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Old 12-01-2012, 10:17 AM
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Queen Elizabeth Micromodel

Hi to All, by way of introducing myself here are some photos of the Queen Elizabeth part of Micromodel Set S1X which I recently completed; haven't seen any other built examples anywhere, so I hope it's of interest.
I've been doing these kits on and off for what I reckon to be about 55 years; this one was from a photostat copy supplied some years ago by Lester Harrison and I have enough copies and original Micromodel kits to keep me going well into the future!
I've also built card airships and battleships at 1:200 scale over the years but have now gone back to Micromodels, mainly railway models in recent years; I'm nearing completion of the Beyer Garratt Set C1 and will put this on the site when it's done.
The worst part of this model was of course the 26 lifeboats (from carved wood) and the 52 davits which support them (from fuse wire), although the card parts needed some modification to work, as is always the case with Micromodels- the hull upperworks, the rear upper superstructure and the funnel casings were trimmed/re- modelled/remade with new computer drawn parts respectively.
Hope to hear from other Micromodel enthusiasts.

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Old 12-01-2012, 06:39 PM
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I am a big fan of Micromodels, but have not built the ships. Any tips you might have about precisely how you reworked them would be most appreciated. I have found that Heighway had a somewhat impressionistic way of designing - for the UN model he designed buildings he had never seen, without using plans. He (or whoever his designer was) would work from a few photos. For a ship like this, I would guess that he had Modelcraft plans for a larger wooden model to work from. Does the nature of the imperfections you found suggest anything about his design choices? Cheers
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Old 12-01-2012, 07:03 PM
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Does anyone have any idea about how to best waterproof paper ship models?
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Old 12-01-2012, 07:11 PM
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Nice job. Look forward to seeing the Garratt
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Old 12-02-2012, 03:13 AM
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Thanks for the comments, guys. The only floating Micromodel I have is the cabin cruiser powered by methylated spirits, and for waterproofing this I think I just relied on a number of coats of semi matt varnish - its' some time ago since I built this but it did float and move about and it didn't fall apart, I still have it! The inaccuracies in all Micromodels I am sure stem from the limitations of the period - blurry photos and the need to get the design done in the minimum time; the hull base has a bulge on one side needing trimming and the funnels need a lot of work to sit properly. I got all my information on the ship from a book published in 1947 by Clarence Winchester and a lot of studying of the photos therein but when you try to assemble the kit the imperfections become apparent very quickly, especially the length and alignment of the hull parts.
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Old 12-02-2012, 03:46 AM
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Great model

Don't think my eyesight woks at that scale

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Old 12-02-2012, 06:22 AM
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Hello!
Excellent model Chris. Congratulations!

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Old 12-05-2012, 04:11 AM
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Qe ii

Beautiful clean work, Chris,

and a lovely ship subject. It is a graceful ocean liner. Thanks for sharing.

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