Thanks, Jerry,
those are kind words from a Titanic specialist such as yourself. I liked what you did with your Taschen Titanic model (the diorama with your own tugs)!
What did you use for water? Is it some kind of glossy plastic sheet? It looks great.
This evening I went on to do some scoring of the hull parts, along the blue lines, where there hull bends rather sharply down towards the water. I also shaped the access doors, that are recessed into the upper hull. I further cut a thin cardboard backing for the long standing reinforcement piece, which I am testing here - I think it is sturdy enough, if I want better alignment or have issues with that later I can always add thin strips of balsa on both sides. It can appear in this photo, by the way, that the windows are cut out, but they are not at this stage - I haven't yet decided if I should do it ot not:
A little later (efter dinner), I cut a piece of thin cardboard that I might use under the completed model if it needs strengthening, however, I think I can do without it. (I present the two photos here in b&w, because I got so fed up trying correct the crappy colors I get under the lamp with the new camera when the daylight is gone):
I then scored the outer hull lines of the base (from the back side, using a small light table and the curved ruler in front) and folded them up all around. A dry fit with the hull pieces looked very nice, so the next obvious step, after this photo, will be to glue the peices together (using the perfectly flat and straight marble board) and start on all the dividing bulkheads to form the actual hull - in a day or two...
All the best,
Bengt
