ShipbuilderMN Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Just testing imagsafe, with whom I have just registered. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipbuilderMN Posted October 28, 2016 Author Share Posted October 28, 2016 That wasn't very good, was it? Trying again: 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmwsteve Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 A superb model, I have admired your models for some time now and you can't fault them, keep up this superb work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestar12chris Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Another cracker Bob, well done, i really do enjoy seeing your builds on here. All the best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilneBay Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 My security won't me open it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Hi Bob, I've just bought your latest "The Shelterdeck" and noted the additional ebooks you offer. I am interested in your publications on the St Helena, in which is stated has b/w & colour photo's, and would like to know if either contains a plan and profile in them? That could be an interesting scratchbuild, if plans accompany the photo's. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipbuilderMN Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 (edited) Hi Mike, Thanks. The printed St. Helena Falklands book sold out ages ago. The other book does contain a small profile, but no deck plans, both are available as downloads. She was a strange little ship, but of all the 19 I sailed it, I liked her the best. 76 passengers and all very informal made it all very friendly. I was there for 11 years. We had the victory party aboard in 1982, and you may have seen us down there. Here we are on the day of the party, all decked out in flags, but beginning to look a bit battered by then. Bob Edited October 30, 2016 by ShipbuilderMN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipbuilderMN Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 And here we are back to normal again, anchored at St. Helena Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Hi Bob, yes, it is a lovely and quirky looking ship and hence why I'd like to have a bash at building it. As you said, she was part of the Falkland's history and I have a particular interest in those vessels. If I can source some plans, especially the heli-pad, then I'll get your ebooks of her for additional on board detail. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipbuilderMN Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 I don't even know if plans exist for the flight deck. They measured us up for it in Avonmouth where we went to disembark the passengers, and by the time we got to Portsmouth two days later, it had been built, and was lying on the quayside waiting to be lifted on. 13 months later when we arrived back in Falmouth for restoration, they took it off, and dumped it on the quay, were it lay rusting for years - may still be there, for all I know! Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 That was usually the case with the flight decks. I'll probably have to do some photo-interpretation to ascertain the measurements. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipbuilderMN Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 Not difficult in this case. Here is a view from the dockside shortly after they fitted it! Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Hi Bob, that really is a useful photograph, thank you. Not only does it show the flight deck undersides, and supporting girders, but also the position and layout of the windows and portholes. Is that a gun mount on the port quarter? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipbuilderMN Posted October 31, 2016 Author Share Posted October 31, 2016 Yes, we had four oerlikons fitted, two on the sides of the accommodation and two more on the foredeck. Six machine guns were fitted along the length of the ship, three on each side, and the helicopter (Wasp) had AS12 missiles and an Exocet decoy. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celt Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 and again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse1 Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Yes sir, really classy, congrats. Jesse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipbuilderMN Posted December 6, 2016 Author Share Posted December 6, 2016 Thanks, I find it very strange that I appear to be the only one building this type of ship. Why are merchant ships so unpopular amongst model shipbuilders? Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse1 Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Good question, as you see on the site, most of the ships are warships, it's the same on most every site, there is a bit more of what I build but when compared to military there is not much. Maybe it has to do with the size, all of what I do mesures from 60 to 100 cm so they do take lots of place. Seems to be the same with cruise ships. Jesse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 3 hours ago, ShipbuilderMN said: I find it very strange that I appear to be the only one building this type of ship. Why are merchant ships so unpopular amongst model shipbuilders? You are not the only one Bob, there are a lot of people out there that build and collect models of merchant ships but they have their own sites and don't visit BM. The thing is that most people on here are kit builders whereas you, and I to an extent, are scratchbuilders. I would put the lack of modelling 'this type of ship' to the non-availability of such types in kit form in the marketplace. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipbuilderMN Posted December 6, 2016 Author Share Posted December 6, 2016 Mike I have not actually found any merchant ship model sites, apart from the 1200:1 resin or diecast miniatures, and they are really just painting exercises. Several years ago, another site asked me to have a 19th & 20th century merchant ship section in their site, but it was almost a complete failure, and is lucky to get one visit per year in my section. I would not want kit manufacturers to latch onto merchant ship models though. As it is, I am always getting "Is it a kit, where can I get one?" Would be nice to see a few more scratchbuilt MN models though! I did start a group on Facebook that is proving popular, but only the odd model of my particular era turns up in it (about 1850 - 1965). But quite a lot of very good 1:1200 scratchbuilds of present day MN ships are posted regularly. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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