RMS Titanic

[Magellan]

Some photos of my latest build - RMS Titanic from Billings but with modifications to make for a more scale appearance. Some photos of initial survey of the hull with ribands to work out the taper and flare of the planks as they swell and shrink along the length of what is a very non-Euclidian surface and then some photos of the completed hull ready for the first fresh coat of primer. Tried to capture some of the very beautiful and dramatic curves, especially around the stern. She's 1.88m LOA at 1:144 scale (which, i think, is approx 74 thumb widths for those who live on the western side of the Atlantic!. Very different project from my last one: Swan Class Light Frigate but i just couldn't face tying all the string again. My nemis with my Titanic build will be portholes but i have a plan. Hope you enjoy the photos.

 

[Rebus]

Beautiful and well done. Look forward to seeing more.

 

[Magellan]

Thank you very much.
I'll post some more photos of the hull after it's been primed and polished with wet and dry paper. Hopefully I'll be able to live with any imperfections which emerge. Like a fine dueling scar, the odd (barely) perceptible seam could add a bit of character?

 

[GrantTyler]

Some photos of my latest build - RMS Titanic from Billings but with modifications to make for a more scale appearance. Some photos of initial survey of the hull with ribands to work out the taper and flare of the planks as they swell and shrink along the length of what is a very non-Euclidian surface and then some photos of the completed hull ready for the first fresh coat of primer. Tried to capture some of the very beautiful and dramatic curves, especially around the stern. She's 1.88m LOA at 1:144 scale (which, i think, is approx 74 thumb widths for those who live on the western side of the Atlantic!. Very different project from my last one: Swan Class Light Frigate but i just couldn't face tying all the string again. My nemis with my Titanic build will be portholes but i have a plan. Hope you enjoy the photos.
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Good morning. Looking very good. I’m with Rebus looking forward to some more. She is a pretty big model? Cheers Grant

 

[GIG1810]

Hey Magellan,
That's a very interesting bug. Looks great. Keep up the good work.

Cheers
Günther

 

[Magellan]

Much appreciated!

 

[mickeyfinch]

Are you going to replicate the steel cladding and rivets. I used some very stickey fairly thick black tape cut to size and painted mat black.

 

[3L120]

I am working on the plastic version, and thought I had a lot to do…you the man for doing your wooden version…bon chance

 

[Magellan]

Are you going to replicate the steel cladding and rivets. I used some very stickey fairly thick black tape cut to size and painted mat black.

Hi Mickey,
yeah - i know what you mean - the hull shell 'plating' that they provide is way OVER on scale thickness. I should imagine that the plating on the real ship was in the region of 20mm or so (approx 0.15mm at scale) so paper or tape would be much better. However, i am going for a different approach entirely and am just trying to get the hull as smooth and perfect as possible before priming and spraying. I've given it a liberal coat of fine wood grain filler and am polishing it down with very fine paper (photos soon). I am taking my inspiration from those shipyard builders' models that you see in maritime museums. There's a fine collection in the Glasgow Riverside Museum if you ever get the chance. They do a nice hardback catalogue and an online version too here. Good luck with your building,
John

 

[Magellan]

I am working on the plastic version, and thought I had a lot to do…you the man for doing your wooden version…bon chance

Much appreciated. Good luck with your RMS Titanic. She's a beautiful ship.

 

[Namabiiru]

That is amazing, and possibly the most complex planked hull I’ve seen. Is the plan for this to be RC, or simply display?

 

[mickeyfinch]

Plating on the titanic was about one inch thick so not so difficult to scale down.my model is 200 to one.. when you see some figures on some models it's impossible to do them to scale. A six foot man would scale down to less than a quarter of an inch and let's face it I don't think there were many six foot people in those days..I think if your happy with the end result that's all you need

 

[Magellan]

That is amazing, and possibly the most complex planked hull I’ve seen. Is the plan for this to be RC, or simply display?

You're very kind, sir! I'm glad you appreciate my work so far. As to RC/ static, i'm afraid she's never going to be allowed out and will just be static (well, i mean, look what happened to her big sister when they let her out!) She sure has some tight, but breathtakingly beautiful curves, particularly around the stern and propeller brackets so i'm pleased that i managed to do a reasonable job on those, and that flared bow is mesmerising. Thanks for the kind words,
John.