SS Normandie - 1:400 - JSC

[Marco]

The rest of the davits:

[shipbuild]

She looks great ! All those davits !

[Marco]

Thanks! Also the ship's famous lines are now coming out nicely with the funnels in place.
Here are the forward boats, which are different from the rest of the lifeboats:

[eibwarrior]

Life boat production line. Great sub-assembly work. I too like all those davits. Clean craftsmanship Marco!

[Marco]

Thanks! Here is the lifeboat assembly line. The lifeboat construction seemed a bit odd at first, but looking at photos of the ship the lifeboats are nested.

[Marco]

I had my doubts about the lifeboats, but I'm happy with the way they turned out.

[Isaac]

Oh, those little life boats. So many tiny parts.....



Great collection of ships you got.



I often wondered why they painted those old ocean liners in black all over the hull. I guess, to mask the rust.





My interest in boats is mostly reserved to radio controlled.

here is a picture of my 1890 era American Torpedo boat from the Spanish American war of 1898. USS Cushing TB-1. It is 6.5 ft long ( approx 2 meters ):




Isaac

[Siwi]

Great progress, keep it going. Some exceptionally neat cutting on those lifeboats. With only the rear having any visible opening, I wonder if the front two funnels were dummies?

[shipbuild]

So wonderful to see the beauty of this great ship come together in this superb JSL kit. You have really done some outstanding craftsmanship.

[Marco]

Thank you all!

Originally Posted by Isaac

I often wondered why they painted those old ocean liners in black all over the hull. I guess, to mask the rust.

I actually came across that recently - it's a remnant from the time of coal-fired steamships, which were refueled using coal barges, which could leave a light coloured hull rather dirty.

Originally Posted by Siwi

With only the rear having any visible opening, I wonder if the front two funnels were dummies?

It was actually the rear funnel that was a dummy, and used for air conditioning equipment. The attached picture shows it a bit better.
If her running mate SS Bretagne would have been built, it would have sported 2 funnels (a bit like RMS Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth)