This is a custom built 1:100 scale model of the Diamond Dredging Vessel – MV Pacific.

About the Diamond Dredger Model Ship

This is a custom built 1:100 scale model of the Diamond Dredging Ship MV Pacific. The Model Ship was built from the following sources of information:

• General arrangement drawings supplied by the customer
• 3D Autocad Models of the various plants and modules
• A visit to the ship staying on board for a couple of days while studying and photographing the various plants and processes
• Helicopter flight around the vessel taking photographs

About the construction of the Diamond Dredger Model Ship

• The hull was built of boxwood using the bread and butter construction method
• The superstructure, accommodation and bridge was built from polystyrene sheets
• The drilling derrick, pipehandling and de-airating bin was built from miniature polystyrene H-columns I-beams, channel and angle iron sections
• The various processing processing plants were build from miniature polystyrene sheets, H-columns I-beams, channel and angle iron sections
• Stairs, handrailing and catladders were built from etched brass.

Izak J H Hough
Member of The Nautical Research Guild