mikoyan99
Active Member
Aside from starship modelling and the occasional aeroplane, I spend most of my model making time building model ships. I'm a graduate naval architect, and the period of ship building that interests me most is the end of the golden age of sail, and the transition from sail to steam power.
I'm planning on building a full wooden model of the Alabama at some point in the near future, but for now, i'm converting an old airfix model of Scot's RSS Discovery to a CSN commerce raider, heavily based on the Sumter. The ships are both similar, carrying Barque rigs, screw propulsion, and having a similar length and beam. Primarily, i'll need to modify the rig, move the smokestack, change the rudder, and repaint.
So far, I have the hull built, but it still needs repainting.
-Matt
I'm planning on building a full wooden model of the Alabama at some point in the near future, but for now, i'm converting an old airfix model of Scot's RSS Discovery to a CSN commerce raider, heavily based on the Sumter. The ships are both similar, carrying Barque rigs, screw propulsion, and having a similar length and beam. Primarily, i'll need to modify the rig, move the smokestack, change the rudder, and repaint.
So far, I have the hull built, but it still needs repainting.
-Matt