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Thad
First Class Passenger
Member # 1224

posted 10-03-2005 12:23 PM

I bought a few more models, and thought you all might like to see some pictures. The first image shows the Costa "fleet", with new models of the Fortuna, Europa and Tropicale, joining previously owned ones of Atlantica, Victoria, Classica and Marina.

The next is of the Fairwind of Sitmar Cruises:

the Big Red Boat III, former Eugenio C

The Independence in her final AHC livery

and the Nieuw Amsterdam of 1983

I am especially happy with the Costa ships, as I think they are very attractive.

Thad

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 10-03-2005 05:18 PM

Fabulous Thad! are these all 1:1250? am very envious of your collection, but my pennies get spent on the cruising! I do not have enough for both sadly.

Pam

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 10-03-2005 05:29 PM

quote:
Originally posted by PamM:
Fabulous Thad! are these all 1:1250? am very envious of your collection, but my pennies get spent on the cruising! I do not have enough for both sadly.
Pam

Pam, this is no problem (or excuse ). You - and all other with a similar problem - might want to see
URL=http://makeashorterlink.com/?S51F24AEB]this[/URL] and this[/QB][/QUOTE].

I edited also the links in this message. (now amazon and not Blackwells)

[ 10-04-2005: Message edited by: Ernst ]

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Thad
First Class Passenger
Member # 1224

posted 10-03-2005 06:42 PM

Yes Pam they are all 1:1250's , and I agree it is hard to collect and cruise as well. I have been doing alot more collecting than cruising lately, but as my cabinet is pretty full, and my choices of models has gotten more and more limited, hopefully I will cruise more and collect less in the near future.

Thad

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Thad
First Class Passenger
Member # 1224

posted 10-03-2005 06:43 PM

Ernst,
I unfortunately was not able to get those links to work. I am interested to know what it was they contain...

Thad

[ 10-03-2005: Message edited by: Thad ]

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bulbousbow
First Class Passenger
Member # 4440

posted 10-04-2005 01:52 AM

Thanks Thad for the images of your models. As always very impressive. Lucky you.

******

Cheers

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 10-04-2005 06:20 AM

...sorry, here are new links (not Blackwells but Amazon) link 1

link 2

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TBirdFrank
First Class Passenger
Member # 2280

posted 10-04-2005 09:31 AM

Nice models but as we dismebarked the Marco polo at Barcelona last Friday just astern of the Costa Fortuna - how did they choose that name???? - I was appalled at the totally glazed in stern and promenades that we saw.

Is the only open deck on that thing at funnel level?

The contrast between sixties and millenium ship design was all too apparent and it made me think of changing my name to Victor Meldrew to match my opinion of these awful behemoths.

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bulbousbow
First Class Passenger
Member # 4440

posted 10-04-2005 09:52 AM

quote:
TBirdFrank wrote:
...Costa Fortuna - how did they choose that name????

In Roman mythology FORTUNA was the Goddess of Luck (fortune). She was the daughter of the Roman god Jupiter and is depicted blindfolded with a turning wheel (the wheel of luck or misfortune) next to her.

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Cheers

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bulbousbow
First Class Passenger
Member # 4440

posted 10-04-2005 10:04 AM

A bit more info on FORTUNA:

In some pictures and paintings we see her standing on a ball, as a sign of the uncertainty of human fate. Originally, she was the goddess of fertility. There are two ancient sanctuaries: one in Antium and one in Praeneste. She was a very popular goddess, worshiped for a number of things: to invoke a safe return of a ship to finding a suitable husband. In Greece, her counterpart was the goddess Tyche, the Goddess of Fate (see here: Mythography - The Greek Goddess Tyche in Myth and Art). Fortuna is depicted on paintings, frescos, Roman mosaics and old coins. The coins also show her with a rudder or a cornucopia (the horn of plenty).

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Cheers

[ 10-04-2005: Message edited by: bulbousbow ]

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Onno
First Class Passenger
Member # 3071

posted 10-04-2005 10:45 AM

quote:
Originally posted by PamM:
Fabulous Thad! am very envious of your collection, but my pennies get spent on the cruising! I do not have enough for both sadly.
Pam

Pam, neither do I that is why I make the models myself!
--
Looks great Thad (as always) Typical to see that some of the models look very detailed and some others look bland and simplified.

Onno

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Thad
First Class Passenger
Member # 1224

posted 10-04-2005 11:26 AM

Onno,
some of the "blandness" comes from over flashing some of the photos. My digital has a tendency to was some of the images out a little. Most of these newest models are pretty well detailed. Some of my others on the other hand are not so strong in that department. I think it is interesting that it is often the painting that makes some of the models look so much more detailed.

Thad

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sslewis
First Class Passenger
Member # 3649

posted 10-04-2005 01:28 PM

Very nice Thad!
Do you get them from the US 1/1250 site?
They had a very good value black hull Andes for $60 but it costs £60 by the time it is sold in the UK!
I tend to buy second hand ones or slightly damaged from the Waterline Ship Shows advertised in www.photrek.co.uk
I can only recommend the fabulous Bowen books about Miniature Merchant Ships.

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Thad
First Class Passenger
Member # 1224

posted 10-04-2005 02:07 PM

Louie,
actually I got lucky this time, and another collector, who was thining out his collection, offered them to me, Most were a very good price, much better than if they had been on ebay. The other collector is the one who repainted and customized all most of the models. I was psyched.

Thad

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Aldo
First Class Passenger
Member # 4604

posted 10-04-2005 02:21 PM

In Italian: BUONA FORTUNA
In English: GOOD LUCK

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putte
First Class Passenger
Member # 5971

posted 10-06-2005 05:43 AM

Wow I really liked the Costa models. Were can I buy them?

do I have to cruise with them first?

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