Doh! matched the paint wrong...

[ianmianmianm]

 

Railway modellers can enjoy this on many more levels than a civvie! 

 

 

[spikey]

Oh that's really disappointing. I was hoping to see the bloke with the big bucket of filler going over the weld lines so the passengers don't notice the joins and start wondering ...

[NorthBrit]

Just be careful when you go to bed on the ship. It’s on three levels. Lol

[jjb1970]

I once stood by a container ship which was stretched, it's quite an experience to see it done. Although on that one the new mid body was floated in.

[Phil Traxson]

I remember, whilst I was at Smiths Dock in North Shields in 1966, that they lengthened a bulk carrier by cutting and floating one half into another dock, building an extra 30 or 40 feet on the other end, and then floating the end back and joining it again. It certainly impressed this, then newly out of college, 18 year old.

 

The Name "Booker Venture" comes to mind as the ship, but it was over 50 years ago so could be wrong.

 

Phil Traxson  

[Two_sugars]

I remember, whilst I was at Smiths Dock in North Shields in 1966, that they lengthened a bulk carrier by cutting and floating one half into another dock, building an extra 30 or 40 feet on the other end, and then floating the end back and joining it again. It certainly impressed this, then newly out of college, 18 year old.

 

The Name "Booker Venture" comes to mind as the ship, but it was over 50 years ago so could be wrong.

 

Phil Traxson  

 

http://www.sunderlandships.com/view.php?a1PageSize=20&exact=1&year_built=&builder=&a1Page=20&ref=100082&vessel=BOOKER+VENTURE

[Classsix T]

I don't shift ships, I cut 'n' shut ships.

The prop shaft needs shifting in a cut 'n' shut as does the shelving.

 

So in a shift I'll shift the shelving and the shaft. But not the shuttering.

 

C6T.