20mm container ship wip

[sandsmodels]

after paul, one of the escape committee club members brought up his fantastic winter terrain dock and flower class corvette:-

for the first naval engagement a few months ago, i was longing to get my playmobil ship conversion progressing a bit farther.
this is how i got it,


although there is a roof for the bridge it was not what i wanted for my giant cargo ship, so it had to go,

and i had to make a new platform for it to sit on,

and get rid of the original bridge fitting points,

i decided to use plasticard to make the bridge and with big projects like this i tend to make it up as i go along, one reason why it took so long before getting it to this stage,



i then turned my attension to the bow and wanted a new platform for the anchor winches and other fittings,

again after making a template in cardboard i used thick plasticard to make a new deck,

the figure is a 1/76th nato figure, as you can see it is quite a big boat,
and this is as far as i got up until last weekend,


i still have the lifeboats, derricks, winches, radar, ladders, railings and other small details to add on after they arrive from a model ship supllier, just need some crew figs to sort although i may have to convert some of mine, and then to paint it.
i will post more pics as i make more progress and when the fitting arrive and are fitted to it,
i now of course need to make a dock myslef for the normal city/urban terrain as it may not fit in paul's dock!
as usual more pics here:-
http://s513.photobucket.com/albums/t339/sandsmodels/my%20ships/#!cpZZ1QQtppZZ16
thanks for looking
shaun

[voltan]

cracking job Sir!

and i bet I'm not the only one who's just gone looking on e-bay for the ship 

[Last Chancer]

Did the same thing. 

[dijit]

Lovely work, looking forwards to seeing how this develops.
Duncan

[basaint]

Nice!  although 80 bucks is quite a penny on ebay

hmmm, 55 at this place (70ish shipped)
http://www.toy-a-thon.com/4239_page_852140.htm

[Blackwolf]

Nice!!

[sandsmodels]

thanks for the comments.
i too have been looking for another one, but they seem to hold their value more now,
that one cost me £15 inc postage about 1 year ago.
the lego ship is even dearer and harder to find.
i think i may make my own hull in wood and if i can get it vac formed maybe offer it for sale so you all can make your own,
shaun

[mattblackgod]

Wow - great work so far.  I look forward to seeing how this develops. How does that hull look with a 28mm figure?

[sandsmodels]

Wow - great work so far.  I look forward to seeing how this develops. How does that hull look with a 28mm figure?

to be honest if you made a smaller older style bridge then it would be ok as a tramp steamer, but a longer hull would make it more in proportion as 28mm is so much bigger.
shaun

[Centaur_Seducer]

This explains the sudden bid increase on ebay
Great build, look forward to its development