Ship modeling
Ship modeling is an interesting and creative hobby based on smaller replicas of real ships. It is widered topic and everyone use difference techniques and materials for making small ships. Someone build sailing ships, someone but large container ships or cruise ships. Sailing ships in bottle are also done. It is the hardest ship modeling style and need more skills than another mode. The most wondering is the Majesty of the seas with own difference nature. General materials are fibre-plastic, wood, weneer, sheet matal, foam plastic and paper. Some difference models are done with some special materials as for example cardboard, toothsticks and any more. Here I introduce some special ship models and techniques below.
Shortly about ship models in bottle:
Shortly about historic sailing ships:
Radio-controlled models:
Radio-copntrolled ship models are replicas of real ships what are navigateable by radio signal. Types of ships are all what float and has engine. the most popular a
Table models:
Table models is for showing or keeping, thse not float the most. It is large topic and these models are warships, sailing ships. generally, all types of ships. Model kits or fully built ship models. Some has decorating lights in and on, some has sound facilitises and any more. Here no see end in fantasy. Materials are wood, paper and any more. The most extreme are done off unusual materials as for example cardboard and sticks.
Model kits:
Model kits are such ship models what must stick together yourself. These come from special workshop but in details. The most known is Revell. The Revell product for example Titanic, Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth and warships for example. These are in difference sizes. QM2 scale is 1/400 for example and titanic is also same scaled ship model. Queen Elizabeth is 1/1250 scaled model.
MegaHobby sells warships the most. Generally, model kits are for these who wants put details together. Details are fragile and made out of plastic. Big scaled models has lots of details, smaller has less but tiny details. Special skills are needed but sometime get them together without skills. Alltogether, need reading skills and sticking skills.
Manned-ship models:
Unique large replica of Majesty of the seas:
The mini-Majesty of the seas is 1/8 scaled replica of RCCL Majesty of the seas. Constructed in morsback, Marseille, France. The model is 33,5 m length, 4,75 m beam and draft is 1, 06 meters. Modeled for being river boat for european canals. Funnel is moveable for going under bridges. Its building progress is amazing. The model is built in 11 years and building place was up in its builder garden. There don't do nothing little models masters, there is needed real ship bu8ilder skills. Inside of the model looks like as on yachts. It has bedroom, citchen, lounge, engine room and any more. The model not stay in backyard, it is transported by truck to launghing place. now, it is sailing on Europa channels. We never know where it goes or where it stay. Maybe we can see the model in Estonia too if it happen here. Hull is made with real steel as real ships. The Majesty of the seas is the biggest navigating ship model in the world. As true masterpiece. It shows that if dreams are strong and do something for realize them, not lose inspiration. the Majesty of the seas model is big dream what becam real.
Photos and building progress photos here:
http://bernard.joannes.pagesperso-orange.fr/francois_zanella_s_boat.htm
Difference models made by difference materials:
Ship modeling is an interesting and creative hobby based on smaller replicas of real ships. It is widered topic and everyone use difference techniques and materials for making small ships. Someone build sailing ships, someone but large container ships or cruise ships. Sailing ships in bottle are also done. It is the hardest ship modeling style and need more skills than another mode. The most wondering is the Majesty of the seas with own difference nature. General materials are fibre-plastic, wood, weneer, sheet matal, foam plastic and paper. Some difference models are done with some special materials as for example cardboard, toothsticks and any more. Here I introduce some special ship models and techniques below.
Shortly about ship models in bottle:
Shortly about historic sailing ships:
Radio-controlled models:
Radio-copntrolled ship models are replicas of real ships what are navigateable by radio signal. Types of ships are all what float and has engine. the most popular a
Table models:
Table models is for showing or keeping, thse not float the most. It is large topic and these models are warships, sailing ships. generally, all types of ships. Model kits or fully built ship models. Some has decorating lights in and on, some has sound facilitises and any more. Here no see end in fantasy. Materials are wood, paper and any more. The most extreme are done off unusual materials as for example cardboard and sticks.
Model kits:
Model kits are such ship models what must stick together yourself. These come from special workshop but in details. The most known is Revell. The Revell product for example Titanic, Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth and warships for example. These are in difference sizes. QM2 scale is 1/400 for example and titanic is also same scaled ship model. Queen Elizabeth is 1/1250 scaled model.
MegaHobby sells warships the most. Generally, model kits are for these who wants put details together. Details are fragile and made out of plastic. Big scaled models has lots of details, smaller has less but tiny details. Special skills are needed but sometime get them together without skills. Alltogether, need reading skills and sticking skills.
Manned-ship models:
Unique large replica of Majesty of the seas:
The mini-Majesty of the seas is 1/8 scaled replica of RCCL Majesty of the seas. Constructed in morsback, Marseille, France. The model is 33,5 m length, 4,75 m beam and draft is 1, 06 meters. Modeled for being river boat for european canals. Funnel is moveable for going under bridges. Its building progress is amazing. The model is built in 11 years and building place was up in its builder garden. There don't do nothing little models masters, there is needed real ship bu8ilder skills. Inside of the model looks like as on yachts. It has bedroom, citchen, lounge, engine room and any more. The model not stay in backyard, it is transported by truck to launghing place. now, it is sailing on Europa channels. We never know where it goes or where it stay. Maybe we can see the model in Estonia too if it happen here. Hull is made with real steel as real ships. The Majesty of the seas is the biggest navigating ship model in the world. As true masterpiece. It shows that if dreams are strong and do something for realize them, not lose inspiration. the Majesty of the seas model is big dream what becam real.
Photos and building progress photos here:
http://bernard.joannes.pagesperso-orange.fr/francois_zanella_s_boat.htm
Difference models made by difference materials: