Great work. I just build a small (1000 Teu) Containerfeeder in 1:100. I also started with styrofoam. But after getting the shape I put glasfiber on it. So I got i nice hull. Then I made some frames and glued it on the inside of the hull. But I really like your way. Now I know how to get a wooden hull from scratch. That’s great
absolutely amazing i work on the container terminal at immingham docks would look amazing under some container gantry cranes the real things are an amazing pieces of engineering and flood lit are strangely magical well done ron
I have still another project ready for some time now but I have these days not enough time to make the video ready of it. It is the third build from me of the VII C sub from the German navy in WWII. I hope to make this in the near future.
Thank you for your comments. I think that the fiberglass will destroy the foam. You can try to test it first with fiberglass. Mounting kit is the best glue for foam. Other glue can also destroy the foam. That`s why i did use mounting kit and balsa wood for the hull covering.
Outstanding and a masterpiece! I do good work on my models, but do not have the patience or space for that kind of project... living in Florida, with no basements or work areas, really hurts! Nice job!!!!!
Dank je wel Johan voor het compliment. Ik neem inderdaad even een rust periode om dan weer vol met het nieuwe project te gaan starten. De voorbereidingen ervoor zijn al gedaan (research).
Geweldig Ron, Mijn complimenten. Met bewondering je project gevolgd en zal er nog wel eens op terug vallen om wat van je ideeën te lenen. Ik zal zeer zeker je volgend project ook volgen Groeten Frits
You do very good work sir. My main problem is in obtaining the proper shape of the hull, I like your technique and may adapt it for my own use. I primarily build warships and would like to build a scratch model of my first ship, a Spruance class destroyer for radio control. Thank you for the inspiration.
I am very impressed with Emma Maersk, beautifully constructed and finished.I am inspired to build the same ship using your foam techniques. Can you help me located line drawings for plan view, elevation view and body view.
Just one more question sir, how do u get those ship plans from? Right now i am doing research on building my first battleship, i wonder if u find it on a website or just use mark one eyeball on some actual photo to make it out???
Hello, You can probably get photos of the ship are interested in building. You can the specs on the internet. Then you can decide the scale you wish to build. Hope this helps.
+Ron Campagne Thank you. Watch. Twenty-three years, the model is not designed. Look. I study. I learn from the experience. Prvet from the city Kronstadt!
A lovely model. Have you considered carving a solid hull from lime / basswood? I am working on an early 1:200 Cunard liner at the moment and basswood carves very easily and is not an expensive wood.
+Devert Pillazo I don`t now but I search for a nice project and then I do a lot of research to find lots of picktures and then i draw the new project and start to build it.
Really nice work. I live three kilometers from Odense Steel Shipyard where they built the great Maersk ships. Know many who have worked shipyard and build the large container ships. My neighbor was employed there for more than 25 years and has helped to build many container ships in the yard closed. Can I ask you for the music (guitar) as a player who is it? - Thanks :-)
I did not want to rate this build because I was not sure if what I was seeing was a full scratch build as described or a mostly scratch build, since you did not show the making of the tower, the fore or aft decks. These look like details provided from a kit. And if they too are scratch-built, then why didn't you show us how you went about making them? You achieved a very nice result, but you left out a lot. A lot a lot.
