Academy 1\400 centenary Edition Titanic

[Guest]

hi all thought i would post some pic of my attempt at this iconic ship.

I have decided to light it up so one of the first jobs was to drill all the portholes out (all 846 of them)

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I know you cant really tell from the photos but trust me they are all drill out (three different sizes as well)

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the wooden decking is supposed to be pre cut but it is not so be warned anyone else who builds this kit it was a real worry as i had already removed the seats to add the wooden decking so if i ruined the cutting out of the decking veneer i would have ruined the whole ship.

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also had a prob with this bent mast but cup of boiling water and some gentle bending the other way whilst cooling it cured that.

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the photo etch is tiny

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the first pic is of the normal mold injected window the 2nd pic is with that removed and the photo etch window in place.

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to throw more light out from the leds i have lined the inside with foil (which yes meant piercing all 846 portholes again)

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will post some more of this build tomorrow getting late now

[flyjoe180]

Nice one

[Guest]

as promised a few more photos up to date.

I have decided to cut away some of the inner decking to allow the light to shine up through them (hope that idea dos'nt jump up and bite me in the bum)

i have made a jig for bending the photo etch seats out of one of the plastic ones i removed from the deck before i put the wood decking down (these seats are not the ones that came with the kit by the way the kit ones are not any where near scale)

i know the bottom of the seat is a bit naff that was my terrible cutting off the sprue oops !! not the fault of the jig .

just a pic to show how small these little things are.

So there it is up to date lots more to do and loads of photo etch, its my first experience of PE as i think everyone calls it now, and i have to say i think i will think twice before trying another set my eyes are not what they once were.

[eddiesolo]

Sterling work, outstanding detailing, enjoying this very much.

Si

[papa 695]

Just seen this and what great work so far

[Guest]

Hi all sorry its been such a long time since my last post but i sort of lost interest in her for a while for several reasons, 1 the mast got bent again also the pe seats at the stern got bent up as did the railing running around the raised observation area at the back (came home from work to find her on the floor upside down, got there from the back of a unit up against the wall. but no one touched it, it just moved 18" across the unit and on the floor on its own) 2, never used pe before and finding it really hard it is so small 3, and the main reason the pe windows i got from Toms Model Works does not include all the windows, the ones i have done so far (which the kit included) wont even be seen once i put the sides on, the ones that are missing are all on the top decks so could be seen(see pic)

as you can see the tall windows with the arches at the top are not present in the pe kit.

Still all that aside i have decided to build and paint what i have got so if there are no pe windows for the part i will just paint the plastic parts ( its a good job i didnt cut the plastic windows out before i checked the pe which is what i have been doing, i would have been right up the creek without a paddle then).

so here is a pic of the plastic windows painted, i dont think it notices that bad actually.

[Guest]

here's another update

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[Guest]

Wow thats some tiny pe to work with! You're doing a great job of it !

[Guest]

yet another update

[bazers]

Looking good

I built this model last year for my daughter, i also used p e windows and railings ( i thought about lights but chickened out of drilling all the holes)

my kit came with pre cut decking must have been a pain having to cut them out.

i dont know how far you have got with the decks but i found if you fit all decks to sides of superstructure you can slot the whole asembly into hull

when it finished .hope it helps with your build.

It looks great when finished.

[Guest]

Thanks for that handy to know if any of the leds fail

[Guest]

hi well blown away and jealous , being my first project revell 1/350 scale in 2010 ,titanic has been

a fascinating topic since young if only for the ship is splender and size ,i like the lighting effect

I ,am playing with the ideal off upgrading with fiber optic's at a later date .will looking on progress

thumps up regards cry !

[flyjoe180]

Lots of detail going into this build, nice work so far

[Guest]

Here's another update on her so far.

[Guest]

Well she is starting to look like Titanic now, still loads to do yet though.

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