RMS Mauretania - 1:250 - Šarūnas Vilkas

[Marco]

The typical Cunard funnels. I will be rigging these later.

[Petestein]

Funnels show the best way to describe any ship. No funnels, all look the same. It is like the face of a human being!!

[Marco]

Cunard (and White Star) were very skilful in using the funnels to optimize their ship profiles.

The bollards and other details on deck:

[The--Mouse]

Very nice build Marco.


Your construction speed also deserves a blue pennant
I've build the 1918 version in dazzle painting from JSC.





Fred

[Siwi]

I wonder who first thought of raking the funnels back to give the impression of speed?

[Marco]

I saw your build thread, Fred, the dazzle painting looks great!

The Mauretania was also very recognizable by her air intakes. I've done a bit of retouching where the cutting lines were (too) visible.

For the davits there is a shape template in order to bend them out of metal wire. I was a bit worried about getting all the wire shapes consistent, so I've replicated the template in paper.

[Marco]

Early in her career, before Titanic's sinking, Mauretania had only 16 lifeboats.

[Petestein]

A really beautiful and well designed model built by a very talented modeler. I would like to have your talent in building card models. Congratulations. By the way, one small question: Is the Mauretania a sister ship of the Lusitania? If so, are there any small differences?

[Marco]

Thanks! Mauretania and Lusitania were indeed sister ships. Maury was marginally larger. The biggest visual difference I'm aware of is the shape of the air intakes.

It's now down to some of the smaller details before I add railings. The cranes were constructed according to the template provided, and a few spare parts from my latest wooden ship. Propellers painted bronze, and added rigging to the funnels.

[sharunas]

A truly great build, Marco! Those small added details—like the white stripe along the waterline, the chain, crane and the rigging of the funnels—really enhance the overall model.