1:600 SS Oriana

patrick camilleri · Post by **patrick camilleri** » Mon May 15, 2023 4:18 pm

Have started work on a 1:600 scratchbuilt SS Oriana. Early days yet. She has soooooo many decks!

patrick camilleri · Post by **patrick camilleri** » Mon May 15, 2023 4:21 pm

Rough shaping of the hull

patrick camilleri · Post by **patrick camilleri** » Mon May 15, 2023 4:29 pm

Roughing out the decks

Fliger747 · Post by **Fliger747** » Tue May 16, 2023 12:19 am

That looks pretty nice. My only foray into near that scale was a 1:515 model of the DE Whitehurst. I can appreciate why most small scale models are waterline, from the distance we view them they look more natural that way. Also props, shafts, rudders, bilge keels etc are a PITA at that scale if you are scratch building. I was able to print decent inclined and vertical ladders without resorting to PE, which was the point of the project.

Looks to me a comely ship!

Cheers: Tom

Pieter · Post by **Pieter** » Wed May 17, 2023 3:03 am

Looking very nice. Will you be doing the white hull or the corn colored hull?

patrick camilleri · Post by **patrick camilleri** » Thu May 18, 2023 9:59 am

I'm going for the corn coloured hull. But that is a long way away!

patrick camilleri · Post by **patrick camilleri** » Sun Jun 11, 2023 2:57 am

Work is progressing, albeit slowly!

The funnels need to be replaces as does the structure supporting the fore funnel. I'm not happy with either of them at the moment.

patrick camilleri · Post by **patrick camilleri** » Sun Jun 11, 2023 2:58 am

The stern is proving to be a complex build but we'll get there eventually!

patrick camilleri · Post by **patrick camilleri** » Sat Jun 17, 2023 5:07 pm

Progressing slowly

patrick camilleri · Post by **patrick camilleri** » Sat Jun 17, 2023 5:08 pm

Had to re-work the stern as I was missing one bay!

Fliger747 · Post by **Fliger747** » Mon Jun 19, 2023 2:10 am

So many bays one might have to take their shoes off to count! Certainly not a ship to deploy in great following seas! A beauty never the less!

patrick camilleri · Post by **patrick camilleri** » Tue Jul 04, 2023 2:00 pm

Basic hull is done, masked and primed. Now drilling out the portholes before airbrushing the white upperworks. It's begining to look like the Oriana!

patrick camilleri · Post by **patrick camilleri** » Fri Aug 25, 2023 2:40 pm

Made more progress on the build. Still a way to go with the detailing but getting there.

Fliger747 · Post by **Fliger747** » Mon Sep 04, 2023 11:24 am

Impressively crisp for this scale! Tom

setori · Post by **setori** » Mon Sep 04, 2023 11:45 am

very nice, a challenge painting between decks

Bill Zebb · Post by **Bill Zebb** » Thu Sep 07, 2023 1:44 pm

Beautiful work Patrick. So glad to see you continue to build these classic liners. Each one has been a real gem !

patrick camilleri · Post by **patrick camilleri** » Sat Sep 16, 2023 5:23 pm

Thanks everyone. Progress being made. I expect to complete it within the next week or two.

patrick camilleri · Post by **patrick camilleri** » Sun Sep 24, 2023 1:49 pm

She's ready! Need to get some good photos of her. Here are a couple off my phone.

BB62vet · Post by **BB62vet** » Sun Sep 24, 2023 8:53 pm

Excellent work!! That's a really neat model!!! Is steak or seafood on the 1st class menu tonight???

Pieter · Post by **Pieter** » Mon Sep 25, 2023 5:22 am

Nice one. I see you have added an interesting variety of lifeboats/excursion vessels over the past few weeks. Did you scratchbild them or did you take them from kits?

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