Hi fellow model ship enthusiasts. I don't know if I am a glutton for self punishment, but in looking for ways to not only improve my model building skills, but also upping my game with potentially cool new ideas I have an interesting concept I am trying to conceive.
I know most model ship builders generally do historic sailing vessels or military. As you may (or may not) know I focus on modern steel hull ships that focus on trading on the Great Lakes / St. Lawrence Seaway. All of my builds since I started in 2020 have been bulk carriers, a couple what we call "flat backs", but recently did 2 self unloaders (with the boom). As these are static models for my own collection of maritime goodies, I am quite happy with what I have built. That being said....I like a challenge.
Some people have asked me if I would ever do an RC laker.... not sure on that, as I have no idea what is involved, but that would be an interesting topic nonetheless.
What intrigues me more than RC would be constructing a working model of a self unloading ship. Would this even be possible at a hobby scale (1/200 1/192)? Maybe using some type of small pebbles like they use in the model train world to represent stone/coal?
I know how the real world belt systems works, but I don't know if it is even possible to scale that down to even some basic model scale system.
Thoughts?
I know most model ship builders generally do historic sailing vessels or military. As you may (or may not) know I focus on modern steel hull ships that focus on trading on the Great Lakes / St. Lawrence Seaway. All of my builds since I started in 2020 have been bulk carriers, a couple what we call "flat backs", but recently did 2 self unloaders (with the boom). As these are static models for my own collection of maritime goodies, I am quite happy with what I have built. That being said....I like a challenge.
Some people have asked me if I would ever do an RC laker.... not sure on that, as I have no idea what is involved, but that would be an interesting topic nonetheless.
What intrigues me more than RC would be constructing a working model of a self unloading ship. Would this even be possible at a hobby scale (1/200 1/192)? Maybe using some type of small pebbles like they use in the model train world to represent stone/coal?
I know how the real world belt systems works, but I don't know if it is even possible to scale that down to even some basic model scale system.
Thoughts?