cecil Posted March 25, 2013 Share #1 Posted March 25, 2013 In trouble Cecil http://news.yahoo.com/ap-historic-ship-philly-short-funds-time-064434914.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexnut Posted March 28, 2013 Share #2 Posted March 28, 2013 Ships moored in Philly are having a tough time finding funding. After all that the Olympia has been going through... Quote Regards, Bob Marvin Muscongus bay Lobster Smack -Midwest- 1:24- (1st wooden build) Gertrude L. Thebaud Mini-Mamoli 1/200 kitbash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realworkingsailor Posted March 29, 2013 Share #3 Posted March 29, 2013 Doesn't matter where they are.. without a s#!t load of money (like millions upon millions of $$) and government support, it's hard to keep these relics of the past. Britain does it much better, where they provide funding through their National Lottery to keep historic sites, machinery, and ships open to the public. Andy mtaylor 1 Quote Quando Omni Flunkus, Moritati Current Build: USF Confederacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augie Posted March 29, 2013 Share #4 Posted March 29, 2013 It's a shame....she was quite a ship. I guess it's time for the school kids to kick in their lunch money. I remember doing that back in the 50's a few times but I'll be darned if I remember for what vessels. Quote Augie Current Build: US Frigate Confederacy - MS 1:64 Previous Builds : US Brig Syren (MS) - 2013 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Greek Tug Ulises (OcCre) - 2009 (see Completed Ship Gallery) Victory Cross Section (Corel) - 1988 Essex (MS) 1/8"- 1976 Cutty Sark (Revell 1:96) - 1956 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runner63 Posted March 29, 2013 Share #5 Posted March 29, 2013 I don't remember the dates but the kiddies did it for the Constitution "Old Ironsides" many years ago runner63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBlack Posted March 29, 2013 Share #6 Posted March 29, 2013 Runner63, It was in 1830 when Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. penned the poem that begins: "Aye, tear her tattered ensign down..." that galvanized the salvation effort for Old Ironsides. Maybe we need a new poet for the United States? Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfafan Posted March 30, 2013 Share #7 Posted March 30, 2013 This country doesn't spend on badly-needed mental health support for the masses, let alone historic one-offs. Maybe Carnival Cruise could do better sailing this after getting it refurbed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrim Posted March 30, 2013 Share #8 Posted March 30, 2013 Lets not start introducing politics please otherwise the thread will be locked. Quote ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted August 27, 2020 Share #9 Posted August 27, 2020 I'm rebooting this because I recently came across this five part documentary.. SS United States: Made in America A nice walk down memory lane. I remember seeing the Revell kit at the five and dime in the 50's... It's price, probably less than $5 at the time was way out of my budget.. mtaylor, lmagna and Ryland Craze 3 Quote Luck is just another word for good preparation. —MICHAEL ROSE Current builds: Rattlesnake (Scratch From MS Plans On Hold: HMS Resolution ( AKA Ferrett ) In the Gallery: Yacht Mary, Gretel, French Cannon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rathgeber Posted May 21, 2021 Share #10 Posted May 21, 2021 I have been trying without great success to obtain a set of plans for the SS United States. I believe that I have acquired as a gift from a nice little lady the original model made by popular mechanics in 1953. She intended it to be donated to the Independence Seaport Museum and it needs some TLC. I was hoping to obtain a set of plans showing the rigging but so far I have struck out. I have cut outs from the magazine Popular Mechanics 1953 which were the plans to build the model but they are somewhat crude. Anyone out there that can help me I would be forever in your debt. Richard Rathgeber, past president Philadelphia Ship Model Society rrathgeber@usa.net lmagna, Canute and mtaylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted May 21, 2021 Share #11 Posted May 21, 2021 Have you tried contacting the SS United States Conservancy? Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote Luck is just another word for good preparation. —MICHAEL ROSE Current builds: Rattlesnake (Scratch From MS Plans On Hold: HMS Resolution ( AKA Ferrett ) In the Gallery: Yacht Mary, Gretel, French Cannon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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