RMS Titanic 1912 by Paul Jarman - FINISHED - Amati - 1/250

[Paul Jarman]

Starting on the Poop deck detailing. Photo etch benches as opposed to the plastic benches supplied with the kit.

They look better with the naked eye. The tablet doesn't get as clear a picture as a good camera would.

They are at least slatted The third picture shows the bottom of the benches. They are slightly larger and will take up more room on the deck,but look so much better.

Edited March 18 by Paul Jarman

[Peterairfix]

Good morning I was just looking at your fine build and I was just wondering if you can help me out I have the same kit but I have no instructions I just need the part numbers for the forward cargo hatch that's the one that is on bow I would be grateful if you can help me out. 

[Paul Jarman]

On 3/22/2024 at 8:07 AM, Peterairfix said:

Good morning I was just looking at your fine build and I was just wondering if you can help me out I have the same kit but I have no instructions I just need the part numbers for the forward cargo hatch that's the one that is on bow I would be grateful if you can help me out. 

The part numbers are on plan sheet 4. Along with the building instructions. 

[Paul Jarman]

I can't believe I have not invested in one of these before. They are so much better then the headband magnifier I have been using. This one is 10x. Can't find one with higher magnification. 

[Paul Jarman]

This is where I have the model sitting when working on the parts that need painting.

Sometimes in this hobby things work out in your favour. I was struggling to open a container with a screw on lid to start painting the ladders,which are a dark brown. Couldn't get the lid to move at all. 

Wether there was a slight build up of fumes in the container or not I don't know. But the lid suddenly without warning burst off. And the paint literally exploded out of the container. I should have taken a picture.

Somehow the paint had splattered all over the windows. And underneath the window sill. The wall and radiator where covered in thick paint.

And somehow as if there was a shield around the model only a few tiny spots hit the ship.Can't explain how the model was not covered in paint. Or what I would have done had it been.

 

[Paul Jarman]

Not actually Titanic related. Just wanted show my next project when I finish Titanic. Wanted this for ages. Over 900 parts and photo etch to replace all the railings and other bits.maybe before the end of this year I may finish Titanic and start a build log for this. 

 

I'm working on Titanic's stern at the moment. Most of the  poop deck and we'll deck fittings are painted and ready to install. I have reverted to the plastic benches supplied with the kit. I built 8 of the photo etch benches and they where just to large. once again should have taken a photo to show how They looked.They dominated the deck and the various fittings. They looked so out of scale with everything else on the model. I did try cutting them down but it didn't work. 

I am building the 6 cranes that go on the stern. They are a pain. Gluing the small sides to the crane jibs is a chore.

[Paul Jarman]

The cranes for the stern. These where a right pain. Attaching the sides to the jibs was so finicky. And three of them didn't have the small tabs used as guides. And one had the front part damaged. 

I have gone with the jewellers wire for the lifting cable. I am also displaying them flat instead of the 45°raised angle suggested in the instructions. I don't like raised look and much prefer them this way. They are roughly in their finished position.

Now need to add all the fittings that I have painted  ready to be added to the stern before gluing them in place. Then the docking bridge and onto the boat deck detailing. 

Edited May 9 by Paul Jarman

[Paul Jarman]

Starting to add the Poop deck fittings. The bench colours are based on the Titanic research association recommended colours to represent the teal colour. They are khaki Matt with black armrests. They look a lot better seeing them normally. They look crooked in the picture,but they are not. 

Will have to build the docking bridge next. Looking at the plans some of the parts go between the bridge columns. Lucky I did not add them first or it could have thrown the way they fit out.

[Paul Jarman]

Had a seriously bad accident with Titanic. I had the poop deck handrails in place. Reached up to get some tweezers to add some bits and pulled the pair of pliers you see down. They landed smack onto the rails. The damage was unreal. After spending nearly two hours repairing them as best I could they are probably as good as they are going to get. The picture does make the look worse then they are, but Just can't get all the kinks out unfortunately. I have now put up some new shelves lower down. My tools where on the shelf that the Two models are on. 

[Paul Jarman]

Titanic stern area complete. Now onto the boat deck and it's fittings. Then it's the ships boats and finally the funnels.

 

On another note I have always wanted to build one of the 1\200 scale Trumpeter Ship kits.But not Titanic,prefer to build her in wood. So treated myself to this monster of a kit. 

 

 

Edited May 31 by Paul Jarman

[Canute]

Nice work on the Titanic, Paul.

 

Ahh, the mighty 'ood. This is a great source for info on HMS Hood at https://www.hmshood.org.uk/

[Paul Jarman]

Thanks  Ken, 

Yes  I've seen that site. I also have the Anatomy of a ship book. And will hopefully be able to get one of the aftermarket kits.

[Paul Jarman]

Most of the deck fittings completed. Moving on to the ships boats and the davits. The painted davits have been superglued together. This works OK, but they do come apart to easy when the upright parts are added, no matter how long They have been left for the glue to cure. 

So the first two of the next five have still been superglued. But I then decided that it would work better if they where soldered in place. This is a much better way of doing them and they are a lot stronger than gluing. Then using the dremel with one of the polishing wheels cleans them up nicely. 

The boats are just added upside down to get them in the correct position. The PE is the boat covers with the rope effect around sides needing painting.

Then it's just the funnels masts and rigging to go.

[Paul Jarman]

Funnel number 1 in place and rigged with the stays. First of the ships lifeboats in place. There is a nice photo looking along the boat deck. This shows how complex the davits where rigged. I have tried to very roughly replicate some of the ropes. I'm not sure what the cable was running across the top of the davit uprights. It wasn't on the uprights that had the two lifeboats swung out. I've represented it with some 0.3mm wire,but not painted it black. So that it is visible without being to conspicuous.

The stays are made up with 0.5mm grey nylon thread to better represent the steel rope that was used. 

The lifeboat rigging is 0.3mm sand coloured thread. I am thinking about adding some figure of eight coils to represent the fall of the rope. Or some round coils positioned on the deck. But this may not work at this scale. 

The second funnel just needs a little but of work to get in line with the first.

The photos don't really do the model justice. It looks far better when seen with the naked eye.

 

Edited July 25 by Paul Jarman

[Paul Jarman]

All the deck fittings completed. Funnels fully rigged. And the ships boats rigged to their davits. Just the two masts to build up and the model will be completed.

The photo etch on the funnels is not great,not terrible,just OK. But I'm happy with how it looks. 

I'm a bit funny with my modelling. I don't particularly like photo etch. I find it far to finnicky to work with. But at the same time I enjoy adding it to the model. Even to the point that I have brought the MK1 designs upgrade kit for the Hood.

[Paul Jarman]

Titanic is finished after 2 years 5 months. Looks a lot better then the photos can ever do it justice. 

Getting those Marconi telegraph Wires across that length between the masts and keeping them in four straight lines was the most frustrating part of the entire build. But they look good. 

Never will I do another model that requires that type of work. 

Will concentrate more on plastic kits now. Wooden ships take so long. The four I have completed represent around 10-12 years of work. 

Couldn't get the lines coming down to the deck straight and tight  though. I seriously thought about stretching out the  plastic from a sprue to get them looking straight but it looked better with the same thread used for the lines.And does look better when viewed from a few feet away.

Next big project will be HMS Hood 1\200 scale.

I have been building the Queen Mary 2 from revell alongside the Titanic and am up to the hull painted. 

[ccoyle]

Well done, Paul!

[Paul Jarman]

Thanks Chris.

 

[Paul Jarman]

And finally displayed in my living room.

[Knocklouder]

Nice work,    congratulations. 

Bob M.

[Paul Jarman]

Thanks Bob.

[gjdale]

Congratulations on finishing a fine build Paul.

[Paul Jarman]

Thanks Grant. 

[Canute]

Well done, Paul.

[ERS Rich]

Nice job!  Looking forward to the Hood……

 

Cheers