A museum project for two very large N scale ships--the largest crude carrier and LNG tanker currently afloat. Help! They're multiplying!
Could you place an N scale freight car next to these? I am curious as to how tiny it will appear by comparison.
If your dining room was on a submarine, then the subject of this thread would have an entirely different meaning.
Pete, Were you ever into the 1/1250th scale WWII spotter models? Your knowledge about ships seems endless, so I got curious if you ever got into the smaller scale metal ships at all. And my other curiosity is if you overplayed Fletcher Pratt naval war-game. Those models look great BTW.
I've never been into the small scales, nor wargaming. I am aware of the Fletcher Pratt game but always thought the numbercrunching was too tedious.
Wow! Wow! and Wow again! Wondering if I sent you some z scale stuff if you could put a layout on the deck of the aircraft carrier? Some nice work Pete!
My wife hates it when a ship takes over her dining room table. This has to be the weirdest ship I have ever worked on.
Rick, a nice Z scale layout would fit on an N scale aircraft carrier. Perhaps better would be the ULCC, which is longer and almost the same width. Sepp, yes, that is the Indianapolis, with an Atlanta-class light cruiser in front of it.
I must admit that this is the dining room of the second house. Kay and I live in the other house, although I hang out here when visitors overrun the prime residence. (The houses are about 100 feet apart.)
The model was actually built by the prototype shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the Houston office of PETROLEUM GEO-SERVICES (PGS). It was heavily damaged in shipment from Japan and PSG contracted me to repair it. Much of the superstructure was broken off and smashed up including the etched brass railings and antennas. I was able to salvage a lot of it, smooth it out, repaint it and put Humpty Dumpty back together again. I had to fabricate some parts because the original were either beyond hope or missing. It was an awesome model but I was unable to keep it. Rats!!!
Russ, Was that N scale? What materials were used in its construction? Are the windows glazed or just painted?
I think it was around 100:1 scale. Somewhere between HO and N. The windows were glazed with black film on the inside. Much of the superstructure was brass sheet with etched windows but there was a lot of plastic. The hull was vacuum formed styrene sections glued together.
Latest progress: the topside tank structure for the 5 LNG compartments. The sections are spaced 100 mm apart. There is an N scale boxcar perched on the structure for scale.
Pete that "N" scale box car really shows the size of this ship. Outstanding piece of work as is. You could use a bigger dining room!! Or a hobby room for this work. I think also a good ideal would be to get a glass top table and place the ship under it that way you would still be able to have diner and enjoy your work!
My my!! That is some work... And that boxcar is so small comparatively. Great work though...... Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk
You know that vessel would take up my entire harbor, in fact both inner and outer harbors and then some. Nice work though.
Large dedicated workshop is coming when we move to Alabama. Spent today just cleaning up the mess.. There's a sheet of 3/4" plywood on top of the table to protect it.
