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RMS Titanic 1:200
Greetings my friends,
I'm recently bought one very special book from Taschen, about the iconic titanic. The book included a cardboard 1:200 scale replica of this famous liner. This time, I'm photographing it from the very beginning! The fist step was to remove all the cardboard pages from the book: As you guys can see, they are rather curved, so I had to straight them the old fashion way: a night under the book pile. |
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This is an excellent model, and very big. Lots of scope for upgrading the detail too. Look forward to seeing this built.
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After a night under the book pile, the sheets were straight enough to be cut. Like most of these paperships, it starts from the bottom.
After cutting the parts and aligning them, I realized my desk was not big enough for this 1,35m long model. Being so, I changed my dockyard to the dinner table. After gluing the bottom parts, i started cutting and fitting the side plates of the hull. |
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Great start, nice and straight and flat
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have built this one before.the book keeps turning up in local post shops at $24.99 nz
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Hello Peter,
Didn't know you were related to one of the men who build the titanic. That is awesome! I feel now I have a responsability to make this model the best I can. Was mr. Scott an employee to the famous Harland & Wolff shipyard? Have you got any relics from the ship? By the way, what a nice diorama you made there! Regards |
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The progress on the titanic is slow, but steady. I'm more used to smaller scale vessels, but I'm finding this model delightful to work in.
Mounting the side plates was not as simple as I thought at first. The main reason for this is the fact that this model has only 3 rectangular transverse frames. So the shape of the hull is given only by curling the side plates. Which is rather challenging for the stern. The model is quite firm, but given its size, I would add some keels, longitudinal frames and bulkheads. I started laying the decks from the bow and stern and slowly advancing towards the middle. Gladly, those decks made the hull a bit more stiff and curved. After the decks, on both ends of the ship, I started building the promenade deck, which is quite long. One thing that annoys me the most on these models is that, after you finish the side of the ship, the sides end up a bit wrinkled (I'm open to suggestions, so one day I may fulfill my dream of a clean and straight hull). Finally, some transverse reinforcements were added to the promenade deck for two reasons: 1-) Structural and 2-) Give some support for the upper decks to be laid on. Enough talking! This time I got a lot of pictures for you guys. |
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She is looking awesome already - Great job thus far !
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