Tramp Steamer Contest

[tabletop]

Neldoreth, what a piece of junk! I love it...that's exactly the paint scheme I was thinking of trying to replicate for the hull...

Jase, I was thinking of using the 'Sirius' from Tintin in 'Red Rackham's Treasure'. Mainly because it contains a number of excellent ship and deck shots and the Sirius itself is around the size I want to build for my tramp. So I can't see why yours wouldn't qualify.

Oh and if we're posting past ship builds...here's my past ship. A 28mm wooden ship based on a scaled down plan from Wargames Foundry...which I still haven't finished painting!

[Mainly28s]

Would this classify as a Tramp Steamer?

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These pictures are taken from one of my favourite comics, called Franka.

Reminds me of Suske & Wiske's style too. And yes, I'd call that a tramp steamer.

Olaf

[TJSKI]

Okay,

It looks like we have the contestents, If I forgot someone let me know...

Operator5
Tabletop
Walktapus
TJSKI
Neldoreth
Jase
Overlord
Skrapwelder

8 folks, anyone else?? let the ship building start! :mrgreen:

TJSKI

[Operator5]

And anyone else is welcome to jump in when they want. The more people building, the better the results can be. You could start Septermber 1st if you were feeling ambitious and can sinish by the 15th.

 

[TJSKI]

Rich,

Arn't you going to Historicon this year? If so maybe you can hit up Bob Murch or Lon Weiss for some of their Tramp Sailors for the prize. After all the winning steamer is going to need a crew!

Damm, now I'm going to have to buy that U-boat that Lon sells!

TJSKI

[Mo]

Rich SHOULD have coincided this with the 'Lost Worlds' book he's planning here soon. Tramp Steamers and forgotten islands go hand in hand.

 

Marc

[Operator5]

If so maybe you can hit up Bob Murch or Lon Weiss for some of their Tramp Sailors for the prize.

Shhhh! Don't spoil the surprise.  

[walktapus]

Have to check the good old Tintin comic books

Sirius (Red Rackham's Treasure), Karaboudjan (The Crab with the Golden Claws), Aurora (The Shooting Star), the Ramona (The Red Sea Sharks). Isis (Cigars of the Pharaoh); Sereno, Allan’s ship (Cigars of the Pharaoh); Scheherazade (Red Sea Sharks), Ramona (The Red Sea Sharks), Speedol Star (Land of Black Gold); The Pachacamac (Prisoners of the Sun)

(from http://tintin.eugraph.com/tqsect/wriquiz/quest/index.html)

Not sure they all are steamers though...

[Plynkes]

This National Maritime Museum book is a good one for details of the various Tintin ships, as amongst other things, it documents all the various ships, boats and submarines featured in the books, often with photos of the orginal vessals that Georges Remi used for inspiration.

[tabletop]

Yeah Walktapus, that's the Tintin 'Sirius' (in the background) I was going to base mine on.

I've done some preliminary planning tonight on paper and mine comes out to almost exactly 2 x A4 sheets long and a shade narrower than that which would make it roughly 60cm long by 20cm wide, or just shy of 2 feet long!

Augh - it's a monster! Although most of that is flat deck space because I want to use it for Pulp gaming of course. Hmmm, I doubt I even have enough raw materials around to build at that size...going to have to shrink it a touch I think.

[Morten]

im in  :wink:

[Jase]

Anyone knows website where I can find specific information on the type of riversteamers they used in Darkest Africa expeditions?

And, somewhat on the same wubject, where can I find all those pencildrawings of colonials etc, that I see all over the place?

[matakishi]

I'll do my best to find some time to join in. I've been planning a cargo ship for some time.

[tabletop]

Just to keep the ball rolling, here's what I have so far. Constructed from foam board, 4mm balsa wood decking and 2mm card + dress makers pins for the hull sides. The pins make excellent structural elements with the added bonus of looking like rivets. The ones you see so far are just holding the 'hull' on while the PVA dries, but I'll probably be applying quite a few more for effect.

I'm trying to get the basic superstructure out of the way asap to keep me motivated. Then I'll probably have the most fun building the cabins/wheelhouse/cargo cranes and detailing the deck. The focus is on not actually creating a scale model of a tramp steamer, but rather something that could pass for one from 3 feet away .

The bow is going to be interesting to construct due to it's reasonably complex shape and while I've created a hole down to the hold I'll probably just build a cover over the top of that and be done with it.



Comments are welcome and how's everybody else going?

[Overlord]

I had already started a bit of research before this Competition started so thought I would pass on some of what I found.

http://landandseacollection.com/id299.html
http://home.att.net/~kopfj/ShipModels/LakesGrampus/LakesGrampus.html
http://www.bevs.org/diving/wkgenera.htm
http://www.tin-soldier.com/paper/freightersm.htm
http://www.tin-soldier.com/freighter.htm
http://www.kartonwerft.de/gowerian.htm
http://www.movieweb.com/movies/film/94/894/gal2240/06.php

Finally a site with loads of ship photos but you need to sign up to view the gallery: http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/gallery/

Lead Adventure has always been a source of inspiration for projects and the community spirit prevails to bring out the best.  Hopefully some of these links will be of use to others.