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Offline Rene

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Re: SS Melanie II
« Reply #30 on: 13 February 2012, 09:24:39 »
Nice ship excellent  ^^^. Thanks for sharing.

Regards,

Rene
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Offline karlgalster

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Re: SS Melanie II
« Reply #31 on: 13 February 2012, 17:46:29 »
Agreed. A very nice model indeed.
Robin
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Offline FJF

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Re: SS Melanie II
« Reply #32 on: 01 April 2012, 21:59:32 »
Hi Jesper,

Thanks for posting the picture of your model. It helps building mine, as there are not so many pictures of 'Melanie II' available. I like the color scheme!

Regards,

Frank
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Offline FJF

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Re: SS Melanie II
« Reply #33 on: 01 April 2012, 22:04:33 »
Thanks for the kind words, Colin.

Finally I could work a little bit (bridge)...

« Last Edit: 01 April 2012, 22:06:17 by FJF »
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Offline Tommydean

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Re: SS Melanie II
« Reply #34 on: 02 April 2012, 04:02:35 »
Wow nice build
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Offline mikearace

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Re: SS Melanie II
« Reply #35 on: 02 April 2012, 20:41:39 »
A really lovely build.  Normally merchant ships dont 'float my boat' and I have never really been tempted to build one but seeing how nice your build looks I must say that I am now very very tempted in getting Melanie sometime in the future.  Will watch the rest of the build with great interest,
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Offline FJF

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Re: SS Melanie II
« Reply #36 on: 07 April 2012, 21:49:12 »
Thank you all for the kind words! That is very motivating!

@mikearace:
I am very happy to see that my model inspires you.  BTW: I never thought that I would ever build a model of such a type, neither.  :wink1:

SS Melanie II probably is not the most elegant boat (as many other freight ships), but as most of the freight ships of that era they are ideal for an extra detailed model and that gives it the special 'charme'.

A good friend of mine showed me how important research in books and the internet is for bringing the model 'to life'; e.g. I used the following link for detailing the gun: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:QF_4_inch_Mk_IIII_gun_P_I_mounting_diagram_1919_NAA_MP551_1,_92_2.jpg
It may take much more time to learn about the details of the real ship (...and I am still learning!), but it is worth in my opinion.

Unfortunately Deans Marine posted only one picture (and not the best) of a unfinished (?)/prototype(?) model in their online shop. The model kit has a much bigger 'potential' in my opinion.

Regards,

Frank
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Offline colin

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Re: SS Melanie II
« Reply #37 on: 08 April 2012, 14:17:43 »
with a little hope this thread will encourage others to build a Melanie..  ^^^

sorry about the photo in the online shop, its the only one available  :'(

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Offline FJF

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Re: SS Melanie II
« Reply #38 on: 09 September 2012, 21:45:05 »
Hello,

Thanks for your nice comments.

Finally I can give an update about my Melanie II. You might be interested about how I tried to solve the rudder construction. This is quite an experiment, I must say for me too and I am wondering if it will work well.  :-[

Kind Regards,

Frank
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Offline FJF

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Re: SS Melanie II
« Reply #39 on: 09 September 2012, 21:57:27 »
I also started to modify the hatches in the back.
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Offline FJF

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Re: SS Melanie II
« Reply #40 on: 09 September 2012, 22:24:38 »
And this is how I make the wooden railing. Glueing the 0.5 mm sticks together on a paper helps to fix and align them. Both sides then get sanded down until they are evenly flat and smooth. This creates the structure of wooden battens.
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Offline mikearace

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Re: SS Melanie II
« Reply #41 on: 10 September 2012, 20:40:20 »
Nice to see an update on this lovely build of yours.  Continues to be a lovely job your doing there.
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Offline colin

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Re: SS Melanie II
« Reply #42 on: 11 September 2012, 05:58:35 »
could not agree more with mikes words... well done Frank  ^^^  ^^^

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Offline FJF

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Re: SS Melanie II
« Reply #43 on: 02 December 2012, 20:40:21 »
Hello there,

A short update on my Melanie II.

- The hull got its first layer of colour.
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Offline FJF

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Re: SS Melanie II
« Reply #44 on: 02 December 2012, 20:51:06 »
...
- second layer of hull colour
- some hatch details...
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