Models of QE2

[June Ingram]

The proportion of this model is very good.  Good job in putting it together !   

[Lachlan]

Congratulations Captain Martini - it is a beautifully finished model. The paint lines look clean and straight and the details are all neat. The hull in this kit is a better representation of the real ship's lines. As for the khaki boat deck bulkhead I agree it looks much better painted white.
 

[Captain Martini]

I do believe hull # 534 or Yard Number 534 is for Queen Mary.  Yard Number 736 is QE2.

Ah yes, but I was alluding to the manner in which the unfinished Queen Mary lay idle for years during the depression, only to be famously restarted and completed. Hence, my 20 year building of QE2 is my own "Hull 534".

[June Ingram]

Very good, very good !  Glad you can get her going again now.  Please do show us photos of progress !   

[Captain Martini]

Well, here it is at last! My Revell 1:450 scale model, recently completed (with modifications: notably, handrails on boat deck, foredeck and after decks). I'm going to try to add a link to the photo(s) on Flickr.....but some attachments as well, just in case!

https://flic.kr/s/aHskngD4EG

Notwthstanding the 1983 colours on the box, the model represents the ship as it was about 1972-76, so I have painted it accordingly, with the exception of the boat deck bulkheads, which are white, rather than khaki, because I think the model looks better that way - a decision Cunard took in 1983 anyway!

I began this model about 25 years ago but became quickly unhappy about the lack of deckrails, which made the model look odd, especially at this scale. However, my improvised solution took too long to execute and the model got shelved for many years, only to be fished out and completed in 2015. Even so, I remain unhappy about the proportions of the funnel, which is about 3mm too tall, while the white skirt is also too short. Unfortunately, correcting this problem was beyond my capabilities!

[Captain Martini]

For some reason, I'm having real problems posting photos here....but let's have another go!

[Captain Martini]

At last! A few more.....

(Why does it do this with some portrait photos?)

[June Ingram]

Congratulations and great work !  QE2 looks great and I especially like the overhead photo.   

[Brandon Sterkel]

Great work, Captain Martini! The model looks great!
Lots of detail!

[Chris]

This wooden model is at the Bird Sanctity in Singapore. 








We stumbled upon it in 2008 after leaving QE2 in Singapore.

[Brandon Sterkel]

Does anybody know if the model is still there?

[Isabelle Prondzynski]

Does anybody know if the model is still there?

Which model and which location did you have in mind, Brandon?

[Brandon Sterkel]

The model that Chris posted above.

[No 736]

Sorry, the wooden model looks like a North sea ferry.

[Peter Mugridge]

Sorry, the wooden model looks like a North sea ferry.

It does a bit doesn't it?  I have a gut feeling that model - though not that particular example - has been discussed on here before a few years ago.  the ferry aspect rings a bell sounds a whistle with me.