Freighters

Mid 20th Century to the present day!
A 1/1250 scale limited edition model of Franca by CM Miniaturen, Sondermodell 2019 (2) for the Kassel Show in 2019
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A 1/1250 scale waterline model of Sandra S an MSC freighter in 1980 by CM Miniaturen Sondermodell 2019 (3).

This model is a limited edition made for Kassel Show in 2019.
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Albatros have always turned out very nice die-cast models of post war cargo ships and the refrigerated cargo liner SS Fremantle Star is no exception.

The handsome Fremantle Star was launched for Blue Star Line in 1959 and had a relatively short life, being broken up by the 4th January 1980.

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A 1/1250 scale metal model of Faraday, Siemens Brothers of Woolwich cable laying ship from 1924. This fully assembled and painted model is new for 2016.
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A 1/1250 scale model of Levante 1939 by Albatros SM AL281.

The largest and newest of the ships of the Atlas Levante line of Bremen at the outbreak of WW2, Levante was requisitioned as a troopship and was surrendered in Oslo in 1945 becoming the British Empire Kent.
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A 1/1250 scale waterline model of Oakmore in 1947. Oakmore was originally the German ship Levante (see Albatros AL281). In 1945, she was named Empire Kent and operated under the MOWT until official transfer to Furness Withy in 1947.
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Baron Ailsa is a 1/1250 scale waterline resin model of a merchantman as she was when sunk by a mine in 1943 by Coastlines Models CL-M03. This model is fully assembled and painted in grey  with wood-effect decks. see photograph
£42.00
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Baron Jedburgh is a 1/1250 scale waterline model of the 1936-built general tramper owned by H. Hogarth & Sons by Coastlines Models CL-M3A.
Length 95mm
£42.00
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Baron Jedburgh is a 1/1250 scale waterline resin model of the tramping ship painted in a disruptive camouflage pattern as photographed in the harbour at Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1942/43 by Coastlines Models, CL-M03B.
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Anatoli Serov is a 1/1200 scale waterline resin model of a long-livedfreighter. This model is fully finished and painted in the condition that she was when she entered service with the Soviet merchant fleet in 1939.
£45.00
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Robert L. Holt is a 1/1200 scale waterline resin model of a British armed freighter as she was in 1941. The model is fully assembled and painted in the condition that the ship was in when she was sunk by U69.
£45.00
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Garthorpe is a waterline resin model of the British freighter in 1939. The model is fully assembled and painted in the company colours that she was wearing at the outbreak of WW2. This 1/1200 scale model is made by Coastlines Models, CL-M06B.
£45.00
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A 1/1250 scale metal model of the Leyland line ship Californian. Stopped due to sea ice Californian was within sight of Titanic at about 20 miles when Titanic sank and relived Carpathia in the fruitless search for further survivors. Californian was herself sunk in the Mediterranean during November 1915 by German submarine U35.
£33.00
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MS Padua a 1/1250 scale waterline model of a white hull reefer from 1951 by CM Miniaturen, CM-KR22A
£48.00
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A 1/1250 scale waterline model of Trojan Star (II) by CM Miniaturen CM-KR 390.
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A 1/1250 scale model of Beaverbrae 1948-54 that was renamed Romantica in 1991,later caught fire and was scrapped at Limassol in 1998.

by CM Miniaturen CM-KR 459.

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£67.50
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A 1/1250 scale metal model of Castel Nevoso, a refrigerated cargo ship of the 1950s & 60s. The ship entered service in 1937 as a Lufthansa catapult ship, Friesland, designed to act as a tender for seaplanes making long ocean crossings. Having survived the war, in 1950 she was bought by Vlasov (V-ships) and altered to a refrigerated cargo ship. Re-named Fairsky (1950-52) then Castel Nevoso and finally Argentina Reefer (1968), she was scrapped at Faslane in 1969. 

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Troutbank is a 1/1200 scale, second-hand, waterline, model of a Doxford-built general cargo vessel from 1979. This M84A model is in excellent condition, see photograph.
£48.00
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City of Plymouth is a 1/1200 scale, second-hand model of this small contrainer ship which was completed at Appledore in 1979. The model has been completed by Wirral Miniature Ships using a Len Jordan resin casting M85 and is in superb original condition, see photograph.
£39.00
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A 1/1250 scale second-hand model of Frieden of 1957 by Mercator M902. 

Mercator modelled two of these Type VII freighters that were produced in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) in the late 1950s.

The original plastic masts and derricks were missing or broken but they have been restored on this model, see photograph.
£40.00
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£23.95
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The Fort/Lake type of freighters of WW2 can be built in 1/1200 scale from this waterline 3D printed kit from John's Model Shipyard, catalogue number MV302.

The large photograph shows a finished and painted model with added Plastruct aerials and derricks. The ship is in medium grey with darker decks and very dark hatch covers. There is no contrasting boot topping, as recommended by the camouflage experts from 1942 to the end of the war.
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Ehrenfels is a kit to make a 1/1200 scale waterline model of a fast German freighter of the Hansa Line from 1936 by John's Model Shipyard, MV303. The lit is a 3D resin print but needs paint, glue and plastic or metal rod to complete.
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Glenorchy is a 1/1200 scale 3D-printed kit to make the freighter that was sunk when attempting to relieve Malta. The kit is made by John's Model Shipyard MV304A
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Almeria Lykes is a 1/1200 scale 3D-printed kit of the Lykes Line freighter sunk in the Pedestal Convoy of 1942 made by John's Model Shipyard MV306A.
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Almeria Lykes is an armed freighter with defensive armament carried on her final mission to take essential supplies to Malta in 1942. Ths 1/1200 scale, waterline, 3D-printed kit is designed and printed by John's Model Shipyard no. MV306B
£20.00
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New for 2015! A refrigerated ship built for the West Africa trade.

£74.50
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New model 2015! The reefer Biafra with a new name & new owner.
£81.00
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A 1/1250 scale model of two wind turbine bases on chocks as a deck load on suitable ship models made by Rhenania Junior RJ14Z.
£32.60
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A 1/1250 scale model of a Seahorse 35 bulk carrier Alentejo by Rhenania Junior RJ338A. This model has the hatches folded as if opening or closing in a port.
£113.50
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A 1/1250 scale model of a Handysize bulker Hanze Goteborg by Rhenania Junior RJ338C. This model has the hatches closed as at sea.
£124.75
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A 1/1250 scale model of bulker Dragoera IMO 9191943 by Rhenania Junior RJ338D. This model has hatch covers partly folded and will be ready to start unloading or loading operations.
£119.25
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New for 2012! Former navy transport ship in civilian (dis)guise.
£43.00
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New for 2012! Navy transports also called missile transport ships. Black hull & funnel.
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Bayernstein,  a 1/1250 scale model of an NDL general cargo ship from 1968. This is a second-hand model in very good condition, originally made by Hansa, S285, see photograph.
£45.00
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A 1/1250 scale metal model of the US freighter De Soto. The De Soto was built as a C2-S-E1 fast (16kt) freighter by Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw Alabama in 1944. After the end of WW2, she was bought by Waterman Co, one of 40 similar company vessels that only differed in detail. De Soto operated from the Gulf to ports in Northern Europe, including the UK.
£63.00
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A 1/1250 scale metal model of the 1936 Harland & Wolff built 906 ton Walmer Castle of the Union Castle Steamship Co. Walmer Castle was sunk in 1941 when operating as a convoy rescue ship.
£54.00
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Finkenau is a 1/1250 scale model by Solent models of a 1961-built freighter owned by Bugsier Reederei und Bergangs AG, Hamburg running between Hamburg & Bremen and Southampton & Bristol Channel ports. Finkenau and her sistership, Holstenau continued in this trade until 1978 when Finkenau was converted to a livestock carrier. After several changes of name, she was burnt out off Yemen in 2010.
£54.00
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Solent Models 1/1250 scale metal model of General Steam Navigation Co. coaster, Grebe is a hand assembled and painted model measuring 60mm long.
Grebe was built by Henry Robb Ltd en 1947 and worked out of Southampton to Northern European ports. She was scrapped in Wales in 1967.
£43.25
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A 1/1250 scale metal model of New Zealand Line freighter Haparangi by Solent Models SOM15.
£108.00
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A 1/1250 scale model of freight liner Alaunia of 1960 by Solent Models SOM 20
Length 120mm Width 15mm Height 24mm
£108.00
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A 1/1250 scale model of Malancha by Solent models SOM20a
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A 1/1250 scale model of Glamis a coaster of the Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co. Ltd from 1936-61 by Solent Models SOM21.
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A 1/1250 scale metal model of Bohemund a Fred Olsen freighter of the 1950s used between Europe and Africa and South America in the 1950s by Solent Models SOM22
£81.00
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A 1/1250 scale waterline metal model of Bayard a Fred Olsen freighter from 1953 onwards by Solent Models SOM22a.
£81.00
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The Rustenburg Castle is a 1/1250 scale waterline metal model by Solent Models SOM23. The models are cast in Germany by Rhenania but painted in the UK and they are among the very best detailed models of ships that could be seen in the Solent in the 1950s to the 1970s.
£105.00
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American Miller was built by Moore Drydock Co. Oakland in 1943 and named Meteor. She was converted to a troop transport and sold to United States Lines  in 1948 who re-named her as American Miller. She travelled between the East Coast USA and ports in Western Europe between Hamburg and Bilbao with freight but with 12 passenger cabins. United States Lines sold her in 1969 and she was scrapped in Taiwan in 1973.
£101.00
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Helen Lykes started life in March 1944 as Defiance and was sold on after the end of WW2. In 1947, she was bought by Lykes Bros, SS.Co. of New Orleans and re-named after a family member. She worked from the Gulf to ports in Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, S. and E. Africa for the next 20 years. She was re-named as Salisbury after being sold but two years later, she broke down in the Seychelles and was scrapped in Singapore in 1970. The model is made by Solent Models, No. SOM24c.
£101.00
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Sooner State was completed after the end of WW2 as Wild Hunter but was sold to Pacific-Atlantic Steamship Co. in 1947 as Oregon. In 1957 she became Grace Lines Santa Victoria before joining States Marine Lines. This ship had the open bridge wings (see Lucille Bloomfield) in 1970, she was sold on as Reliance Dignity but was scrapped in 1971 in Taiwan.
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Hurricane was one of the later C2-S-B1 freighters to be completed in WW2 and she had the enclosed bridge wings. This 1/1250 scale waterline model is made by Solent Models, SOM-24e.
£101.00
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This C2-S-B1 standard freighter was completed in 1946 as Mountain Wave but was sold on to States Marine Lines of New York almost immediately and re-named Golden State. In 1956 she was sold again to Broomfield Steamship Company of Houston and re-named Lucille Bloomfield. The 1/1250 scale waterline model is by Solent Models, SOM 24f.
£101.00
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A 1/1250 scale resin model of a Hansa A-type freighter by an unknown maker. The Hansa A-types were one of 3 types of standard freighter completed in Axis territories during  WW2 and over 40 ships of this type were completed during or shortly after WW2 survived the conflict and were operated in mercantile service through to the 1960s and 1970s. This model is in reasonable condition, see photograph.
£12.00
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A 1/1250 scale metal model of Federal Line fast freighter Hertford by Solent Models SOM 15.
£108.00

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A 1/1250 scale fully finished and painted model of MS Enskeri 

£147.25

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Albatros AL52 1/1250th scale diecast ship model of the Sloman Alsterpark.

Owned by Robert M Sloman-Reed and registered in Hamburg, one of many German refrigerated ships of the 1960s. 
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A 1/1250 scale model of City of Dunedin after WW1 by CM Miniaturen CM 210.
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A 1/1250 scale model of City of Christchurch of Ellerman Lines in 1929 by CM Miniaturen CM 211.
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A 1/1250 scale waterline model of City of Boston of Ellermans Hall Lines in 1922 by CM Miniaturen CM 212.
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Braheholm is a model of a stylish fast freighter of the 1950s by CM Miniaturen CM-KR103


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A 1/1250 scale waterline ship model of Tantalus (ex-Polyphemus, ex-Macmurray Victory) by CM-Miniaturen CM-KR 399.
£46.50

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A 1/1250 scale waterline metal model of Southampton Castle. one of the last group of liners to be built for Union Castle Line by CM Miniaturen CM-KR54.
£58.50

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A 1/1250 scale fully finished and painted metal model of 1964 KKK line reefer Equador Maru
£98.25

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New for 2015! A livestock carrier with a Groot Cross-Bow (c). We presume that the bow reduces pitching and so gives the cargo a less stressful ride.
£55.75

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A 1/1250 scale metal model of the Portugese freighter Lagoa in 1972 when trading between the Azores and UK and Germany. Built as Villaviciosa in Bilboa in 1949 for a Spanish company, other name, Somar.
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A 1/1250 scale waterline metal model of Cumberland during P&O ownership 1973-76 by Solent Models SOM15b
£108.00

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