ShipbuilderMN Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 32 feet to 1 inch (1:384) - scratchbuilt. Bob 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celt Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 What can I say exceptAnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 A stunning model to be proud of. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Yet another beautiful model Bob. Your modelling never never ceases to amaze me with the amount of detail you manage to add. The fact that they are all scratchbuilt really makes them stand out as something special indeed. Thank you once again for sharing your models here, they certainly bring a smile to my face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 proper modelling! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestar12chris Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 A gorgeous job BOB, a real pleasure to behold. All the best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Another simply beautiful model Bob - I now know exactly what to expect when opening one of your threads! Just lovely work! Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob 1 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Agree with all above, another great looking ship model, very finely detailed and finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Absolutely beautiful. This quality of modelling is more like an art form! Does this type of ship carry fare paying passengers as well as freight? Showing my ignorance regarding ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipbuilderMN Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 Some of them carried 12 passengers, but the Santa Catalina did not. If they did, the accommodation had been altered to take them. But anyway, they were pretty grim things to sail on! My first ship was one of this class, completed in the USA in 1943 as an Escort carrier, and converted to a 12-passenger cargo ship in 1948. The crew all shared cabins. The officers all had single berth cabins, but there was no hot or cold running water, just a bathroom for the engineers and another for the deck officers. Only the captain and chief engineer had their own bathrooms. All the cabin fittings were steel: bunk, desk, chair, wardrobe and daybed. That is all we had - no air-conditioning and boiling hot in the tropics with the heat from the engine-room (steam turbine) adding to the heat from the sun. All these ships are long-gone now. I doubt if the modern generation would want to sail in them anyway! However, I wanted to go to sea for the adventure and even the hardship, as practically everyone I knew told me I wouldn't survive it - but I did - 31 years! If I was leaving school today, I would not even consider going to sea! (Don't like modern ships and don't like flying). Here I am on the bridge of the collier Wandsworth in 1962, on the far left, aged 17. Wandsworth was my 4th ship. I was getting £11 a week, and felt like a millionaire when I went on leave! At the bottom of the sea now, since 1969! Bob 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clipper Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 On 01/01/2017 at 8:39 PM, ShipbuilderMN said: Here I am on the bridge of the collier Wandsworth in 1962, on the far left, aged 17. Wandsworth was my 4th ship. I was getting £11 a week, and felt like a millionaire when I went on leave And only £23.76 (£101.85/month) 15 years later as a Engineer Cadet :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipbuilderMN Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 What company? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clipper Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Denholms, Bob (remember I sent you their 'Ship To Shore' pdf ?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipbuilderMN Posted January 4, 2017 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 Yes, I remember the PDF now. Here is Denholms Broompark. Bob 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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