TITANIC FINISHED!!!

At long last, I have completed the Titanic.
It was a painful journey, but the effort was well worth it in the end.


So, Ok maybe somebody else could have done better, but for a guy who has a tremmor I think I did a fantastic job of it.

Smoke is made from some batting painted black. I got the idea from somebody else I admit, but a heck of an idea!!

Pain in the *ss was the fact that a couple of decals got ruined when they came in contact with my thinner solution. I swear, when am I gonna learn not to keep those things so close together? (In other words, where is my brain?)

The fun was in the doing but even I would admit more could have been done to do it right from the start, like buying the PE (Photo Etched) parts.

All in all a very worthwhile kit and a fun project. I hope you liked it, (If you are reading this) and if you plan on your own, know that my mistakes may help you to not repeat them. lol

NEXT UP: THE HMS VICTORY!!!!

Another Titanic Update

Once again I have an update on my Titanic.
First off I have to say that if I had this to do all over again I would have taken a different route. Lots of problems with this kit. Didn't notice them till it was too late. Now I just have to fix all the little mistakes somehow.


"She looks Tres Jolie but is she seaworthy?" (willy wonka and the chocolate factory)
From a distance she looks fine but closer in and the mistakes become quite obvious, lots of touch up painting to do.

I ruined all but six of the railings included with the kit, and for some reason the PE parts that were supposed to be here arent. Teaches me not to buy second hand. Oh well. The first and second funnel are done and I think they look ok. Maybe not up to some standards but then I also have alot of touch up white to do. I used some eyebolts from a 1/96 scale constitution kit and they work perfectly.

Started the 3rd funnel. BTW I had to redo the decks earlier as I ran out of the formula I had mixed up before. Now I wish I had gotten a can of the wood for the decks before I had even began. But all in all not really all that bad.

Second funnel close up.

A fuzzy pic, need a new camera.

Okay, laugh all you want at the yellow line but honestly, hard to do. I will touch up this with black and white to straighten it.

Details, details. Lots of details. I will caution model builders, this kit is maddening! Be prepared. I wasn't. Below is a list of things you SHOULD have before doing this kit...

Photo etched railings

Spray paint (White, Black, Red, and Wood)

Small paint bottles (White, Black, Wood, Rust, Green, Gold, Steel or Aluminum)

Glue

Brushes

A hot surface but not fire

Scissors

Tweezers

Masking tape

Sandpaper

Drill, dremmel, or pin vise

Clamps

PATIENCE!!!

NEWLY AQUIRED!

I am totally stoked! I just aquired the 1.100 HMS VICTORY!!!
I took a browsing trip to a local antique mall on a whim Saturday, and turning a corner I found a booth with about 6 model kits including a 1.96 scale Constitution and this one and since the price was right ($43.80 including tax) I just had to have it!!!

The kit is HUGE! The box alone measures a good 3'x 2'x3" and the artwork is beautiful.

Everything is there except some thread which is no problem since it is fairly cheap.

The instructions are in both French and English. At first I thought there were only the French ones but looking further I found the English ones. (WHEW! Thought I was gonna have to learn French.)

For those of you who know the kind of detail in the Constitution, throw all that out the window. This thing has more detail than you can shake two sticks at. It has got two tools in it that I wish I had had long ago and will keep long after I finish this thing. One is a tool for making Ratlines and the other is a tool for making netting. I may even utilize these tools to finish my Constitution.