Great Eastern – Painted!

 Great Eastern – Painted!

^ I’ve finally finished painting my model of the Great Eastern. Yay!  I was really excited about this model; in fact it is the single reason that I started this project.

^ Just to see how big this ship was, here it is in scale with some other ships.

^ And here are Brunel’s three transatlantic steamers alongside each other, the Great Western, Great Britain and the Great Eastern.

Hope you like it.

Mr Marx

Brunel's Sea Monster

Hey All

I’ve just finished a model of one of my favourite ships, Brunel’s SS Great Britain.  

 

I couldn’t find a model of this ship in 1/2400 scale, so I converted one from Thoroughbred Figures 1/600 model of the Confederate blockade runner ‘Banshee’. The two ships were both constructed along the same hull plan with a very similar hull to beam ratio, and Banshee was just about a quarter of the length of the Great Eastern. I simply drilled holes at points along the centreline of the hull for the six masts, five funnels and the flag pole, which I then added from brass and plastic rod. I think she looks the part, if not as a model at least as a gaming peice.

I should have it painted over the weekend, and when I do I’ll pop up a few pictures of her, along with others of the Great Western and Great Britain.

Marx