by Georgios Lefkakis |
1/700 Ms Mega Express Four (Scratchbuilt )
This is the model of Ms Mega Express Four at 1-700 scale. The ship is scratchbuild with Photo-etched from tom Modelworks. This particular ferry started is life in Greece as Superfast II and inspired my career on the sea. A bit info about the ship :
MS Mega Express Four is a fast ropax ferry owned by Corsica Ferries - Sardinia Ferries and operated on their routes from Nice and Toulon to Ile Rousse. She was built in 1995 by Schichau Seebeckwerft in Bremerhaven, Germany for Superfast Ferries as MS Superfast II. Between 2003 and 2006 she sailed for TT-Line (Australia) as MS Spirit of Tasmania III
Class & type: Superfast I class fast ropax ferry
Tonnage: 23,663 GT
5,717 DWT
Length: 173.50 m (569 ft 3 in)
Beam: 24.00 m (79 ft)
Draught: 6.41 m (21 ft 0 in)
Installed power: 4 × Wärtsilä-Sulzer 12ZAV40S diesels
34550 kW
Speed: 27.9 knots (51.7 km/h; 32.1 mph) maximum speed
Capacity: 1400 passengers
686 berths
830 cars
1850 lanemeters