Caronia, the Green Goddess 1:250

[The--Mouse]

In this time of Corona a ship called Caronia



Caronia, The Green Goddess




Technical details:

Name:
• 1948-1968: SS Caronia
• 1968: Columbia
• 1968-1974: Caribia

Port of registry:
• 1948-1968, Liverpool, United Kingdom
• 1968-1974, Panama Panama

Ordered: 1946
Builder: John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland

Yard number: 635
Laid down: 13 February 1946
Launched: 30 October 1947 by The Princess Elizabeth (Now Queen Elizabeth II)
Completed: December 1948
Maiden voyage: 4 January 1949
Out of service: 27 November 1967
Nickname: The Green Goddess
Fate: Wrecked in Apra Harbour, Guam, 1974. Subsequently scrapped.

General characteristics
Tonnage:
• As built, 34,183 GRT
• 1956, 34,172 GRT
• 1965, 34,274 GRT
• 1968, 25,794 GRT (Panamanian rules)

Length: 217.90 m (714.90 ft)
Beam: 27.80 m (91.21 ft)
Draught: 9.66 m (31.69 ft)
Installed power: 35,000 shp
Propulsion: Geared turbines, H.P. double reduction, I.P. and L.P. single reduction, twin propellers
Speed: 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Capacity: 932 passengers (581 first class, 351 tourist class)
(Bron: wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Caronia_(1947) )

It's the latest model of JSC overscaled to 1:250 in cooperation with Scaldis.




Incl. the laser parts:






and a lots of parts to cut.....


Fred

[SCEtoAUX]

Yes, lots of parts to cut. May your hobby knife blades stay sharp.

[The--Mouse]

Let go!!

Cut the first piece of paper


And more...


Al these pieces become the backbone of the ship:


The ribs are laser cut so that's easy



Dry-fit on the backbone



The ships floor also laser cut:


Dry-fit, dry-fit, dry-fit.......


And even more dry-fit


Started to glue the ribs on the backbone, LEGO helps to do this very straight.




And the first mistake in the laser parts....there is no tab...


So cut the tab myself....


Fred

[The--Mouse]

And now it fits!


Al the ribs are glued on the backbone:

The decks glued on the ribs:




second mistake in the laser parts.... twice the same tabs...


so cut of the tabs


Glue, glue, glue...






That's a nice start

Fred

[Michael Mash]

Looks like a perfect frame Fred.

[herky]

great build thread,mine along with carpathia is held up as no airfreight to new zealand at present, i put a dowel rod inside triangle just for extra strength

[Don Boose]

Good beginning, Fred!

Don

[daudey]

Hi Fred, that's a good start of this nice ship.
And I absolutely like the amount and quality of the pictures you show here, great thread!

[The--Mouse]

Thanks guys!



Next the first layer of the skin:



But first sand the ribs in a good shape:

One of the decks is to wide, so sand this to:


And than glue the waterline:


And upper line:


Nice working in the sun


The first layer is glued on:


Next the skin itself, but first cut....


Fred

[Don Boose]

That's a very solid and precise-looking framework, Fred!

I can't wait to see the ship with its light green skin on.

Don