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Steve I have long admired your barrels at ModelWarships and I would think most Card Model Ships would benefit from a good set od barrels and masts. And if some the price a little steep, maybe the can buy their own equipment and do it cheaper. :roll: :roll: :roll:

as this is a proposed replacement for the Admirable I think I am correct in assuming that it going to be a free download. While I recognize this is a marketing tool on Roman's part to perk interest in his models and increase sales I also realize that we should not expect too much from a freebie...

Gary, you're right about the economics of card modeling. Even the printed commercial kits are very reasonable because once purrchased you scan them onto disc or into a file and build from the copies saving the original for source material. That way if you do screw up (and you will) there is not...

Jim I thought I had a reasonable grasp on maritime history yet I never have heard of this incident. Is there some sort of momorial to the victims in NY. If not there should be

Thanks Jim. I will most likely be interested in the ship's appearance post 1900. I've got email inquiries out to the Bowling Green Archives on Great Lakes Shipping in Ohio and the Maritime Museum in Manitowoc WI about plans and elevations for both the CC and the SS Eastland. The single worst...

One, I never would of figured this particular ship class out from the information (plus a lot more most likely) but who in there right mind names a warship "Glowworm". Sounds Like a name to inspire fights in pubs but the action they fought one of the most valiant in naval history and the...

Back to the topic, the ship at the top of the thread carried a total of 2.4 million passengers during her 43 years of service on the Great Lakes. Not bad for a day excursion steamer. But right now I'm having trouble finding a good source for ships plans and elevations. I do have a possible...

Yes I will finish the Metcalf first but something else is coming up on the radar screen. While researching stuff for FLIP I remembered another unusual vessel. The only whaleback passenger steamer ever built the SS Christopher Columbus. She plied the Great Lakes from the 1890s into the '30 and is...

Really when one thinks about it there a lot of similiarities between the construction methods for wood and card ship models. Also this is where the cross fertilization of modeling practices can begin to benifit all of us if allow it to

I recently joined that site as I feel that no matter the media we are all modelers (although I wouldn't mind playing around with some "um modells). One of the threads was on the worth of card models as research for scratchbuilt styrene or wood models. I have tried to enlighten them (points for...

Yah sure that wasn't in a diorama titled "Submarine Races"

Oh, i wouldn't model the whole ship, just the "bow" in the working position. Perhaps the ultimate wayerline model :roll: :roll: :roll:

Does any one know where one can find plans for perhaps the most unusual vessel in existance. I won't call it a ship because it does not move on it's own powew as the only engines it has are for electrical generation http://aquarium.ucsd.edu/learning/learning_res/voyager/flip/ I know I have...

looks very nice so far. Be kind of ironic if you entered this and won the updated USS Arizona BB-39 that Roman has on the way :?

To clear up some confusion here. The only reason I went with the foam is to use it as a gluing surface. In that manner it acts just like the subsurface described in the 1927(?) book. I am going to try skinning the hull for the most part in one piece (between farmes 9 and 26). In looking at some...

Jim I have to admit I have reservations about using the foam method too. But all too often I see something posted that looks great from the waterline up but below the water line looks like a complete wreck. That I think is one reason we do see as many waterline models as we do. If the foam...

After I get done with the Joseph Metcalf for the competition I have been thinking about something different. A modern Cruise Ship perhaps. In that vein I found an interestring site http://dvo.free.fr/yourcreations.htm From the looks of it they are all designs submitted by individuals. Lots...

The good Dr. Zarkov over at Card Models.com has announced the introduction of a 1/200th scale Visby Corvette based on this http://www.military.com/soldiertech/0,14632,Soldiertech_StealthShips,,00.html http://www.card-models.com/product.php?product_id=53

Oh my God, please don't tell me this is N Gauge (160th)

http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/plans/ Found this while trolling the web for something else. Mostly German up to about the late 30's.