Does anyone know if there are any modern eplorer/treasure hunter ships out? I would like to find something not too godawful big but think it would be cool to have one with a little submersible on the deck and maybe a crane.
Heller produce a 1/200 Titanic search vessel, I have one half built. It comes with a mini-sub. There is a review of the kit on the Debris Field site.
Hope this helps
That is about what I am looking for except something alittle bigger. That is so small. Maybe I’ll have to modify a trawler or something. I wish they would make more modern boats. It seems like they are either monstrous cruise liners or little dinghys.
The “Academic Keldish” Russian research ship.
I’ve never seen anything of it. If i recall correctly.
Its true, some ships are in every scales and colors, some simply don’t exist.
Hi Thors,
There is a modern research vessel model called “Meteor” made by Revell in 1:300 scale ref no: 05208.
I don’t if it is still manufacturered, but it is a nice model and it is worth trying to find one.
Good luck.
Beau.
I think I know what your looking for,the Calypso in 1/45 scale made by billing boats,has mini subs,helicoptors,all the details nature coast hobbies has a great sale on them right now-if you cant find them on the web let me known and I will find it for you[;)]
This model is made bt Graupner in Germany.
This is a really good model of an offshore support vessel.
see details below.
SEABEX ONE 2156
R/C diver depot ship. True-scale model design of a multi-purpose diver depot ship with four rudder-propeller drive systems. Multi-function model ship for proportional R/C gear. Quickie kit with moulded hull.
Product information
The diver support ship SEABEX ONE has been designed for a multitude of North Sea operational tasks by the Nobiskrug GmbH shipyard of Rendsburg / Federal Republic of Germany: deep sea operations, underwater welding, submarine construction work, fire-flghting, rescue and evacuation tasks in emergencies (max. capacity 500 persons), hydrographic survey work, helicopter landings, general oceanography and harvesting of submarine resources. In order to enable the ship to fully perform its various duties it has been equipped with an optimized propulsion system comprised of two stern-mounted rudder/propel-ler SPPS units of 1620 kW each which provide forward thrust, act as rudders and ensure precision position holding, plus two bow-mounted SPPS units of 1100 kW each. The rudder-propeller units, each powered by a DC electric motor, are rotatable through 360° SEABEX ONE is equipped with a diving system consisting of seven chambers; one of them serves as entry to the diving bell. The latter accommodates up to three divers and is capable of operations at depths of up to 450 meters. It is closed at the side and lowered via the moon-pool. A diver rescue chamber is stationed on the main deck. Ten TV monitors and nine cameras are used to supervise the diving system. A goal-post structure, permanently erected at the transom, permits handling heavy weights. Four fire monitors are also installed atop that structure for fire-flghting operations. At the left side (port) an electronic-hydraulical offshore crane has been provided. A heli-platform on the foreship ensures fast and problemfree exchange of crew members, as well as emergency evacuation. The model of SEABEX ONE has been engineered from original blueprints supplied by the Nobiskrug shipyard. It offers to the modeller a broad palette of interesting special functions, a palette which may be still further enlarged, if desired. Thanks to its SPPS thrusters (which can be rotated up to 90°) the vessel can turn on a dime and translate sideways. Its offshore crane is a fully working unit. Water for the four fire-fighting monitors is delivered by one or two gear-type pump(s). Main rotor and tail rotor of the ship-borne helicopter are driven by an electric motor. The R/C installation plan supplied refers to the installation of proportional R/C equipment All difficult-to-fashion parts, such as hull stern goal post, funnels, crane pillar, helicopter etc. are furnished in the kit as extrusions. A large number of miscellaneous plastic parts supplied in the set of fittings No. 426 for dressing up the model also shorten the building time.
Contents of the Quickie kit
Quickbuild plan with R/C installation, ilustrated building instructions and illustrated R/C installation instructions with special functions in German, French, English and Dutch. Moulded hull, funnel shells, Moon-pool, stern goal post, helicopter, offshore crane, life boats and other miscellaneous ABS plastic parts; printed and die-cut plywood parts; mouldings, window glazing, tubes, wire sheet metal, decals, adhesives, miscellaneous other parts.
R/C functions
Channels 1+2 Stern VSP thrusters starboard/port 3+4 Stern VSP thrusters forward - stop reverse 5+6 Bow VSP thrusters starboard/port 7+8 Bow VSP thrusters forward - stop reverse 9+10 With 16-channel NAUTIC Expert switch module A Crane outrigger up/down B Crane hook up/down C Crane pillar, counterclockwise rotation, left / clockwise rotation, right D Monitors, on/off E Helicopter main rotor, on/off You may hook-up another 3 functions after your own ideas to the contacts E, G and H.
Specification
Length o.a. 1450 mm
Beam 260 mm
Draught 73 mm
A. u. weight incl. R/C gear 14 kg
Weight empty (minus main drive power supplies and R/C gear) 5 kg
Max. payload 9 kg
Scale 1:75