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Jared wrote: July 11, 2023, 4:30 pm

Guest wrote: July 11, 2023, 8:47 am

Guest wrote: July 10, 2023, 9:27 pm That's a nice model of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Jared. The 1/16" scale is common, though most museums would want a 1/8" scale model, as it's easier to make add/make detail an easier for the public to admire the model. The colours look correct, too. Though, one area I see is that radar on the tall mast. By 1974, the Fitzgerald was using the smaller antennae - it was changed in October 1973.

Once again nice model, but looking at it again I don't believe the Fitzgerald would have still been carrying a pontoon life raft forward by 1974 if in fact it ever carried one throughout its career which I don't believe that it did. In addition, there is no exhaust pipe for the bow thruster extending up on the starboard side of the forward cabins placed approximately 45 degrees to the back edge of the pilot house. While consisting of nothing more than a vertical pipe with a black ring at the top, this exhaust pipe was very prominent in pictures of the ship during that timeframe. Is it possible that the modeler was using earlier plans and/or photographs for the model? Such things happen quite often with both model building and artwork when the creator uses a variety of source information without fully correlating the dates to a specific configuration they are attempting to replicate.

I'm not an expert on the Fitzgerald's configurations. I just retell what the modeler told me. I don't care much for the Fitz myself and will probably trade it in for a model of my liking of a ship of my liking or sell it.

Guest wrote: July 11, 2023, 8:47 am

Guest wrote: July 10, 2023, 9:27 pm That's a nice model of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Jared. The 1/16" scale is common, though most museums would want a 1/8" scale model, as it's easier to make add/make detail an easier for the public to admire the model. The colours look correct, too. Though, one area I see is that radar on the tall mast. By 1974, the Fitzgerald was using the smaller antennae - it was changed in October 1973.

Once again nice model, but looking at it again I don't believe the Fitzgerald would have still been carrying a pontoon life raft forward by 1974 if in fact it ever carried one throughout its career which I don't believe that it did. In addition, there is no exhaust pipe for the bow thruster extending up on the starboard side of the forward cabins placed approximately 45 degrees to the back edge of the pilot house. While consisting of nothing more than a vertical pipe with a black ring at the top, this exhaust pipe was very prominent in pictures of the ship during that timeframe. Is it possible that the modeler was using earlier plans and/or photographs for the model? Such things happen quite often with both model building and artwork when the creator uses a variety of source information without fully correlating the dates to a specific configuration they are attempting to replicate.

Guest wrote: July 10, 2023, 9:27 pm That's a nice model of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Jared. The 1/16" scale is common, though most museums would want a 1/8" scale model, as it's easier to make add/make detail an easier for the public to admire the model. The colours look correct, too. Though, one area I see is that radar on the tall mast. By 1974, the Fitzgerald was using the smaller antennae - it was changed in October 1973.

Jared wrote: July 10, 2023, 11:31 am

fitz301 wrote: July 9, 2023, 6:51 pm What a great looking model, looks really accurate.

Are you still working on it? I would love to keep up with your progress and see it when you're finished.

I'll probably post some pics of my CG model, but it's no where near primetime right now. I've been working on it for quite a while, and have been going through and redoing a lot of stuff because I've learned a lot of better modeling techniques since I started her, and some things I got just plain wrong.

Great job on your Fitz through, it's looks pretty spot on.

Nope that's it in completed form. Ted McCutcheon finished it for me and wanted to get rid of it as it had been sitting in his barn for 10 years after a musuem backed out of it. The scale is a bit smaller than what others have built so details would have to be made from scratch.

fitz301 wrote: July 9, 2023, 6:51 pm What a great looking model, looks really accurate.

Are you still working on it? I would love to keep up with your progress and see it when you're finished.

I'll probably post some pics of my CG model, but it's no where near primetime right now. I've been working on it for quite a while, and have been going through and redoing a lot of stuff because I've learned a lot of better modeling techniques since I started her, and some things I got just plain wrong.

Great job on your Fitz through, it's looks pretty spot on.

Guest wrote: July 5, 2023, 11:25 pm Thanks for all the help everyone, I appreciate it. If anyone should happen across any new photos, I would appreciate a 'heads up'.

I would love to see your model Jared, I am aware of all the antennas and other stuff that was added over the Fitz lifetime, but I haven't yet decided which era I'll model yet, at this stage I'm just adding the things I assume would have been there originally from her inception and I'll move on and add as I do more research.

If anyone knows manufacture names of certain parts, sometimes that can help track down more information.

Accuracy is my goal here, as much as I can if possible?

Jared wrote: July 1, 2023, 10:01 pm For some reason I cannot post pictures of my model.