65 cm HZH Bulk Carrier Ship Model — With the Right Numbers on the Hull

You can tell a lot about a model factory from the small print. Hand most workshops a photo of a bulk carrier and they will fill the stern with a name and a number somebody in the office made up, because a hull with nothing on it looks unfinished and nobody in the room can check it. A custom bulk carrier model with a wrong number on it still photographs beautifully, which is exactly why it gets away with it.

We do not do that. This 65 cm bulk carrier ship model carries the four markings the real ship carries — the name and port of registry on the stern, the IMO number, the load line with its assigning authority, and the house mark on the funnel — and every one of them is printed from what you send us. If you do not send us the number, we leave the space blank rather than invent one. Every 65 cm bulk carrier model we ship carries those four markings or fewer — never invented ones. People in this industry check, and they are not shy about saying so.

The four marks on a hull

A real bulk carrier carries four things that can be read off it, and every one of them is a number or a name that somebody else issued:

1. The name and port of registry on the stern — the only marking you get to choose

1. The IMO number, seven digits, issued once and never reused

1. The load line, with the letters of the authority that assigned the freeboard above and below the ring

1. The house mark on the funnel, which is the one everybody actually looks at

We put all four on a 65 cm bulk carrier model the same way they appear on the ship. The house mark is printed rather than hand-painted, because pad printing is a flat process and will not do a fade; if your mark has a gradient or a photograph in it, it goes on as a waterslide decal under a clear coat, since an uncoated decal lifts at the edges inside a season. It is the single most common thing we have to put right on a 65 cm bulk carrier model finished somewhere else.

Why it weighs 10.3 kg, and what the carton costs you

A 65 cm bulk carrier model arriving at 10.3 kg net sounds like a packing error until you pick it up. It is not. The hull is framed internally and ballasted low, it sits on a solid base rather than a hollow plinth, and the hatch covers are solid molded parts rather than thin shells. The result is a model that a cleaner with a duster cannot knock over, which is the whole reason the bulk carrier model is built this heavy. The trade-off is freight. It is the first thing we say to anybody comparing a 65 cm bulk carrier model against a lighter one.

The carton is 87.5 × 30 × 44 cm — taller than you would expect for a 65 cm bulk carrier model, because it ships standing on its base with the mast and deck cranes rigged rather than broken down flat in foam. Gross weight is 13 kg. On the 6,000 divisor the airlines use, volumetric weight lands near 19 kg, and you are billed on whichever is higher. For a single bulk carrier presentation model, air is the only sensible option, and it will cost more than the packing. From six or eight pieces up, sea freight out of Yantian or Shekou changes the arithmetic entirely — three to five weeks to Northern Europe or the US East Coast, and do not schedule around Chinese New Year unless you enjoy waiting. If a bulk carrier exhibition model is going to a show, take the wooden crate.

65 cm or 80 cm — it depends on where it is going

We build the same hull types in two lengths, and the 65 cm bulk carrier model is the one that ships without a fight. It fits a standard 1 m sideboard, a bookshelf, and a freight budget for one or two units; 80 cm has more deck to look at and needs a bigger table and a bigger carton. If it is going to a trade show, take the 65. If it is going into a boardroom and moving once, look at the 80 cm bulk carrier ship model before you decide.

Either way the tooling is the same and so is the finish — what really changes is how many 65 cm bulk carrier models you can get into one pallet space.

About O.A.S

Shenzhen Ocean Artwork Studio (O.A.S) Technology Co., Ltd has been building ship models since 2008, and we keep a working reference library of GA plans, class markings and funnel marks — which is the unglamorous reason we can put correct numbers on a hull instead of decorative ones. The 65 cm bulk carrier model range runs alongside LNG carriers, ocean engineering vessels, tankers, yachts, fishing boats, official and military vessels, container ships and teaching models. Across all of them we have built for COSCO, SINOTRANS, CHINA MERCHANTS GROUP, MAERSK, MSC, CMA, CULines, OOCL, EVERGREEN, YML, TSL, WANHAI, ONE and MATSON, most of them more than once, and that library is what lets us build a custom bulk carrier model to a hull nobody else has drawn.

Two thirds of the planet is water, and the freight moving across it is invisible to almost everyone who benefits from it. Building the small, correct version is our way of making it visible. Every 65 cm bulk carrier model we have shipped was drawn from a hull that exists somewhere, not from a stock one.

FAQ

Can you put our own IMO number and class on it?

Yes, and we would rather you sent them. Every number gets the check-digit test before it goes near a printing plate, and the letters we use are the ones your vessel actually carries. It is the one job we will not guess at on any bulk carrier model.

Are the cargo holds open or closed?

Your choice. Closed holds give a clean deck; open holds show the hopper slopes, the wing tanks, and the cargo. Most people take two open and three closed on a 65 cm bulk carrier model, which is also the cheapest way to do it.

What is the minimum order?

One. We take single units, and a single bulk carrier model sample is normally 2–3 weeks from approved artwork.

Can I have the IMO number readable on the hull itself?

Not at this length, and that is true of any 65 cm bulk carrier model, whoever builds it. Between 1:150 and 1:250 the characters come out at 0.8–1.3 mm, which pad printing can lay down but your eye cannot read. We print it at scale on the hull and engrave it at readable size on the base plaque instead, which is where the number on a 65 cm bulk carrier model can actually be read.

Does it come with a display case?

An acrylic cover is available for a 65 cm bulk carrier model in this range and worth having in a reception area. Skip it for exhibitions — covers get separated from the model before the show opens.