New Build RMS Queen Elizabeth

[Steve-812494]

Hi all I am new to this Forum and have just finished building the RMS Queen Elizabeth.

My wife and her parents immigrated to America on her in the 1950's. My wife has always had fond memories of this trip so I decided to build her this model.

I drill out the portholes and installed 200 LEDs. I continued these LEDs to the upper deck to elluminate the stacks. I also installed the horns and used cotton for the steam coming from them. I hand painted all the windows, bought the etch railings and ladders and doors. Unfortunately I lost the decals. I knew the deck my wife was on so I used red film to point approximately where her birth was.

My wife was over the moon at the finished product and I was very pleased to have built it for her.

Here are a few photos.

[Kenneth ONeill]

Nice. And in "small World syndrome", my best friend's grandfather was a carpenter for John Brown's and worked on the ship.

[Sailorman]

Great build and a very interesting bit of "history" too.

[Steve-812494]

Great build and a very interesting bit of "history" too.

My wife also has a Parker Pen made from one of the port holes. She also has the suitcase she used which has her cabin Deck and Number on it.

Thank you for the interest.

[Steve-812494]

Nice. And in "small World syndrome", my best friend's grandfather was a carpenter for John Brown's and worked on the ship.

 

 

 

 

In America, my wife and I were taking our daughter to march in a parade. It was a very hot day and along the way we saw an elderly gentleman hitchhiking. We stopped to give him a ride and found out he was marching in the same parade. He spoke with a very heavy German accent and his name was Fritz. We struck up a friendship with Fritz and found out as a young man in WW2 he had worked on the Battleship Bismarck.

 

 

It truly is a small world.