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hey all i really want to build the san meko 200 but i dont know where to start and just have some basic pictures , where do i start ? ? And how do i make accurate model measurements from picture to model ? ? Any help appreciated

Are you talking about the South African Navy's Valour classfrigates?

For pictures, Google "Valour class", "MEKO A-200SAN" and various combinations of those.

To build an accurate model, you'll need plans/drawings of the ship. Since the class is so new, I doubt it will be easy to find official drawings for them. Some cruder drawings are probably available on the internet if you google for them. To see how you use plans and drawings to build a model, check out the different threads in the Completed Models (Fully Documented) section.

yes sir , it is the south african navy's meko 200 , i am trying to build the model and so far i have had no luck since the ships hull is diffucult to build and sovar its the toughest ship i have ever tried to build , if you want to please feel free to send me a e-mail anytime , dvmetalhead@gmail.com

Hi,

try to contact the modelist that built SAS ISANDLWANA (F146), a Valour Class Frigate of the South African Navy at 1/700 scale:
http://www.orbitalsrealm.com/models/isandlwana.html

Other scratch built models from the same author available at:
http://www.orbitalsrealm.com/models/index.html

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Ayala Botto

hey AyalaBoto , do you maybe have a e-mail address of that builder as it seems i cant e-mail him due to some weird e-mail thing

Hello Diederick,

as far as I know Orb, the maker of that site, is active on this board. I think he has shown this frigate, along with others in the "picture post" section under the topic "Post Cold war Navy" Or something like that.

I however doubt if you'll find good plans. For a 1/700, certainly full hull, model you don't really need good plans to make it a success. In larger scales that's a problem... There is however always a possibility that such plans do exist.

good morning neptune , well i want to build a 1:100 scale of the ship , its just the rib plan or section view plans holding me back

Diederick44 wrote:hey AyalaBoto , do you maybe have a e-mail address of that builder as it seems i cant e-mail him due to some weird e-mail thing

Hi

try this email address: orbital@web.de

Hope this helps.

Thanks.
Regards,
Ayala Botto