Two charming Jadrolinija models are sailing to Slovenian Lake near Kranj
December 5, 2021 – Two Jadrolinija ferries sailed outside the Croatian Adriatic Sea to no less than the Slovenian lake near Kranj. But how?
Cat Jurica Gašpar / Morski writes Krčanka and Kacjak are two Jadrolinija ferries from the wider fleet that sailed on the Slovenian lake in a small village near Kranj. How did they do it, you ask? Well, very simply, these models of real Jadrolinija ferries were lovingly made by Klemen Peric and so far he has made three of them.
Kacjak was made in March this year, and Klemen needed eight months to make it. The original ferry was built in Uljanik in 1952 as a landing ship of the then Yugoslav Navy, and from 1963 to 1971 it was a Jadroini ferry, and then it ended its days at the Viktor Lenac shipyard. Krčanka has been in the Jadrolinija fleet since 1970, but at the end of 2015 she “retired” from her position in Kraljevica.
All of Perič’s ferries sail independently, can land in the port he built especially for them, and even raise and lower their ramps.
” So far, I have three sailing ferries in my fleet. The first was Sveti Marin, then Krčanka. They were built around 2005, I am currently working on details on Krčanka. Saint Marin is still waiting for details. As for Kacjak, you know, I built it this year, the first voyage was in the spring, then everything stopped at the details, because I didn’t get anything concrete from Jadrolinija. Then the son of the captain of the real ship Mateo Rudan called me himself. His father Jerry was the commander at Kacjak and only they helped me with some old pictures, in addition to what I already had from my own photos. After that, I made a model, because everything works like on a real ship, ” Peric explained.
With these Jadrolinija ferries, he went so deep that he adapted small buses that could also board ferries that would take them to the other side of the lake.
” Both ramps on Kacjak can be lowered and raised with two servomotors and each ramp has its own power steering system, but of course they had to be changed. To imitate the smoke, I bought a small “smoke generator” that runs on paraffin oil and 7.4V. It also has all the lights like a real ship and everything runs on command. The bus is also at a distance, it is just a cheap toy, just enough to make boarding the ferry as realistic as possible. I decorated it a bit, I painted it in the color of Alpetour, because my late father drove a similar color bus when he worked in this company, ” Klemen Peric added.
He received demand for the sale of these Jadrolinija ferries, some even said that the price is not a problem, but Klemen does not sell them.
” Yeah, a lot of people have been sending me messages about where I would buy them or whether I could make such a model for them, but I only do it for myself, because it’s a hobby I only have for myself and I’m working on having some time. ” concluded the talented Peric.
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