Models of QE2

[Twynkle]

Here's another - this time in Australia!
 deadline for sale - 29.7.2009

(enlarged pic of stern - the deck chairs look a little strange!)

http://www.graysonline.com/Lot.aspx?id=3820316

[Malcolm]

enlarged pic of stern - the deck chairs look a little strange!)

It's not just the deck chairs that look wrong - the entire model doesn't look right!

Look at the shot of her foredecks - They look more like the QM than the QE2!

[Twynkle]

Ssh! Please don't say a word about this -
but It would be really Good to know whether there's
any hope of finding Any Thing (however small) to do with
QE2 in the other ships shops?

[cos918]

Hi all I am new on here. On day I want to make a big model of QE2 but there are several other ships I want to model first. There are many company offering models of QE2 but most of them are wrong or rubbish . Take that Maritime replicas model he hasn't painted the bridge windows black and the funnel looks ? and he want $2000 for that get it wright and then may be  some thing worth buying. The Airfix is good a bit small and an old version. The best kit a round is the one made by Gunze Sangyo  It is at 1:450 scale and represents her from her 1972 to 1977. I have yet to see a ready made model of her that is correct.

John

[eddy666]

Luckily my uncle gave me years ago this paperbuilt QE2.

It is a "Schreiber Bogen" Card modeling.

I think it is still available.

Have a look on their website.

http://www.schreiber-bogen.com/

Martin

[MiamiCunarder]

>>
Found today...

http://www.maritimereplicas.com/cruise-ships.html

When I looked earlier, I think there was a price - and aren't these the same as  the Models in the QE2 shop?<<

 My problem with this Maritime Replica model (besides the price..lol) is the slight inaccuracy on the stern end. As I recall, over the years, that area was redone ever so slightly. However it looks like these changes weren't implemented correctly on this model. Since it's a little hard to describe what I mean, here's a shot of the stern I found off a site. Does anyone else see what I mean?


  Ron

[cos918]

The window frames look heavy / thick on the model and I think this distorts the look of the model.
There are some areas on QE2 which are a nightmare to model and the worst one is the funnel.All the photos of her you look up at the funnel and it look slim . On a model you look down and it looks fat so we think it is wrong even thought is is dimentially wright .This might be the case with the stern.
 
John

[Isabelle Prondzynski]

This is the model I should really love to have :

https://www.flickr.com/search/?s=int&w=55206992%40N00&q=asprey+model&m=text

But I'd need to include its very own exhibition space as well 

[Andrew Collier]

That silver model was lovely, but I prefer realistic colours, looked glamorous enough though.

Did anyone else notice, when looking at it closely that the markings on the forward end of the hull are distorted?

It looked to me like they had been etched before the sides of the hull were bent to shape, the waterline and windows all looked very odd!

Thankfully you had to get down and look which I doubt many people bothered to do, sadly I have an eye for these details, it did make me smile to see though! 

[Fairfield]

The builders' hull model built up and on display in Glasgow's Transport Museum.

[citrail]

Yeah, that's the one I'd like to have     /\

[Bob C.]

Me too but I'll settle for building one.

[skilly56]

Malcolm,

Re your mention of the the radio controlled model listing in the turns - it probably does not have the stabilizers. These make a huge difference in reducing the roll, but also reduce the list in the turns as well.

I have just pulled out the boxed Airfix 1:600 scale QE2 my lad bought home from the ship 2 years ago and noticed that the stabilizer fins all have their trailing edge facing fwd , not aft like they should be.

I'm just gonna have to stick them on the other way around - otherwise it would bug me every time I saw them
Cheers
Skilly

[Scott Ebersold]

I've been in the Queen Elizabeth II terminal a few times in the last few years and each time there has been a different model to the right just as you enter.  The first 2 times it was the ship I was sailing on, QM2 and then QE2.  Just this last August I found this pretty lady sitting there.  I thought it was a builder's model, but I am not guessing not.  Especially with the blue anti-fowling paint on the bottom.

[Isabelle Prondzynski]

The same model, I believe, that we found there last year. Both Pia and I had a go at photographing it, and this link should lead to five pictures :

https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=qe2+model+terminal&s=rec

Here is just one of them :



A model that always got a raw deal, as the sommeliers would set up their wine pre-ordering table right next to it, which meant that it was no longer easy to see... I hope it is still there!