The Ship(s) That Ate My Dining Room

[pnolan48]

Thanks, Pete! I knew there was a way, but couldn't figure it out.

[Frank Amato]

Whoa, super-impressive!

... and where are all the "so much wood in the dining room" comments?   

  Frank

[pnolan48]

I started on the deck piping for the Ti Oceania last week. The arrangement of the piping is generally hard to see from photographs, so I asked an expert, and came up with this approximation. There are many more smaller pipes to be added.

[basementcalling]

What are your pipes and supports made from and what about the elbows and such? They look to have refinery,  mill,  and plain chemical plant applications.

[pnolan48]

The larger pipes and elbows are from Plastruct; the smaller pipes are piano wire. The supports are photoetched brass that I drew up. They were made to fit the camber of the deck.

[Erik aka Ngineer]

Wow, super-impressive! I love the pic with the boxcar on deck.

[jmarley76]

I haven't looked at this thread in a while, awesome work! Very impressive!!

[up1950s]

Awesome Pete , you gonna weather it ?

[pnolan48]

No weathering. In fact, the ship is being delivered entirely in matte white. Painting and markings will be the result of 3D projectors, as will the sea around it, which is nothing more than a flat white surface. The exhibit builder, Paul Berhard Exhibits, is world renowned for these sort of effects. The Ti Oceania itself is mostly all white to shed heat and cut down on evaporation.

Even the Mozah LNG tanker, which is red, green and buff, is being delivered in matte white.

Photos tomorrow or Monday. Waiting for some Shapeways parts. They are usually here in a week; this time, when I really need them, two weeks. This ship has hundreds of weird shaped vents: I call them hoodoos, as that is what they remind me of.

[pnolan48]

Here are some new images:





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Perhaps it's not odd that, after working on these for a few months, they are the new normal for ships to me. The ship is 7'-9" long, and has gobbled up about $600 worth of custom brass and plastic piping.

[bbeegle]

All I can say is WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pnolan48]

When I'm lifting this monster, which probably weighs around 125 pounds now, I keep reminding myself that this is still N Scale!

[jereising]

Just beautiful, Pete!  Well done!

[peteski]

When I'm lifting this monster, which probably weighs around 125 pounds now, I keep reminding myself that this is still N Scale!

If you made the hull out of extruded styrofoam insulation, it would probably weight only around 50 pounds!  Just giving you hard time Pete - it is a gorgeous (and seriously huge) model! 

Actually the more I think about it the more I think that extruded Styrofoam would have been too fragile for the length needed for this model. It might have been doable with some additional stiffening spine and ribs out of plywood, but that would have been a lot of extra work.

[GaryHinshaw]

Very cool Pete!  I'd love to see you tackle a big (land-locked) refinery model next.