Yesterday I picked up my winnings at an auction house in Ottawa. Aside from the usual offerings of wooden furniture and bad glassware there was a small selection of plastic models; mostly ships and busses. What caught my eye were all the ocean liner model kits, especially these three which were sold as a single auction lot:
RMS Queen Mary 2, Revell, 1:400 (2004) #05223
RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, Gunze Sangyo, 1:450 (1979, 1986) #G-403
S.S. France, Glencoe, 1:450 (1963, 1996) #09302
I won all three for less than the cost of either the QM2 or the QE2, tax and buyer's premium included. ($135)
The S.S. France solves a small problem in that I could not come up with an appropriate model for the March 2021 "Anything French" contest at IPMS Ottawa. The ship was built in France; served as the country's national fleet flagship; and was conveniently named France. It could not get better than this. as a fallback I could also build the QM2, as this ship was also built in the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France.
However, I have no idea where to store them while they wait for their place in the shipyard which just so happens to be a folding table in my spare bathroom! My wife has already asked where a hull will go each evening once construction begins. Since each is a largely modular build, once the main paint is applied to the components it should be a fairly quick build. Perhaps I can devise a way to hang the hull from the ceiling.
POSTSCRIPT: These do not fit in my home/apartment. Therefore, after storing them for a year and realizing they were never going to fit in the model building space or on any shelve in this place, they were sold off in September 2021. I got my money back, and I do not miss them.
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| John with the QE2, QM2, and SS France. |
