Is any ship build log welcome here ?

[Articcie]

Hello fellow model makers,

 

I have been busy reading all kind of topics with very nice build logs. 95% of them are wooden sail ships. So that made me curious.. is it allowed to post a "modern" rc ship build also? 

 

I have build a few (failed) projects of a offshore supply vessel. All of them with a differt kind of build.. started with a paper one with lots of expoxy..  but every one of them failed in one way or another.. 

 

When i was cleaning out my hobby room, i found all the plans again.. it started to tickle abit..

I'm thinking of doing a final build in wood, scale 1/75.  And if allowed when the time is right, doing a build log here on msw..

 

The picture below is the vessel i have all plans for..

 

Best regards,

 

Tom

[RussR]

Bring it on.

I am sure most of us would like to see it.

Any subject nautical is welcome here.

RussR

[Articcie]

Ok,.good to know🙂

 

Here is a picture of my first attempt of this vessel.. that is about 8 years ago. Learned alot with this build, so this time it should go much better😂

 

And remember.. this is a hull made out of paper and cardboard.. 

[Chuck]

Indeed it is.  The only build logs not welcomed are those which are from pirated kits copied from unethical manufacturers.   There is a list of those in our guidelines.

 

Chuck

[Articcie]

It sure aint a pirated kit... i could do i pirate flag on top though...😂 

 

But good to know its welcome here, i will post a build log here when the time is there😁

 

All have a good weekend!

[ccoyle]

We try to encourage ship models of every kind, though most of what you'll see is indeed wooden period ships.

[lmagna]

Nice work on your original try.

 

These vessels are the workhorses of the oilrigs and in one form or another have remained almost unchanged for years. They have taken the form of fishing boats, anchor handling ships, cargo ships for the oil industry, and even navel tugs. Some even have hard chine hulls and that makes them even easier to model the hulls.

 

Welcome and goodluck on your second try.

[Jaager]

This thread had me looking at the modern scratch build logs, just to see how much steel was there. 

The targets and objectives for simulating iron and steel are sort of different from pre-1860 wood.  It is sort of off my usual path.

There are two ships that are not too different from the one in this thread, that dock not too far across the harbor from my deck.

They seem to spend most of their time either in the Bay, or in the Atlantic off the Virginia capes.  The difference is that they each have a huge crane.

They are not home now and what with a hurricane coming our way, I am thinking they will join the Navy in staying out at sea in a zone where the storm ain't.

I wonder if the two LSD here now, will soon beat feet.

 

In looking at this log: Pelikaan Dutch Beamtrawler 1999 by kees de mol - FINISHED - scale 1/75

I came up with a "would this work?"  armchair experiment proposition:

The hull was fiberglass over a wooden plug.  The complexity of hull had him lay the glass fiber as two halves.

My question: if the plug had been shaped as three longitudinal pieces, one sort of narrow encompassing either side of the keel and the other two: the bulk of the hull on either side.

The glass fiber laid on the whole hull.  When the epoxy had cured, the middle section be unsecured from the sections on either side, and pulled straight out.  Then the sides, where the complex reverse shapes were, could be pulled to the vacated middle - even rotated a bit - and pulled out,  leaving a complete glass fiber hull.

 

[amateur]

You have my attention.

long, very long time ago I ordered some drawings at Smit-international to do a modern tug. I ended up with Billings Rotterdam. The drawings are still lying around somewhere, fading I guess.

 

Jan

[Articcie]

Well a smit Rotterdam is still a nice vessel, even though its long turned into paperclips.. still a beauty with nice lines..  "my vessel" is build in 2006 and i visited her in 2012. This visit resulted in a couple hundreds photo's and all drawings anyone could think of. 

 

I feel like a must to deliver a nice looking model to the Vroon Company😀. So i will do that👍

[Louie da fly]

Welcome, Articce. Yes, any type of ship model is very welcome and we even have a place for non-ship models (it's in the "Shore Leave" section).

 

And there are also quite a few ship models made of card, so you're among friends.

 

A build log would be very welcome 

[Nirvana]

Tom, ,

As a matter of fact, I would love to see more of modern ships in here. Classic wood kits such as Victory and Constitution are still popular.

I have some modern ships I like to build. But those are going to be from plans and scratch.

 

Start a build log and I will follow along. 

[Articcie]

11 hours ago, Nirvana said:

those are going to be from plans and scratch

This vessel is also scratch build. And i would be full rc, 2 stern thrusters and 2 bow thrusters, working anchor, radar,lights and sounds... the whole deal would be on and in it😀