Has anyone seen one of these built up really well? I am in the middle of a build and can use some inspiration. Most of the builds I’ve found on line are okay, but nothing really impressive.
I’m looking for one that was really done right.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Dang, this is the longest I’ve worked on a model, nearly a year now!
Thanks, Tory
check this one out. also if you added a PE set from Gold metal models it might help.
http://www.modelshipmaster.com/products/ocean_liners/Queen_mary_2.htm
Thank you for the response enemeink!
I do have the GMM photo etch for the QM2 and will be adding it shortly. The link to the built model isn’t the Revell kit but one of those wood models, most likely from the Philipians. Not bad, but certainly not what I would consider inspirational.
Having worked on this kit for as long as I have, I’m not surprised that a really well built model hasn’t shown up yet. It is akin to building a highly detailed aircraft carrier. Lots of repetition and tedium!
Tory
Tory,
I did this tiny 1/1200 version about 4 months back for a customer, I’m considering the bigger version.
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/577098744denSyl
This is one I found on yahoo
http://hsfeatures.com/features04/qm2tt_1.htm
Hope this helps
http://titanic-model.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=123&topic_id=494&mesg_id=494&page=
Finished:
http://titanic-model.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=123&topic_id=1283&mesg_id=1283&listing_type=search
That is an impressive model, Tracy! I got to thinking though, in looking at it, what if someone made a scene like this but had it sailing past a scale model of the Statue of Liberty. That would show just how big this monster really is! Supposedly, the top deck of the QM2 looks down on the top of the Statue of Liberty when it sails by. Just a thought for someone who might be real ambitious to think about!
Thank you Tracy, that is EXACTLY what I was looking for.[:D]
Truly inspired work. For the first time since I started this project, I am actually looking forward to getting back to the workbench!
That is by far the finest build of this kit I have seen to date.
the Queen Mary 2 isn’t quite that big. the Statue of Liberty has about 100 feet on the QM2. 100 if you are going from the water line up.
Here is what I’ve got so far.
All comments are welcome, good or bad.
Could be. It might just be my faulty memory. I was just going by what I had read on one of the boxes when it came out. I think it said something like it is the equivelant of an eighteen story building from the waterline to the top of the top deck, and would look down on the Statue of Liberty when it passes by.
Even if it isn’t as tall, it would still give a sense of perspective that people could recognize. Or you could place it next to another ship, that people recognize, to do the same purpose. Does the QM2 go to any harbors that have a museum battleship? That could work for a diorama! Does it maybe pass near the HMS Victory?
I am about 85% done with mine. Cutting in the deck painting to vertical surfaces is killing me. you are correct in that most of the finished models online are amateurish. For instance the vertical seams on the front round section under the bridge (the library) showing. If one is going to build this kit for God sakes sand out those seams like the real ship. A lot of bad paint jobs as well.
Another peeve of mine is not getting the colors right. The deck boards on the real thing are a blanched out grayish tan. Flat black is too black for the hull in this scale (1/400th).
There are so many great photos of every aspect of this ship from every conceivable angle, online, that its ridiculous not to get the colors accurate.
I did not use the GMM set (first ship in a long time without GMM) as my eyes aren’t what they used to be. It is quite a fantastic set though.
I just painted the black pinstripes around the funnel and they came out a tiny bit too thick. I may have to re-do which is about an hour of masking because of all the curves.
This is one of the best kits I have ever seen, and I would presume because of the ships ongoing popularity that it will always be available, much like the USS Constitution model.
Add the GMM set and build it right and you’ll have a museum piece. I would say a year is about right with this model!
I have had to take breaks from it for a week at a time now and then. That last 10-15% of a long involved model will drive one to drink.
Well after a year and two months, I finally finished it! This is an amazing kit, but requires some serious dedication to see all the way through. I now know why you rarely see one built up! Here are a coupl of shots of the finished model:
Goshawk, what an absolutely lovely build! My hat’s off to you, and your dedication to what must have been one of the most repititious builds imaginable. For a model of a 20th or 21st century steel ship, this one has to be right up near the top of the list for complexity and repitition.
Beautiful! Now I’m tempted to do a liner, too! Just looking at it I’m seeing palm trees and sandy beach…not that QM2 will ever get close enough to a natural beach but!
We have a winner … ding ding ding!!! Always good to see civilian ships in this forum, and you did an exceptionally nice and clean job on this one. I’m a 1/700 guy (space considerations), but I just might have to make some room …
Thank you all for the kind words.[:)]
For those not familiar with the scale of this model, here is a photo of the GMM photo etched deck furniture taken with a #11 X-Acto blade.
Tiny doesn’t begin to describe them!
That’s gigantic. Wait’ll you get down to squinty scale, 1/700 [bnghead] :
I know, my bad … good work on the furniture!
Yikes! You 1/700 builders have my utmost respect![:O]
No thinks, 1/400 is as small as I go. And I can’t wait to get back to 1/350 and larger![;)]
Looks really great, I am about to get back on this model. I started in Dec 2009, and had to take a break this summer. A little over a year sounds about right for this one
I’m quite far along. I’m going to send you a pm to you to ask some mundane questions.
Its really a fantastic model kit.
Thanks Wilbur, response incoming![:)]