Shipbucket

Hey guys,

Sorry for the lack of posting lately, things here at work/uni are pretty intense and it's hard to find the time to draw. I'm going away next week for some work stuff, but before I left I wanted to get started on MV Oceanic Viking/Viking Lady. I'm doing her first basically because I found a good line drawing that I could work from.

So this is the WIP of the Cable Laying version. I intend to do her through her lifespan (Supplier, Cable Layer, ACV and Supplier again) after I finish this one correctly.



This is what I have done today, what are your thoughts? (Am I on the right track?). I may also need a hand with all the cable laying equipment down the track, as that part scares me slightly

As always, tips, criticisms, comments and random discussion is always appreciated

References:

A. http://www.eidesvik.no/getfile.php/Nors ... %20tba.pdf Main source. Contains line drawing, specs and other goodies.
B. http://www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resou ... iking1.jpg Secondary source. To collaborate with line drawing and get some more detail into the drawing. Will use mostly later thought.

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"Remember that your vocation deliberately chosen is war, war as a means of peace..." - HMAS Creswell Gunroom (originally from Alston's Seamanship Manual 1860)

My Worklist - [*]Im still on my Ls though[*][/size]
- MV Oceanic Viking/Viking Lady
- HMAS Protector II/Seahorse Horizon

She's looking good so far.

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𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐍𝐄𝐓- 𝑻𝒐 𝑪𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆

It looks like she's coming along very nicely

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It looks very fine so far, and might be very interesting addition.

**Updated**

@Colombamike. Yeah I saw that, but it was so riddled with errors and mistakes that I just wrote it off as a source. I didn't see it in the bucket though, so I'm [assuming] I'm still good to roll with this project??

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"Remember that your vocation deliberately chosen is war, war as a means of peace..." - HMAS Creswell Gunroom (originally from Alston's Seamanship Manual 1860)

My Worklist - [*]Im still on my Ls though[*][/size]
- MV Oceanic Viking/Viking Lady
- HMAS Protector II/Seahorse Horizon

You're free to draw whatever you want of course. If someone has already drawn it, it's generally polite to ask permission/work on a joint effort, but in this case I have no idea who CommodoreMitch555 is so I don't see a problem.

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USN components, camouflage colors, & reference links (World War II only)

**Updated**

Quick one: do windows have to be the "SB Blue" in order to be 100%?

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"Remember that your vocation deliberately chosen is war, war as a means of peace..." - HMAS Creswell Gunroom (originally from Alston's Seamanship Manual 1860)

My Worklist - [*]Im still on my Ls though[*][/size]
- MV Oceanic Viking/Viking Lady
- HMAS Protector II/Seahorse Horizon

Yes

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“Close” only counts with horseshoes, hand grenades, and tactical nuclear weapons.
That which does not kill me has made a grave tactical error

Worklist

Source Materiel is always welcome.

M V Vostrotin,
Few usefull sources for you
http://www.reportageonline.com/images/0 ... viking.jpg
http://www.shipsandoil.com/shipinformat ... arnell.jpg
http://www.shipsandoil.com/shipinformat ... %20Ray.jpg
http://memberfiles.freewebs.com/89/68/6 ... GP0291.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BHH3Bu1mtzc/S ... Viking.jpg