Suitably pulpy ships.

[Aethelflaeda was framed]

the key word: “research” vessel!  Ya know this one is just going to stumble onto a island populated by giant mutant crabs and terror birds, created by a mad scientist and a demon worshipping cult.

[CertainlySoon]

This reminds me of Gunther Plüschow's expedition ship "Feuerland" (1927), which I saw a few years ago in the Flensburg historic shipyard (Museumswerft). A dedicated amateur has self-published a biography of Plüschow (in German only). I ordered the book via a private homepage. There's not much else to find... A fascinating story!





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunther_Pl%C3%BCschow?wprov=sfla1
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feuerland_%28Schiff%29

[Andy in Germany]

A lovely ship and a great story, A sad ending though: It was finally scrapped a few weeks ago.

[Aethelflaeda was framed]

Scrapping it might not have removed the contaminating spores it picked up in its travels!  Watch out for strange night movements and behavior in the staff in the yard…they may well have started taking on fishlike features.

[Andy in Germany]

My version of the "Tramp Steamer" theme, provisionally named the "Emden", but that may change.

I think Frd's lovely looking ships demonstrate another point. Ships in 28mm look big even if they, realistically calculating their size, arrant all that large for their type...

This has become a case in point: she's turned out at about 65cm or 2'2" long and 12 cm (4 1/2") wide which is about 20cm (8") too short compared to the ship I took the original measurements from, wide but she looks big enough with little people on board.

Look what you made me do! I had to make my work better and more presentable!

That does look better. Thanks for sharing it: I tend to be a bit allergic to "too much" colour, but I can see how some variation can lift the overall model's appearance. Will have to think about this...