ShipbuilderMN Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 (edited) You will rarely see models of this type of ship built these days - I have often wondered why! Bob Edited March 16, 2019 by ShipbuilderMN 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Well I hope it wasn't because of its colour. Looks a pretty vessel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipbuilderMN Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 (edited) The colour was called "Lavender grey." Belonged to the Union-Castle Line, in which I served myself for 11 years from 1965 to 1976, when I had to leave because they decided to sell all their ships!☹️ They were once a very famous line, but these days, hardly anyone has heard of them, unless they served in them, or had some connection with them. If you do a Google search for Union-Castle Line, you will see hundreds of pictures of their ships. They looked really beautiful when lying in the sunshine in Cape Town, with Table Mountain in the background! Here is one I built of Winchester Castle. - Bob Edited April 26, 2018 by ShipbuilderMN Added image 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Off topic slightly. I have a couple of ships that I'd love to build but I haven't a clue of where to start, particularly when one of them is Japanese. Part of some Genealogy tree I'm working on shows an ancestor coming to the UK on the SS Fushimi Maru Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipbuilderMN Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 Good looking ship. The Japanese did produce some magnificent vessels. Your Fushimi Maru was completed by Mitsubishi at Nagasaki in 1914 and torpedoed by the USS Tarpon in 1943! Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Do you know where I can start for plans, etc? Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipbuilderMN Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 Well, I would imagine the plans went up in the atomic attack, but they may have been published in a tcehnical journal when the ship was completed such as Shipbuilder, Shipbuilding & Shipping Record or Shipbuilder & Marine Engine Builder. Here is a model of her in the USA, they may have plans - Bob https://rlkitterman.deviantart.com/art/NYK-Line-Ship-Fushimi-Maru-666905603 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 On 4/26/2018 at 1:28 PM, ShipbuilderMN said: The colour was called "Lavender grey." Belonged to the Union-Castle Line, in which I served myself for 11 years from 1965 to 1976, when I had to leave because they decided to sell all their ships!☹️ They were once a very famous line, but these days, hardly anyone has heard of them, unless they served in them, or had some connection with them. If you do a Google search for Union-Castle Line, you will see hundreds of pictures of their ships. They looked really beautiful when lying in the sunshine in Cape Town, with Table Mountain in the background! Here is one I built of Winchester Castle. - Bob I have to agree Bob, that is a very attractive colour scheme. I'd love to see more of that particular line modelled. Your model of the Winchester Castle is, as usual, stunning. Thank you for showing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipbuilderMN Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 (edited) Not much chance of that, I am afraid! The ship model scene is dominated by kits, and kit producers do not seem very keen on anything that does not have guns. Not that I would like the situation to change, because I am reluctant to build anything that has been produced in kit form. I prefer the obscure, or semi-obscure, merchant ship every time! Bob Edited March 16, 2019 by ShipbuilderMN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Thanks Bob, that's another beautiful model. I really am taken with that colour scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killingholme Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 On 4/26/2018 at 3:35 PM, Courageous said: Do you know where I can start for plans, etc? Stuart NYK line still exists as a shipping group within Mitsubishi shareholdings. There is a NYK Museum in Yokohama. http://www.nyk.com/rekishi/e/index.htm The website is in very good English, so you might have some luck making an enquiry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Thanks Bob- I have emailed the US museum and awaiting response. Thanks KH- I have emailed NYK in Japan and awaiting response. Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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