GrandpaPhil

11 hours ago, JDillon said:

Although new and on my first build (polaris) I have HMS Terror as my next build ready to go. It seems a popular ship and seeing Keith S and Clearways incredible improvements to the kit, i would love to build the Erebus also to sit alongside.

 

They were the fated Franklin pair and the subject of many books, museum exhibits and documentarys , we also have the wrecks of both ships discovered. Im wondering if any other members on here feel thd same and if so could we let Occre know and push for a kit?

The inboard profiles, deck plans and cross-section are shared between the Erebus and the Terror (post-refit for scientific exploration) according to the Royal Museum at Greenwich plans (low res) on Wikimedia Commons.

This means that the two ships were identical (at least in the hull) after the refit for scientific exploration.

Based on this, if you wanted both ships, I would buy two Terrors and make minor modifications to one to build up as the Erebus.

I am doing a similar thing with my Solferino and Magenta builds.  
 

My Magenta build is being built from French Ministry of Defense Solferino plans, because they are mostly identical.

Very nicely done!

Amazing work!

For the curved and rolled pieces, I use dowel rods or the edge of my table to “break down” the paper and get it to take a curve.

Welcome!

Looking forward to seeing this!

6 assembled ship’s boats:

Now they need edge painted and sealed.

While I’m at it, I need to touch up the forecastle:

Sorry to hear about your house.  That’s awful.

Corrugated cardboard works great for bulkheads and keel plates.

Thickness varies.

I use Elmers glue sticks to build up card thickness and Monte Marte glue for the actual gluing.

Poster board is about .5 to .7mm thick.

Most cereal boxes are about .5mm thick.

Welcome to the Dark Side!

I’ve had enough fun with card ships that I am now on my third and fourth card ships.

Amazing finish!  Very cool display!

It looks like it builds out into this radiator:

54a looks like a reinforcing piece for the outboard side of the radiator and 54b looks like a reinforcing piece for the inboard side of the radiator.

My mark-up skills are awful, but this is what it looks like to me:

I am assembly lining the last four of this type of ship’s boats:

Chris,

  You mentioned a while back that you use a spray sealant on all of your card models prior to cutting.  What spray sealant are you using and where do you get it?

Thank you very much in advance!

Phil

Here are the two that I assembled yesterday:

They still need edge painted, sealed and their eyebolts, but I will do all 6 at the same time.

These are the six that I’m making right now:

Given that they’re hanging from boat davits, I should probably make some eyebolts, too.

I need a couple hundred of them anyway, between this project and the Mercury.

Although, it looks like the ones in the single davits are strapped in.  So, those won’t need the eyebolts.

Actually, they probably should have eyebolts for consistency.

You aren’t going to tell me that they stashed the ship’s boats in the same davit, every time.  
 

Plus, you still have to fish said boat out of the water, which means eyebolts.

Working on the next 6 boats, which hang off the quarterdeck.

On a quick personal note, I went through my stash last night and counted up/examined the plan sets (including those found in reference books, which is where I developed my Prince de Neufchatel and Hannah models from) and kits (ship and non-ship) that I have.

I have a lot of models that need built.

I also have several hundred miniatures that need painted (28mm, 30mm and 54mm, mostly).

Lol, it will keep me busy for a very long time.

Very nice display!

Plasticard or card would work well (seal the card prior to cutting and then reseal it after painting for best effect).

Yes, but it would be very nice.

It looks like the overall height is about 250’.

The plan view of Titanic is from Wikimedia Commons.

The keel to the top of the funnels was about 175’.

Very nicely done!

Very cool!

Very cool!

Very nicely done!

Congratulations!  Well done!