The last few months I've been trying to get back into the saddle, so to speak. It's not from lack of material, Lord knows I have more kits than I will ever get to. It's not even from a lack of interesting subject material. I have several models under way that each at the time I started them was what I considered a great subject. Recently I've been reading fictional novels about British sea captains in the Royal Navy circa 1790-1620 and the reading has helped me to get motivated, almost.
So, I've been browsing around ebay looking for something new to start on. While browsing I found two old Revell ocean liner model kits that I had in my teens. First is the SS Oriana, a large British ocean liner owned for most of it's life by P. & O. lines. The second is the SS Brasil built for Moore McCormack lines for the South Atlantic trade. The Brasil was shorter than the Oriana by about 200' and was the last ocean liner built in the USA, well maybe her sister ship, the Argentina, was technically the last. The Brasil had the dubious distinction of being the most renamed passenger ship in history. Unfortunately all three ended being scrapped on a beach in India around 2004-5. Hopefully one of these models, most likely the Brasil, will get my juices flowing and rekindle my actual interest in building something.
So, I've been browsing around ebay looking for something new to start on. While browsing I found two old Revell ocean liner model kits that I had in my teens. First is the SS Oriana, a large British ocean liner owned for most of it's life by P. & O. lines. The second is the SS Brasil built for Moore McCormack lines for the South Atlantic trade. The Brasil was shorter than the Oriana by about 200' and was the last ocean liner built in the USA, well maybe her sister ship, the Argentina, was technically the last. The Brasil had the dubious distinction of being the most renamed passenger ship in history. Unfortunately all three ended being scrapped on a beach in India around 2004-5. Hopefully one of these models, most likely the Brasil, will get my juices flowing and rekindle my actual interest in building something.