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[2010-09-20 10:41:58 +0000 UTC]
"Mike Brady"
(Australia)
# Statistics
Favourites: 206; Deviations: 168; Watchers: 255
Watching: 47; Pageviews: 47654; Comments Made: 626; Friends: 47
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: MC EscherFavorite movies: The Longest Day, Battle of Britain, Das Boot, Up
Favorite TV shows: Boardwalk Empire, Band of Brothers, The Pacific, The Inbetweeners
Favorite bands / musical artists: The Beatles, Frederick Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Scott Joplin, Johnny Cash, Al Jolson
Favorite books: Sharpe's Trafalgar, Operation Red Jericho
Favorite writers: Bernard Cornwell
Favorite games: Battlefield 3, Silent Hunter II, IV, IL-2 Sturmovik
Tools of the Trade: MS Paint, Photoshop, Unending patience
Other Interests: Simulators, History, Technology, Ships, Mexican Food
# About me
My name is Mike Brady, but my most common screen name is ALOTEF.I design ships, aircraft and vehicles on Microsoft Paint, mostly historically accurate and in scale. The majority of my aircraft are in 1/72 scale.
Recently I finished a large-scale model of the RMS Titanic in about 1/320th scale. It can be found here:
alotef.deviantart.com/art/RMS-β¦
REQUESTS:
I will respond to logical requests. Should you want a particular aircraft or ship, send me some basic info such as time period, photo or wikipedia entry etc. and I will make it for you.
I hope you enjoy my art space! Please leave a comment or critique if you enjoy it.
(The dog portrait is a composition by Thierry Poncelet.)
# Comments
Comments: 200
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hello there, my name is waltsland and i,m huge fan of the olympic class ships, i was woundering if we could do some art trade
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Idea for another 'what-if' Olympic-class.
If Britannic had not met that mine in November 1916, she - like Mauretania and Aquitania - probably would've been converted to a troopship in 1917. Picture a dazzle-painted Britannic!
Sorry...I know that's a shameless attempt to add to your workload of beyond-awesome masterpieces, but you have to admit it's a definite idea!
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Not a bad concept at all my friend!Β
I wish I were as creative as you haha I'd never have thought of that!
~Mike
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Meh, it's a gift.
Hope to see more Olympic drawings soon!
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A good site for such reference info!
~Mike
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well since your titanic profile is showing the starboard side, I noticed that the hull scrape below the anchor was missing so i thought I needed to remind you of that.
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Mr. Mike, did you know the mv Britannic III? Just question, hehe.
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I know you told me once, but I have been forgotten. What scale arethe Titanics? 12px a metre, am I correct?
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Yes, 12 pixels per meter
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Okii! Thanks alot for Quick Reply! I will be trying to make A Russian liner like yours and see if I can do well or not hahaha
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Good luck! I look forward to seeing the final result.
~Mike
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Thank you for the fave. I wrote a story about the Titanic if you want to check it out.
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I'll definitely have to check it out!
~Mike
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Thank you very much for the fav and the Watch!!
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I just thought of another AU Olympic-class drawing you could do! If Britannic had missed the mine in 1916 (or struck it and survived), she probably would've gone on to serve as a troop transport. Britannic in dazzle as a troop transport in 1917...thoughts?
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Interesting thought, though why do you think she would have been converted to a troopship? That would mean removing all of her medical fittings which, to my mind, would be quite an extensive job. I'm sure she would have served the rest of the war as a hospital ship
Though what if Olympic and Britannic's roles were reversed at the beginning... and it was Olympic that struck a mine as a hospital ship and Britannic that would go on to ram a U Boat and earn the moniker 'Old Reliable'! Endless possibilities! haha
~Mike
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Well both Mauretania and Aquitania were serving as hospital ships at the same time as Britannic, then once the Dardanelles Campaign was concluded, both were converted into troopships, a role they served in for the rest of the war. Is it not logical that Britannic's war service recordΒ - had she survived - would have followed the same path?
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Fair point! Looks like Mauretania started the war as a troopship and was converted to a hospital ship and back before the war's end. I didn't know that!
www.technobuffalo.com/wp-conteβ¦
~Mike
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Random question: On your upcomingΒ RMS Britannic drawing, are you coloring the gantry davits buff or white?
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I think white, considering White Star's other liners had white Wellin davits.
~Mike
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Agreed...I've seen them drawn in both buff and white, and white just looks better. Hope to see another of your masterpieces soon!
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About to output a drawing, thought its not an Olympic class!
Nor is it a ship... (Of the sea at least anyway.)
~Mike
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Thx for the favorite, I've just joined DA yesterday.
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Welcome aboard. I'll keep an eye out on your stuff, I've always had an interest in dinosaurs. (Especially theropods.)
~Mike
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It's very kind of you to say so. Oh and I'm very serious about the realism and accuracies, so tell me if you find anything inaccurate.
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For sure, you seem to have a pretty firm grasp on what you're doing though! haha
~Mike
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Well, I'm no expert, I just simply try my best.
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I gotta ask, how long did it take for you to do one of the Olympic-class drawings, from start to finish?
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Titanic took me 6 months; 3 months of research and 3 of drawing. Olympic took a month of research and a couple of weeks of drawing. Britannic, a year of research and 3 months of drawing. Everything after that was just a 'repaint' and therefore easy to complete within a short time-frame. 
~Mike
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I can't wait for the post-war Olympics! Especially looking forward to RMS Britannic!
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Not a problem! Nice work, looking forward to seeing Sally B all finished.
~Mike
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The modelling room is a bit upside down atm, what with re-surfacing and sanding of the top track area on my railway, so she'll be done not long after it's all sorted. Hoping to get down to Duxford with the model when it's finished
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Beautiful job on the Olympic-class ships! Can't wait for more of them (especially RMS Britannic), and especially can't wait to see Bismarck and Tirpitz!
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Thanks so much! It's an exciting time for me having finished the three sisters and I'm really looking forward to outputting some more drawings. I'm already making good headway with Bismarck and I'll be sure to put up some WIP shots!
Thanks for your support,
~Mike
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I've also seen your work on Shipbucket...I'm 'emperor_andreas' on there.
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Oh! Glad to see you're on Shipbucket so now I can browse your work
~Mike
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