![]() ![]() Modeled in LDD, rendered with Mecabricks. The piano is of unremembered provenance I think I copied the design from images of various other designs I found on Google, but it's too long ago now for me to remember. I never would have been able to figure out a column design like that on my own, and this design proved vital in being able to replicate the Queen Mary's dining room properly. The columns, however, are copied from a column design by Bert.VR here on Flickr, and I'm extremely grateful that he made his design publicly available for others to view. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 1973 MAD Magazine 161 September 1973 MAD S.S. The room itself, and most of its aspects, are of my own design, including the Christmas tree, the light-vases, and most of the detailwork on the room itself. Decorations were sparse and minimalist aboard the Queen, in true art deco style, making use of wood marquetry, with brass and bronze metalwork accents, and the rooms aboard drew color chiefly from the wide variety of colors and patterns used for carpeting and furniture upholstery-the Queen Mary had over six miles' worth of carpeting on board! The room's walls are almost entirely in dark orange, to represent varnished wood panelling, same as the prototype room the Queen Mary boasted several million square feet of wood panelling throughout its interiors, using over fifty types of wood growing worldwide, all from within the British Empire. Rather than the grid pattern of square light fixtures for the center dome above the dining room in the prototype vessel, I instead put the three skylights of the Poseidon's ballroom that are so iconic to the fictional vessel. Small light fixtures are set into the backs of the pillars for additional lighting in the wings, as on the original Queen. HMS Poseidon was a Royal Navy Parthian -class submarine, launched in 1929 and sunk in 1931. ST Poseidon was 1973-1976 the name of a steam tug built in 1941 for the British Government and originally named Empire Fir. The room makes heavy use of indirect lighting, and closely follows the light setup of the prototype room aboard the Queen Mary, including large, vase-shaped light fixtures rising from the floor in the room's central portion, and long rows of recessed lighting within the ceilings above the two-story-height sections of the side wings. SS Poseidon was 1968-1969 the name of a steam cargo ship built in 1941 for the British Government and originally named Empire Ballard. The room features a three-tiered "wedding cake" design, stretching the full width of the ship at its lowest level, and narrowing in width in a series of step-backs at each subsequent deck level, culminating in a three-story height at the center of the room. Queen Mary, the original ocean liner that served as both inspiration for the novel upon which the film is based, and as a visual stand-in for the Poseidon itself in the film. The "Ballroom", in which the ship's passengers are celebrating New Year's Eve in the film, is modeled after the First Class dining room aboard the R.M.S. This is an older model that had its inception about three years ago, and has continually gone through revisions in the intervening years. I've earlier on posted of the miniature model for the full ship, and here, finally, is the dining room. Poseidon, the ocean liner of the film which is tragically capsized, setting the scene for the film. Long a fan of the epic action/disaster film " The Poseidon Adventure", it's been a passion project of mine for several years now to create my own version of the eponymous S.S. ![]() Ramming her into things may cause her lights to be snuffed out, you've been warned.A model I've long wanted to upload, and finally have the chance to, the "Ballroom" of the Poseidon, the First Class dining room! In dynamic sink, you need to crank up the waves and sail directly into them to begin sinkingĭue to her height, she doesn't like taking waves broadside, she has a tendency to roll quite dangerously. In the captains cabin at the rear right of the main deckhouse, find the keypad under his cabinet Once steam pressure is up, you're good to go Turn the keys on each boiler to light them Head to the engine room located at the middle of the ship on the bottom deck ![]() ![]() Simulated two cylinder oscillating engine Roughly 220km range at top speed (range decreases at lower speeds)Ĭapacity for 12 crew, 22 first class, 18 steerageįully detailed interior including luxurious spaces for first class MV Poseidon (2005) MV Poseidon is a ship based on MS Grandeur of Seas that was used in the 2005 movie The Poseidon Adventure. Designed very early in the age of steam, the Poseidon and her sisters still featured prominent sailing masts as people didn't quite trust that a steam engine could power you all the way across the ocean. SS Poseidon, is a fictional ship transatlantic based on the RMS Queen Mary, appeared in the 1969 book and 1972 film The Poseidon Adventure. ![]()
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