT were absorbed into P&O. Some interesting vessels out there, but the interest would probably be insufficient to warrant kit production. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=pride+of+free+enterprise&client=firefox-a&hs=0y6&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=fflb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=tbxPU4LiJKbH7Abb94HgCA&ved=0CC0QsAQ&biw=1012&bih=597 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Does this mean that the various Free Enterprises were all the same design - with perhaps other examples build for other users? Or are you just opening a home for unwanted kits? Designs were different (especially the later 'Spirit' series, although I and II were similar in appearance, II was slightly larger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Didn't one of the Free Enterprise ones appear in The Italian Job too? FE I 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamwalker Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 think the moulds went long ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richellis Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Or are you just opening a home for unwanted kits? I would like to do one OOB in the green livery, and a red hull version: Free Enterprise II(19800728) by TimWebb, on Flickr Maybe if I could do one of it in its Greek owners colours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tempestfan Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Came across this dusty thread looking for something else... There are kits of the Japanese Sunflower ferries. Nakamura did one in 1/500, and there's another one in 1/700 which is probably an original Arii tool - both moulds seem to be with Arii/MicroAce, but I have no idea on current availability (HobbyPlaza Japan may give more info). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever219 Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Free Enterprise I, II and III were all one-offs. FEIV to FEVII were generally similar to each other, but with minor differences (in FE VII the main mast was stepped further aft, for example). FE VIII was longer forward as, having a greater deadweight tonnage, she needed more buoyancy conferred by the additional volume. There were four freighters in what was then the Townsend Thoresen fleet: European Clearway, European Enterprise, European Gateway and European Trader. Again each ship was subtly different from her sisters and 'Gateway was lengthened by about 50' amidships before being rammed and sunk by Speedlink Vanguard off Harwich. She was righted, refloated, rebuilt and sold on for futher service in the Mediterranean. The OFEs were identical as built: Spirit of Free Enterprise was lengthened amidships (just forward of the funnels) by about fifty feet but the work was not carried out on her sisters. Initially the three ships had minor colour scheme differences which made them easier to identify at a distance. Pride Of Free Enterprise went for scrap earlier this year: she was almost 36 years old (FE I made it to 51). Townsends had four other near-identical ships, Viking Valiant, Viking Vanguard, Viking Viscount and Viking Voyager. Two of them were "jumboised" like FEVI and 'VII, which did nothing for their looks. One of these FEs appears, very briefly, in the background in a scene in The Fourth Protocol as one of the Soviet villains is driving his VW camper van, complete with nuclear weapon components, up Castle Hill out of Dover. Ironically the scene was shot less than 100 yards from Connaught Barrracks. There are a number of ferry-orientated websites, e.g. Dover Ferry Photos where you can research images of these ships and more. Many of the later ships, the "European"-class freighters, the OFEs and the VVs were rather slab-sided and might make easier projects for scratch building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PandO Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 In the last 15 years I have seen, if memory serves me correctly, only five unbuilt Airfix FE II models for sale on Ebay. I suspect there are still plenty of them in the UK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 I have seen one, boxed and unstarted as part of a display collection. Always fancied one myself, until I saw how SMALL it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arni Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 FE1 starred in The Italian Job,the only reason I would like one.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clipper Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 (edited) Not a ferry, but the nearest modern ship kit is the Nedlloyd Lines' 'ROUEN' - kit occasionally comes up on ebay, but Kingkit have one at the moment here. Kit is pretty basic, but has potentional. Edited October 30, 2016 by clipper additions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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