Del's Titanic build. Academy limited edition

[Del640]

Section of upper deck, most of the PE is applied after construction....

I have to say the wooden decking is a right royal pain in the proverbial, however it's all almost done with no mishaps!

Del

[Del640]

16hrs in and the wooden coverings for the Decks are now done, and my first funnel, the colours suggested are a tad strange, when I saw the funnels were to be orange I seemed to have black in my head do I've perused what colour pics I could find and it ranges from orange to buff and so on...

... Anyway I'm not fussed about 100% accuracy so I'm going by the recommended colour which is orange.

[BattleshipBob]

Looking good Del

Nice looking deck!

[Del640]

Looking good Del

Nice looking deck!

Cheers!

[BattleshipBob]

Cheers!

My first ship build will use a wooden deck so very interested to what they are like

[Del640]

...four hours into today, and all four funnels now rigged albeit I look like Clarence the cross eyed lion..

They supply the rigging, which , although looks like cotton it's something different, has a texture to it and doesn't 'fluff' perhaps it's a coated cotton?
It does, However, unravel at the end of you don't cut it cleanly, and when I say unravel you're talking about an inch!

Del

[JR]

Well done on the whole build Del.
Nice to see the light were ok and the suggesting's made. Impressed with that decking, wooden sections that thin can be hard to cut and not split. Looks good.

[boatman]

dito what john said Del
chris

[Del640]

Well, 9 hrs later....this bloody ship is addictive!!

I'm more than 3/4 way, mainly as I've spent a few full days on her..

It goes together so well, PE is applied to various areas, a lot of it you wouldn't notice, the rigging is very difficult (other than aircraft antenna I don't use cotton etc much!!) But sets the ship off..

The decks are now joined and are applied to the hull, I'm surprised how quickly it's going to together but then I look at the hours I've done and I'm not surprised!

This is the initial rigging from the front.

Del

[flyjoe180]

Great work Del, looking really good

[Del640]

She's finished! Completed ships section for pics.

Thanks to all that helped!

Del