Mearsk Alabama ( RC Boat )

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[Capt. Jim]

Hi guys,

Last week i bought this cargo ship. its my first Rc boat and its almost complete. So there is a engine in it and other stuff. Must do a few things on it before she go in the water. I will make photo's of it and other boats to! There are always a lot of tugg boats.  

Why Mearsk Alabama? Because its the only Mearsk ship i could find with cranes in the middle   Orginal name is Graupner Neptun.  Some pic's,



I know Mearsk is wrong spelled lol  





Lots of dust on the boat ( all cleaned )  





I try to change the K and S with out damage it and now,








Some cables on the cranes,











Bought some containers today,









So u guys see the hatches are to small..   Must make new ones that the container better fit so they dont fall off in the water haha  

Hope u like it...


Post more soon  

[larsdehaan]

nice! where you got it?

[Ballast]

That's the Neptun, made by Graupner. It's a very nice boat, i also had one. I also had a bowthruster in mine   It's not very hard to build a bowthruster in it, but you will need to re-paint the hull and you need a transmitter with more then 2 channels.



The real Maersk Alabama was highjacked by pirates in 2009 off the Somalie coast. The pirates held the Master hostage in the lifeboat.

[oceandream]

Nice model

[Bottman]

How strange! I have the same model on the garret, waiting for some time to assemble it, and - believe it or not - I've also plans to re-construct the ship, but in the opposite way! With a forward located decks house and some major changes to become a RoRo vessel.
You gave me a new inspiration.

[Cat320DL]

Nice model 

Kyle

[Atlantis05]

Very nice model,

the Neptun was also one of my very first models :-) I did build her the way with the Structure mid-ship. She is not only a nice looking one, she is also seaworthy (right word for a ship going through heavy seas without problems?) I went around the whole Island of Fehmarn with her (on her own keel!) 

if you´d like to have a look on some other vessels, there is a link to a video on youtube I made.. in the end there are also some nice cargo vessels:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrBPrppwWSU

And by the way,.. the hovercrafts, the Seabex One and the OilRigSupplyship Aziz (the one carrying the camera) are my buildings (on wich I´m quite proud of  )

Keep up the bulding and enjoy the sailing, it´s really a nice one!

Holger

[Capt. Jim]

Very nice ships u can be proud of it haha! Very nice video to 

[Atlantis05]

Thanks a lot (just got 2 inch taller) 

[2000]

You forgot to change the name on the bow it still says Neptum Ct. Jim.

[Capt. Jim]

the first photo's yes. At last ones i take it already off. Look at the back of the ship is no name any more 

[Atlantis05]

How will you call it? The "Maersk Neptune"?  Would love to see a pic of her going through the water... she has such a great design

Keep it on...

Holger

[Atlantis05]

Ah.. wait.. for the containerdeck...   why not using a long deck all over the two openings, where you could put the container all the way from bow to bridge ( including the cranes)

Holger