Hey Everyone,
I would like to propose a new Campaign - Lost to the Deep
This would be a campaign geared towards building ships that were lost in battle.
Propose a 12 Month Campaign - since many of us are either slow builders or trying to balance real life with bench time
No specific time period that way it is open to all wars or skirmishes - only requirement is that the ship would have to have been sunk.
Thoughts?
David
A Swedish model builder built a diorama âusingâ Trumpeters HMS Hood.
Trumpeter had announced the Hood but the actual release dragged on and
dragged on for a loong time.
The diorama showed a patch of ocean with waves but no sign of a ship. The title was approximately:
âHMS Hood a few minutes after sinkingâ
Lots of spectators at the Swedish IPMS contest thought it was really funny but the judges were less appreciative. Oh well, canât win them all âŠ
Cool idea for a campaign though
I assume that the ship actually needs to be present in some form or shape? No empty oceans?
Wreck on the ocean bottom?
Maybe remove the lost in battle restriction? That removes a lot of options. Replace it with Lost in service. That way you can get civilian ships or military ships lost during peacetime. HMS Victoria would be a good example of that.
There is also the (near) vertical wreck of Rusalka:
Paper model of the Rusalka:
https://sklep.gpm.pl/modele-kartonowe/okrety/1/100/rusalka-1886r-bumaznoje-modelowanie
I gotta admit that is pretty funny - ingenious idea as well
As far as the campaign - not looking for models of the wrecks but that could be included.
McRunty - not a bad idea - we can remove the wartime requirements
and along with Robins idea it can either be a model of the ship as she was before sinking or after if someone so chooses to go that route.
David
Iâm in.
Sounds like fun!
I will likely join. Will confirm closer to the start date depending on my work load. I waaaay overcommitted to campaigns this year and burned myself out.
Looking through my stash list I have 8 ships which qualify.
Building a wreck feels like it would be more complicated than modelling an unsunk ship
Thanks for proposing the idea.
I would go in on this one.
Cheers,
Clever idea for a campaign. I may join if it comes to fruition.
oh. could be a good excuse to finish my 3D printed HunleyâŠ
Other than a lack of rigging Iâm sure the answer to that is âYesâ. The worst of all possible worlds is on the bottom but not entirely submerged (e.g. HMVS Cerberus, KM Georg Thiele); there are a lot of warships âLost to the Shallowsâ and probably best depicted at their deposition rather than after subsequent demolition/destruction (e.g. Murmansk 1994-2012, HMS Calypso, USS Massachusetts (BB-2), SMS ThĂŒringen). Note that ships currently under vehicle parks cannot be modeled in their current state (KM Admiral Scheer, HMS Glatton).
Regards,
M
neat idea! How deep does it have to be? Sunk in a river or a harbor, ok? Regardless, Iâd like to do this. Not sure Iâll have the cycles but desire is there.
Thatâs pretty funny, Robin. Sometimes judges have no sense of humor.
So, do I understand the campaign requirements correctly? The model has to be of a ship in itâs sunk state, not just of a ship that was sunk? If so, this is WAY beyond my skill level.
When I first read this thread, I was reminded of when I was first getting back into modeling. It was the mid-1990s, & I was living in Central Massachusetts. I was starting to get an interest in 1/700 model ships, and would go to some shows local IPMS with a friend of mine. One day we were hanging out at a show, looking at the ship models, when it dawned on us that many (not all) of the really famous ships were sunk. Think about it. RMS Titanic, sunk; Bismarck, sunk; USS Arizona, sunk; Yamato, sunk. Well, you get the idea. Other then a few that have been turned into museums or scrapped, a lot of famous ships are on the bottom. So, we came up with this crazy idea for a model ship hobby shop (remember this is pre-Internet) called On The Bottom Hobbies. It never came to fruition obviously, but I thought you might enjoy the story.
I do have an HMS Ark Royal in the stash, but I donât think I have the skill or talent to model here âon the bottomâ.
Jim
I think there should also be an option for somewhere between the two, a ship in the process of sinking or being sunk. I once witnessed a wooden sailing ship being broken apart upon rocks in a storm, it was a very dark night so it was mainly an audible experience (sorry no photos) but it still sticks in the memory.
Regards,
M
P.S. There were no casualties, the storm had carried it away from its moorings when no-one was aboard.
Are submarines in as they sink all the time, or is that submerge 
Mmm⊠got me thinking of a ship in the process of sinking, donât know what though.
just add some swimming submariners and a raft or two
Ah, the difference between âsinkâ and âsubmergeâ is probably whether it comes back up again! 