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Scale Models / Frieghter models of the sixties era
« on: March 19, 2014, 03:14:03 PM »
Hi members,
My name is Patrick and I just found and joined this ship enthusiastic website. I grow up in Hong kong in the sixties and I am always intrigued by the freighters loading and unloading in the harbour. I remembered spending hours in front of display windows of the shipping companies staring at the freighter's models and it is my dream to own a model of the freighters since then. I have been living in Canada since I am a teenager and have missed the smell of sea water. Since my job has nothing to do with ships, but model ships building has become one of my hobbies. I have built the Cutty Sark, the HMS Victory from kits, and I have bought the "Sovereign of the Seas" by Sergal. Since there is no freighter ship model kits available, I am thinking of fulfilling my dream and buy an old model. However, I cannot pay the thousands of dollars to commission someone to build one for me. Does anyone has a detailed model of a freighter of the sixties that plan on selling at a reasonable price? I have no experience in scratch building models, but with a very detailed set of plan, I may be able to give it a try as well. I have attached a picture of a freighter model from Maritime Replicas and I have also included a link of the freighters I am referring to as follows:
https://picasaweb.google.com/103692380584041990607/ModelShipSsArgyllshireScale1178?feat=email#
Thank you for reading my lengthy message
Patrick
My name is Patrick and I just found and joined this ship enthusiastic website. I grow up in Hong kong in the sixties and I am always intrigued by the freighters loading and unloading in the harbour. I remembered spending hours in front of display windows of the shipping companies staring at the freighter's models and it is my dream to own a model of the freighters since then. I have been living in Canada since I am a teenager and have missed the smell of sea water. Since my job has nothing to do with ships, but model ships building has become one of my hobbies. I have built the Cutty Sark, the HMS Victory from kits, and I have bought the "Sovereign of the Seas" by Sergal. Since there is no freighter ship model kits available, I am thinking of fulfilling my dream and buy an old model. However, I cannot pay the thousands of dollars to commission someone to build one for me. Does anyone has a detailed model of a freighter of the sixties that plan on selling at a reasonable price? I have no experience in scratch building models, but with a very detailed set of plan, I may be able to give it a try as well. I have attached a picture of a freighter model from Maritime Replicas and I have also included a link of the freighters I am referring to as follows:
https://picasaweb.google.com/103692380584041990607/ModelShipSsArgyllshireScale1178?feat=email#
Thank you for reading my lengthy message
Patrick