Modified LPBs

[Schraddel]

[OT]

Larry;
do you mean that?
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The Eastland was a rather narrow sleek ship with a high center of gravity. Therefore a bit unstable.
Note:
July 7, 1904 "Nearly capsized"
August 5, 1906 "Nearly capsized"
July 1, 1912 "Nearly capsized"
The unstabilty must be known before the disaster. There were enough warnings.
And at least:
July 24, 1915 "Capsized."

In comparison MS Diana is an other sort of breed:
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She was built to fit the canal locks with a maximum seize. And as you can see in the little plan right above, there is much more of the hull of Diana unterwater than it was on the Eastland in relation. The Diana has an full hull with a flat bottom.


Diana in Gothenburg. The ships in the background are belonging to the Gothenburg Maritme Museum.
Note the ship is just cleaned in preparation for the next journey. The wicker chairs are set upon the life vest bunks to scrub the deck.

[Brakie]

The Diana looks wider but,she still stands tall and looks top heavy.

After the disaster the Eastland became the USS Wilmette a gun ship for the U.S.Navy. hock:

Sorry about going way off topic.

[Sumpter250]

Spec's: Eastland: Length: 265' ; Beam: 38'; Draft: 19'-6"; Displacement: 1,961 Tons. Beam to length ratio: 1:7
Diana: Length: 103.87' ; Beam: 22.2'; Draft: 9' ; Displacement: 269 Tons. Beam to length ratio: 1:4.6
Lowry DD770: Length: 376'' ; Beam: 41'; Draft: 19'; Displacement: 2,200 Tons. Beam to length ratio: 1:9
Eastland; had 1 foot of beam for every 7 feet of length.
M.S.Diana; had 1 foot of beam for every 4.6 feet of length.
USS Lowry; had 1 foot of beam for every 9 feet of length.

USS Lowry DD-770 had the worst Beam to Length ratio of the Three ( but was the heaviest ). I rode out several Hurricanes in her on the Atlantic, and several storms in the Mediterranean. Lowry, is presently. "Espirito Santo" D-39, in the Brazillian Navy.
M.S. Diana actually has the best beam to length ratio, especially considering the service she was built for.
S.S. Eastland.....rolled over in port !! Go figure.
   
Then again... :oops: ...Look just how much more hull Eastland had, ABOVE the waterline !

:oops: Yeah, we went way beyond Off topic :oops:

[Sumpter250]

Some more "Modified LPB's" by the "Cask and Anchor" Restaurant:
   

[nachoman]

Really nice work on those LPBs, S250.

[nachoman]

The only modification to this gentleman was to remove the binoculars he was holding.

[Sumpter250]

The only modification to this gentleman was to remove the binoculars he was holding.

And.... sometimes that's all the modification needed to make 'him' a different person

[Schraddel]

Or...place it in an other way than orignally intended:

Nothing was altered with this figure, it was only placed in an unusual way.

Lutz

[nachoman]

good point, Schradel.

Here is another atlas figure. I think he was supposed to be a doctor. I trimmed the bag from his left hand, made his shirt long sleeves, and "tucked in" his shirt (trimmed his shirt tails off). I also added the hat.

This is kind of fun!

[modelmaker51]

Very nice but you need to give them some eyes so they can see where they are going!

You can just use a wash of dark brown or black to get the facial features to stand out more.