Sailorman Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 Have finished my 1:600 scratchbuilt Oriana that I started in June. It will sit along the other Airfix 1:600 liners and my other 1:600 scratchbuilds. I really wish Airfix would release more of the liners of this period. they were so beautiful. Ships like Hansetic / Rotterdam / Windsor Castle ...... Actually Windsor Castle of 1959 is the next one I am building. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 Beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted November 4, 2023 Author Share Posted November 4, 2023 Thanks Richard,As always when I finish one of these I go back to my Airfix stash. I've pulled out the Evening Star, the Brake Van and the Meat waggon .......Makes a change from ships! why these? because I've run out of tanks to build having built the whole Airfix range except for the bridgelayer........In the meantime I'm helping my nephew to scratchbuild a 1:20 Tucano ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul71 Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 that's a great build, i do enjoy seeing what you are able to do with these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 G'day Sailorman, as Ratch says, she's beautiful. Both the ship and your model of her. Personal opinion of course but I think these liners are much more graceful than some of the huge cruise ships of today, which to me simply look like floating cities. This is very well done. Regards, Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain.Glumbo Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 6 hours ago, ArnoldAmbrose said: which to me simply look like floating cities. That's because they ARE floating cities. We've been on the ones to a couple of thousand pax but 6000 people disembarking in one go, along with the other 5 ships parked up along side with their 6000 pax. Can you imagine Barcelona on change over day! image link : https://www.barcelonatourguides.com/eng/barcelonaportcruiseshipforecast.htm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 G'day, yeah I guess some like them or there wouldn't be a market for them but they don't appeal to me. I think it highly unlikely I'll ever sail on a ship now but if I did I'd prefer something a bit smaller. Sorry Sailorman if I'm going a bit off-topic. Regards, Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted June 8 Author Share Posted June 8 (edited) Hi Guys, I agree with you 100%. In fact I only build liners from the early 1900's up to say 1960. The modern day cruise liners to me look like nothing but hotels stuck on top of motorised barges. I only built QM2 because Airfix made a model of her. I know people like her but to me she's a mish-mash. Normandie Bow, Queen Mary fore structure QE2 funnel ......and what's the idea of a rounded stern stuck onto what was clearly a transom stern! Perhaps I'm being a bit harsh! You can't stop progress and the formulae that worked in the first half of the 20th Century no longer work today! Edited July 11 by Sailorman Typo corrected 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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