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Topic review - Cargo liner Imperial Star, 1948 - 32 ft to 1 inch - (1:384)
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  Post subject:  Re: Cargo liner Imperial Star, 1948 - 32 ft to 1 inch - (1:3  Reply with quote
Hello Bob

wooho outstanding ships collection..and you are a great "Shipbuilder".I like it and makes me want to try the same thing :thumbs_up_1:
bravo
Nicolas
Post Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 3:29 pm
  Post subject:  Re: Cargo liner Imperial Star, 1948 - 32 ft to 1 inch - (1:3  Reply with quote
Nice one again. That's one amazing collection of ships you've built over the years! :thumbs_up_1:
Post Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2017 10:09 am
  Post subject:  Re: Cargo liner Imperial Star, 1948 - 32 ft to 1 inch - (1:3  Reply with quote
I forgot the "anchor ball" on the forestay halliards, but have now added it. Although it was sold within hours of completion, it has not been collected yet, but we do like to have them for maybe a couple of weeks. It is usually hard to let them go immediately on completion after all that work.
Bob


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Post Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2017 3:42 pm
  Post subject:  Re: Cargo liner Imperial Star, 1948 - 32 ft to 1 inch - (1:3  Reply with quote
Yes, you have hit the nail on the head. I would like to keep all my models, but it is impossible. The Imperial Star was the 270th since I started counting in October 1992, and I had already built hundreds before that! Just not enough room! Really, all I ask is that they leave me alone during the builds. Once they appear on my website, they are available on a first come first served basis.
Here are just a few of them in bulk images. I am quite happy with the photographs once they are gone, and we do keep a few in our pemanent collection!
Bob


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Post Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 4:17 am
  Post subject:  Re: Cargo liner Imperial Star, 1948 - 32 ft to 1 inch - (1:3  Reply with quote
I sympathise... I run my own small business manufacturing high end boat covers-- mainly for expensive plastic fantastic luxury motoryachts

relentless pressure-- people hassling continuously......'"....when will it be ready yah di-yah-diyah!!! "
alas that is business and the means to keep me and family in food and shelter .

The model ships I build for my own selfish pleasure, the only pressure I have is from myself--wondering if I will manage to build all the ships I wish to own...!!

Building ships and letting them go ..-- arghhh! anathema to me!

my dayjob ...........making and installing canvas...


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Post Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 3:28 am
  Post subject:  Re: Cargo liner Imperial Star, 1948 - 32 ft to 1 inch - (1:3  Reply with quote
It took far longer than anything I have ever done before though - 7 months! I kept losing interest, and would stop work for weeks at a time. In the past, it would have taken less than four weeks from start to end. The reason for the slow build was that despite asking people not to try and stake a claim to it before it was complete, I kept getting messages from collectors wanting to reserve it, pay for it even before it was complete, asking when it would be finished, and how much I thought it would cost. Eventually, it became like a millstone round my neck. Then as soon as I completed it, someone came and claimed it, and will be collecting shortly. Now I have to deal with "I really wanted that!" "Why didn't you tell me it was ready?" "I can match any price!" "Really disappointed!" "What are you going to build next?" "If you ever think of building......." etc etc etc. Must confess, I now feel really weary of it all! Probabably a lot of you suffer from the same sort of thing!
Bob
Post Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 2:31 am
  Post subject:  Re: Cargo liner Imperial Star, 1948 - 32 ft to 1 inch - (1:3  Reply with quote
She is an attractive and well balanced looking ship,
which you have transformed into an very handsome model.

In a remarkably short time!

:thumbs_up_1:

JIM B
Post Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 1:14 am
  Post subject:  Re: Cargo liner Imperial Star, 1948 - 32 ft to 1 inch - (1:3  Reply with quote
Very nice.

Phil
Post Posted: Wed May 24, 2017 11:00 pm
  Post subject:  Re: Cargo liner Imperial Star, 1948 - 32 ft to 1 inch - (1:3  Reply with quote
Very nice build.
Post Posted: Wed May 24, 2017 5:15 am
  Post subject:  Re: Cargo liner Imperial Star, 1948 - 32 ft to 1 inch - (1:3  Reply with quote
Completed at last.
Bob


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Post Posted: Wed May 24, 2017 1:35 am
  Post subject:  Re: Cargo liner Imperial Star, 1948 - 32 ft to 1 inch - (1:3  Reply with quote
Yes, it is out a bit. These things show up on the photographs, but are hardly noticeable on the actual model. I had noticed it, and may be able to correct it a bit, later on. Quite a lot of posts and derricks, but not much rigging, when you compare it to a four-masted barque! :thumbs_up_1:
Bob
Post Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 12:20 pm
  Post subject:  Re: Cargo liner Imperial Star, 1948 - 32 ft to 1 inch - (1:3  Reply with quote
That is quite an array of masts and derrick posts ...

has the rail port foredeck been knocked a teeny bit ?

or maybe my angle of view...

handsome looking ship ! :thumbs_up_1:

Happy Easter :wave_1:

JIM B
Post Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 8:27 am
  Post subject:  Re: Cargo liner Imperial Star, 1948 - 32 ft to 1 inch - (1:3  Reply with quote
I have done some more, but it doesn't look much different yet. During the mornings, I am model shipbuilding, but the afternoon is devoted to writing my next book (nothing to do with ship models!). The link takes you to a larger image, it does not matter what I try, I simply cannot enter anything above "small" here!"
Bob
https://s26.postimg.org/f95tfz2rd/64_Large.jpg


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Post Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 8:04 am
  Post subject:  Re: Cargo liner Imperial Star, 1948 - 32 ft to 1 inch - (1:3  Reply with quote
On looking at it, the resultant image is now quite large, so it looks like using the 72 dpi setting will work.
Bob
Post Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 1:14 am
  Post subject:  Re: Cargo liner Imperial Star, 1948 - 32 ft to 1 inch - (1:3  Reply with quote
I know the section you mean, but it doesn't help a great deal, this is a screenshot of my latest attempt - as you can see the pixels are already very low. I saved the initial image on this one at 72 dpi instead of my normal 300dpi, so I suppose that is why a medium size image went in ok this time
Bob


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Post Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 1:13 am
  Post subject:  Re: Cargo liner Imperial Star, 1948 - 32 ft to 1 inch - (1:3  Reply with quote
In Photoshop you can set the "Image/Image Size" to the desired width in pixels. This is the pixel size of the image. Set the width to 1200 (I think 900 to 1000 is better).

Then if you save the file with "File/Save As" as a JPEG you will be given a choice of image quality. Just move the slider to the left and watch the file size in Kbytes readout on the right. Keep moving the slider to the left (lower quality) until the file size is under 150 Kbytes.

Don't worry about the image quality. Even "medium" quality images look good on a computer screen.

Phil
Post Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 9:19 pm
  Post subject:  Re: Cargo liner Imperial Star, 1948 - 32 ft to 1 inch - (1:3  Reply with quote
After fitting the 14 winches, I found that I was two short, and should have made 16. I have now made these, also the two larger ones for Nr. hatch, and the anchor windlass, and fitted them. Only two warping winches need to be made now for the poop deck. It is proceeding nicely now!
Bob
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Post Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 11:41 am
  Post subject:  Re: Cargo liner Imperial Star, 1948 - 32 ft to 1 inch - (1:3  Reply with quote
No, never been through Corinth. Only Suez and Kiel. I remember Kiel seemed to be very narrow, and when we were passing through the bit with the high smooth sides I was on top of a very tall mast. Ahead, I could see a metal bridge spanning the canal, and I was convinced that we would not clear it, and I hadn't time to get down, so I just stood there with gritted teeth waiting for the crunch, but we passed under it with a considerable distance to spare. I have just looked up Corinth Canal, and the picture of it is how I remember Kiel in my mind, so it looks like the passage of time has put the image of Corinth in my brain, from the book, and labelled it "Kiel" although I have definitely not been through Corinth, but the bridge was real enough! :thumbs_up_1:
Bob
Post Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 9:46 am
  Post subject:  Re: Cargo liner Imperial Star, 1948 - 32 ft to 1 inch - (1:3  Reply with quote
Cut-out cliffs in the Kiel Canal, Bob ? The area around that canal are all ice-age moraines, sand and till, overgrown with vegetation. There are some rather high embankments though. Didn't you mix it up with the Canal of Corinth ?
Post Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 8:18 am
  Post subject:  Re: Cargo liner Imperial Star, 1948 - 32 ft to 1 inch - (1:3  Reply with quote
I do have Photoshop, and do use it a lot on my website and other places, but I just can't use it satisfactorily here. If I reduce the size to the required width, the file is still a bit too big in kb. and if I reduce the kb to the required size, the image is reduced to the small size that I was posting anyway. The resizer that I got from the internet works ok on most forums, but not here. the medium size is over 200kb, and the small size is too small!
Kiel Canal - Very impressive, I sailed through it on an iron ore carrier in 1965, and it was a lovely sunny day, and quite an experience sailing between those huge cut-outs in the cliffs!
Bob
Post Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 7:36 am

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