Not a ship, but from a manufacturer of ship models, so I trust it's okay to post:
I originally bought the Adler Locomotive with Tender (54001), the set of 3 matching Coaches (56001 - one each for 1st, 2nd and 3rd class) and the Large Locomotives Stand (55103), all by Occre. I got these in May of last year, directly from Occre in Spain, finishing them up before Christmas, when I received my USS Bonhomme Richard cross section model.
I liked the build pretty well. Not happy with the paint finish, having been done by brush using craft paints, for the most part. I only took a couple pictures during the build, to show the detail inside the two enclosed carriages:
The Second Class Coach: The First Class Coach:
I used some material my wife had for the first class curtains, and folded paper for the blinds of the second class coach. Both look bad in the above view, but I like to think they look better from the outside. The kit included metal castings for the blinds, but they didn't fit that well, and I really didn't care for the looks of them. I might have changed my mind if I knew how they would end up, but that's just the way it went.
I knew right after receiving the Locomotives Stand that I wouldn't use much of it. The ties were fair, the outer frame was pieced together and poor wood, but the rails was nice and the 30 rail anchors looked good. I decided to make the stand more abstract, without the stone ballast included with the kit, so made a walnut base for the train to go on, and cut new cherry wood ties. I felt the 17 ties included with the kit were not enough, with too large a spacing, so decided upon 4 ties for each of the 7 rail sections, giving me 28 ties. Of course, there was not enough rail anchors, so I recently bought 30 more from Occre (quite reasonably priced at $0.20 each plus $10 shipping from Spain. After receiving these, I made up the track section shown below for mounting the train model on:
Completed, attached and on the rails the train came out like this:
I like the more modern look of a stylized base, without ballast, but with reasonably accurate rails, plates and ties. It provides support and a background for the model, without being a model in itself, keeping attention on the train model itself. Not my best work, but a pleasing model and decoration, I think.
As models like this don't dust well and survive, I placed the completed assembly on a shelf of my den hutch, and covered with with plexiglass:
I originally bought the Adler Locomotive with Tender (54001), the set of 3 matching Coaches (56001 - one each for 1st, 2nd and 3rd class) and the Large Locomotives Stand (55103), all by Occre. I got these in May of last year, directly from Occre in Spain, finishing them up before Christmas, when I received my USS Bonhomme Richard cross section model.
I liked the build pretty well. Not happy with the paint finish, having been done by brush using craft paints, for the most part. I only took a couple pictures during the build, to show the detail inside the two enclosed carriages:
The Second Class Coach: The First Class Coach:
I used some material my wife had for the first class curtains, and folded paper for the blinds of the second class coach. Both look bad in the above view, but I like to think they look better from the outside. The kit included metal castings for the blinds, but they didn't fit that well, and I really didn't care for the looks of them. I might have changed my mind if I knew how they would end up, but that's just the way it went.
I knew right after receiving the Locomotives Stand that I wouldn't use much of it. The ties were fair, the outer frame was pieced together and poor wood, but the rails was nice and the 30 rail anchors looked good. I decided to make the stand more abstract, without the stone ballast included with the kit, so made a walnut base for the train to go on, and cut new cherry wood ties. I felt the 17 ties included with the kit were not enough, with too large a spacing, so decided upon 4 ties for each of the 7 rail sections, giving me 28 ties. Of course, there was not enough rail anchors, so I recently bought 30 more from Occre (quite reasonably priced at $0.20 each plus $10 shipping from Spain. After receiving these, I made up the track section shown below for mounting the train model on:
Completed, attached and on the rails the train came out like this:
I like the more modern look of a stylized base, without ballast, but with reasonably accurate rails, plates and ties. It provides support and a background for the model, without being a model in itself, keeping attention on the train model itself. Not my best work, but a pleasing model and decoration, I think.
As models like this don't dust well and survive, I placed the completed assembly on a shelf of my den hutch, and covered with with plexiglass:
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