I betchya this gets read !
I often have had over the years a ship that met with a Catphoon or Kidphoon and didn’t survive the storm in original condition . Well , How about saving the hulls for building cruise ships ? Good use of old hulls and an interesting way of thinking outside the box .
Imagine if you will , a salvaged Lindberg or Revell Aircraft Carrier turned into a very safety conscious designed Liner . Any one interested ?
Interesting thought, TB.
I’m actually currently working on a project going in the other direction: starting with a 1/720 Academy Titanic—the hull lines of which are eerily close to the Royal Navy WW1 seaplane carrier HMS Ben-my-Chree (one of whose aircraft launched the first successful sinking of an enemy vessel by an airborne torpedo in 1915). That actual ship was itself converted from a pre-war Isle-of-Man packet steamer, so her resemblance to a liner is neither coincidental nor surprising; what did surprise me is that the Chree was designed and launched in 1908*…*about the time the White Star Line’s infamous Olympic class were being ordered and designed.
Hull lines are virtually spot-on, though the scale is different—the Chree will turn out about 1/320 or so. Almost all hull detail is wrong or incorrectly scaled, so filler is my friend:
Lots of scratch-building to do from ‘deck-up’—including tiny-scale biplane aircraft—but the pre-made hull is a very handy start for a long-dreamed-of project.
So the question is…have you ever built a liner from a warship hull?
That is a reverse, as many Japanese warships were from converted cargo-ocean liners and or upgraded from Cruiser hulls.
Hey , Gregbale ! Looks Like A Good Start !
You are So on track with what I like to do. I have even taken a wrecked Robert E.Lee Steamboat and converted it to a double ended ferry . That was my first attempt in plastic , cardboard and shirt plastic . Worked great for my $ 1.00 a bag mini-cars .
I do believe those cars were about 1/160 scale . I have converted a Lindberg straight deck carrier into a Liner and a Revell Forrestal to what else ? a Tanker of course ! T.B.