After 5 days of work on the liner, she has finally entered service and has replaced my Trumpeter 1/700 USS South Dakota as flagship of my model fleet. She carries the soul of the ship and will continue to serve as flagship for years to come as my fleet expands
The big girl is done as far as assembly and painting goes. Her funnel deck houses and aft deckhouse remain removable for maintenance, ballasting, and easy transportation since she won't take up much space. I could've gone much harder with painting this ship but I've reached a result I'm very happy with. Next comes clear coating and adding strategic ballast so she can conquer the waves. As for the first image I tried to get as close to resembling the box art silhouette as possible.
Another post regarding the floating model I'm building out of the Revell kit. Work has been smooth since it was my day off and here's the results. Not really perfect yet and I did glue down the sun deck parts because they would be a pain in the ass to deal with later on. I also made the decision to not glue down the upper deck housing as I'd like to have continued access to her interior for maintenance purposes. I also apologize if these updates are taking up space in the subreddit.
Update from my previous post with the ship in hand. These pictures are documenting the process of me building the liner. So far she's sitting dry fitted together as I have to work today. I also did a funny and SS Italis'd her since nothing is fully attached yet
This video recreates the nostalgic atmosphere of an IKEA parking lot as an ocean liner from a bygone era looms(almost threateningly) in the distance.
A second batch of photos, with a few more interior photos, from my recent trip aboard the SS United States as she nears the end of her remediation process.
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I was on an ebay auction last night for the Revell SS United States going for a starting bid of $89 and won her for said $89 since nobody else bid in the last ten seconds. The big question is if I want to paint her in her career livery, which is beautiful but over hyped in my opinion. Or I could do her in her Penn Warehousing livery and yes I know it's just her default livery but rotted but it's still a valid livery because it gives her a distinct appearance that I find has a bit of charm, especially when she was under tow. She's also going to be a floating model, soon to become the fifth ship in my fleet and my second ocean liner build. I'll post an update when she arrives.