Wreck Models

[evandroairton]

If I were into models and diving, I’d probably buy two models to build a pristine pre-wreck version and then modify the second model to replicate the vessel in her wrecked condition. That would satisfy my desire to have a model to essentially rehearse a dive.

That's exactly what was the project on my post above!

 

[iho]

do it by yourself

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[evandroairton]

I've forgot, and would be unfair not to mention Maurício's website, he collected decades of information from shipwrecks all over the country, and made actual guides, with photos and detailed drawings of hundreds of shipwrecks.
Sorry, but is in portuguese

www.naufragiosdobrasil.com.br

 

[Rick Brant]

Great job, looks amazing!

 

[happy-diver]

As a kid when I had no money, and couldn't go anywhere, unless it was on a pushbike I built many
including ships planes military dioramas crashed into the beach stuff control line and radio control

I have considered taking it up again this one I got to complement the outlook it's a metre high and
took an hour to iron the sails, assemble, honestly to build models, I would first have to lose my legs

 

[CT-Rich]

You might look up Photogrammetry. You swim around a wreck site taking pictures. Using a computer to reproduce a 3D virtual model, you can print and paint the model as it sits. I have seen some pretty models out of these systems.

 

[lexvil]

Built these many years ago, they take up a lot of space but are a great place to store dust.

 

[Jared0425]

I think I actually have a topic that hasn't been discussed on SB already (I am sure someone will prove me wrong ).

In addition the expensive scuba hobby I am now addicted to, I also picked up another new hobby to spend time & money on.

My wife is a Shackelton and from the same bloodline as Sir Ernest Shackleton (yes, the spelling is different...thank someone on Ellis Island for that Americanization).

Anyway, I recently built the Occre model of the famous HMS Endurance. It was tedious, challenging, and right up my alley.

What I have been disappointed in is the lack of other scale models out there of famous shipwrecks in the diveable range. Sure, you can get the Titanic or Bismarck, but those are not ships anyone will be visiting with a tank on their back anytime soon. Planes are a bit easier to find...for example I have started models of the Zeroes and Betty Bombers that my son and I will encounter during our upcoming trip to Truk.

So, question is does anyone else engage in this model building hobby here? Anyone ever find kits or plans to build some of the more famous, buildable ship wrecks either military (Spiegel Grove, etc) or non-military?

For wrecks themselves as @CT-Rich mentioned. I used 3d printing from photogammetry model.

Here's some that I had custom made.

There’s several people around here (all non divers) that have models of the Edmund Fitzgerald as well as other Great Lakes wrecks.

Here's a 5ft model of her I got rid of two months ago. I dislike the Fitzgerald enough to have offloaded one of my prized models.

 

[Jared0425]

This is the new model project for next fall.

Argus

And her sister the Hydrus

 

[CT-Rich]

This is the new model project for next fall.

Argus
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And her sister the Hydrus
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Those are amazing. I've always thought the wooden ships of the great lakes would make amazing project and be a little more accessible than the Fitz. We use a type photogrammetry in the solar industry and it takes a lot of pictures to build the models. I have seen pictures of aircraft models made, they did look really cool.