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huascar need help
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 10:31 am
by Bill1957
hi
i am new at this need help
my fist model but i can not get a plan of the huascal hull which show me the ribs
model shipwright do a nice paper model but only water line ???
i asked the gent at ship wright if he had a plan and he sent me very small pics of 3 plan and the one i needed is to bad to see
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 10:48 am
by ingura
welcome aboard Bill,
have you checked this here?:
http://members.lycos.co.uk/Juan39/THE_HUASCAR.html
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 11:02 am
by Bill1957
hi
thats were i first saw the huascar shes great
thanks
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 11:18 am
by ingura
ok - it was a try, although I should have considered your browsing the web too - sorry.
May I suggest you get in contact with this man:
wolfgang.bohlayer@thyssenkrupp.com
He is a top sales manager at Blohm & Voss Hamburg. He might have a contact for you in Chile's navy or can pull some strings for you. I can imagine they have drawings of their most historic warship...
Just an idea.
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 11:29 am
by Bill1957
hi
grenwich nmm gave me this
http://www.wirral-libraries.net/archives/
its were the Cammell Laird shipyard records are kept . found it there just waiting for reply
they have hundreds of ship plans and dont cost an arm and leg
have alook

Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 11:46 am
by Edward Pinniger
To bill1957:
Did you send me a PM re. HMVS Cerberus plans a few days ago?
I accidentally deleted all my messages today (pressed "delete all" rather than "delete selected"

) so wasn't able to reply (as I couldn't remember your user name)
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 11:50 am
by Bill1957
i made a hull plan up for it would u like a copy
but i am going to make the huascar first
Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 4:27 pm
by JIM BAUMANN
have a quick look at this model..
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.html
I have written to them asking if they would sell me a model--they may well be able to assist you with a plan...
They are based in Peru
write to them here:
Andes Craft & models EIRL <
andescraft@speedy.com.pe>
their website:
http://www.andesmodels.com/modeling.htm
they were very helpful!
Jim Baumann

Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 4:32 pm
by ARH
Moved from R/C & Scratchbuild, by ARH.
Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 4:20 am
by Dave Wooley
bill1957 wrote:hi
grenwich nmm gave me this
http://www.wirral-libraries.net/archives/
its were the Cammell Laird shipyard records are kept . found it there just waiting for reply
they have hundreds of ship plans and dont cost an arm and leg
have alook

The Wirral Archive also hold a collection of on board photos I believe they are part of the "Gerald Wood collection". If my memory serves me correct "Warship Vol 10" 1986 ran a two part article on the Huascar which included a number of good drawings and photos by Gerald Wood.
Hope this helps
Dave Wooley
Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:48 pm
by Bill1957
hi
thanks to all
the Huascar im going to build will be a r/c model and will not be to a scale but a size of 30"-36" long to fit in my car
i can not reach the fine detail you do so its going to be a stand of scale and detail
i have been making model soldier patterns and doing spincasting for over 30 years now so i will use my knowledge in this field to make the parts ect
i hope to shair my skills with you as you have to other on this forum
regards bill
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 3:44 am
by Bill1957
hi
i had no luck with the wirral archives they only have documentasion on the ship
please please help me
bill
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 3:59 am
by Bill1957
hi ingura
i emailed the person you said trye and hope this works
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:23 am
by Dave Wooley
Hi Bill this may be a long shot but in the absence of any workable drawings of the Huascar I would suggest you try for the drawings of the Dutch turret ship Schorpioen built by La Seyne in 1868 which is now a Museum ship in the Netherlands. Both ships have a similar hull profile, with the size and displacement being close. Also the sister ship Stier was built at Lairds of Birkenhead only 3 years after the building of the Huascar . There are plans for the Schorpioen and with the on board pictures available you may have a some useful material to work with.
Hope this helps in your quest
Dave Wooley
