01-06-2013, 04:55 PM
Lindberg "North Atlantic Fishing Trawler" Kitbash
This was the first of many ship kit "bashes", primarily intended for HO scale usage. Here, the kit has become a small coastal Freighter, the "Louis Arthur".
The superstructure was replaced with one from a Revell "Harbor Tug". This picture is the Starboard side;
Starboard Bow, showing the 20' containers which sit directly above the main cargo hatch. The hatch was fully detailed, and then hidden when the idea to carry containers came about.
The port side shot
This shot shows the Gravity Davit kit, built and installed with a lifeboat in place. It was this piece that inspired the scratchbuilt version that was put in the "Tour Ship", as part of the "Americanization" of what started as a Swedish touring ship.
The railings on this freighter, are some of the early "adventures" in soldering brass rod railings to Brass rail posts mounted in a plastic deck. The technique, was adapted to handrails for my BL20-2's, and later diesel builds, like the LIRR C-420, and the SP&S RS-3's
This next "bash" is an ongoing adventure.....the HMS Surprise, as seen in the film "Master and Commander"
This picture shows the complete rebuild of the transom, and Quarter Galleries, of the Lindberg "Jolly Roger" kit
The built transom, unpainted
and the finished transom, painted.
This was the first of many ship kit "bashes", primarily intended for HO scale usage. Here, the kit has become a small coastal Freighter, the "Louis Arthur".
The superstructure was replaced with one from a Revell "Harbor Tug". This picture is the Starboard side;
Starboard Bow, showing the 20' containers which sit directly above the main cargo hatch. The hatch was fully detailed, and then hidden when the idea to carry containers came about.
The port side shot
This shot shows the Gravity Davit kit, built and installed with a lifeboat in place. It was this piece that inspired the scratchbuilt version that was put in the "Tour Ship", as part of the "Americanization" of what started as a Swedish touring ship.
The railings on this freighter, are some of the early "adventures" in soldering brass rod railings to Brass rail posts mounted in a plastic deck. The technique, was adapted to handrails for my BL20-2's, and later diesel builds, like the LIRR C-420, and the SP&S RS-3's
This next "bash" is an ongoing adventure.....the HMS Surprise, as seen in the film "Master and Commander"
This picture shows the complete rebuild of the transom, and Quarter Galleries, of the Lindberg "Jolly Roger" kit
The built transom, unpainted
and the finished transom, painted.
We always learn far more from our own mistakes, than we will ever learn from another's advice.
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!