Looking for pictures and information

[TOWHOOK]

Guys I am hunting for pictures and any information that can be found regarding a container ship called M.V. ANDES. I have done a couple of searches and have not turned up anything Here are a couple of links that show what the plans look like. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showatt.php?attachmentid=1695849&stc=1
andes1.jpg

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showatt.php?attachmentid=1695850&stc=1
andes2.jpg

[Umi_Ryuzuki]

Found an Alicia Andes... but it has two deck cranes.
http://www.pbase.com/portofsantos/containers&page=all

Shipspotting has one.
http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=513256
Be aware that Shipspotting strictly regulates the copyrights of the images for the owners. It isn't a problem to grab referance images, but be sure to ask first if you plan to post the photo anywhere else. ;)

[TOWHOOK]

Umi, There is a very good chance you found it with that shipspotting.com link. That is closer than anything I have seen. I found an old link on Ebay in the U.K. where there was a guy selling a October 1988 back issue of Model Boats Magazine that had an article called Miniature Merchantmen- M.V. Andes. I don't know if it is related, but it may be the original source of the plans

[TOWHOOK]

:D UMI, all I can say is... YOU ARE THE MAN !!! :D After doing some research (thanks to your link) I found some more information and dude you found it. Thanks a million :cool: You just saved me a lot of time and headache.

[MILLERTIME]

UMI is all woman, and can build ships/boats better than most men.

[TOWHOOK]

:eek: oops! sorry UMI..... then YOU THE Woman! :p

[robynw]

Hi

I just googled MV Andes after finding a box of letters that my father wrote to my mother during the war. He came back to Melbourne Australia on a ship that he called MV Andes. This was in 1945. Is it possible that this is the same ship?
He did a sketch of an area that was used for dining and showing films, it had a place for a band. Would the ship you found have had this facility (he describes the wood paneling etc). I am just generally interested, no other agenda.

Robyn Waller

[expat flyer]

Robyn,

small correction, the Andes you refer to was an elegant flagship built for Royal Mail Lines in 1939 and served from new until 1947 as a troop ship. It was a steam ship hence SS Andes but also known as RMS Andes when it carried mail to South America. It became a cruise ship in 1959 when liners ceased to be principal transport, and was sold in 1971. I had plans from a cruise brochure in the sixties, intending to build a model, but that never happened.

There was a predecessor built in 1913 which served until 1938.

The container ship is quite different.

Jerry

[Massey]

The Hull lines of the Graupner Sydney star resemble this ship. The sydney star has a raised stern but the bow is very similar. Also the center crane does not exist on the Graupner model but to fabricate one would not be hard. There is a large gap between the center containers on the Sydney Star. There is enough room you could make a Sydney Star kit become the MV Andes if you wanted. Good luck no matter what you decide to build

Massey