This is the start of a steam ship liner. It is a generic ship and based on a lot of contemporary pictures.
I wanted to reuse the hull of the S.S. Bellota to safe me from doing a new hull and mould. should be more cost-effective this way. As you can see I work with o core of extruded polystyrene clad with paper for detailing. When you paint that later on with a diluted PVA it gets rock solid.
Here are a few more pictures:
More to come
Here are the latest pictures of the MS Louisa. i added three different loads for the hold of the ship. Coal, wood and assorted boxes .
This will add a little diversity to my feet of coastal frighters.
Because of popular demand I generated a page for purchasing my ships. Just bear in mind that the ships are meant for wargaming! These are no scale models intended to win building championships with! Just follow the link 1/300 ships for sale .
The paper model of the Hunt class destroyer i used to build my resin version from came with a little coastal frighter. A motor ship running with a Diesel engine. As I had a bit of time in between bigger projects I decided to build that model in 6mm for Cruel Seas ,too.
Here are the pictures of the nearly finished build.
She is nearly as long as a S Boat ( E boat) but wider.
I will probably do the molds next week.
Here is the latest steam ship I finished . It is the loaded version of the SS Bellota.
Here are all the ships i did recently for Cruel Seas , by Warlord Games, together with a trawler and a Fairmile D ( both from Warlord)
Next will be a coastal collier, used in the east coast convoys, and a liner, wich could be used as a troop ship.
HMS Brocklesby was a Type II Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War, spending much of the time in the English Channel and Mediterranean, taking part in the Dieppe Raid in 1942, and the Allied landings in Sicily and at Salerno in 1943. After the war, she was used as a sonar trials ship until 1963, and was sold for scrap in 1968. More about the ship here .
Here is the model I made of her in a typical coastal camouflage pattern:
The model is completely scratch build by me . Only the AA weapons and the crew figures are not. Weapons and crew from Heroic and Ros.
And a size comparison with a Fairmile D dog boat by Warlord games:
Here are all the pictures of the complete build of the ship: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 just start with 1 to see the development from the start.
Next up another merchantman
Just finished reading the book “Coastal Convoys 1939-1945 – The Indestructible Highway”
Very recommended if you are into Cruel Seas. It has dozens of scenario ideas and tells a lot about the colliers and the coasters used in the coastal convoys. abundant information about the escort vessels and the tactics they used and how they changed in the course of the war.
Very recommended . I read the kindle version. You can get the book here.
The ship is finally painted and ready for gaming.
Here you see SS Bellota as part of a little convoy , for size comparison :
The other ships are by warlord games.
More pictures about the build 1 2 3 4 5 If you start looking at the links from No 5 downwards you can see the complete build of the Steamer from plan to finish.
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