revell's 1/700 rms oylmpic

[eddiesolo]

Well, its no wonder they look more like floating hotels than transatlantic ocean liners. I was a travel agent a few years back and I had come across some literature from Cunard which said (in part), "For a ship like the QE2, that is, the size of, and with those operating costs, it would have to be sailing all the time with 66-70% capacity, just to break even. That says nothing about profit. It was air travel that killed it.

Jeez, at that rate it is untenable...real shame really as newer ships seem to have lost that charm of the sea.

Si

 

[flyjoe180]

There was a time when flying was far more expensive than travelling by sea. Countries like NZ rely heavily on air travel to connect us to the rest of the world. To go even to our nearest neighbours (Australia) takes four or five days by ship compared to three hours by air. Bit of a no brainer.

 

[cryton 5]

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