HMHS Britannic by Kevin - Trumpeter - 1/200 - PLASTIC - from Titanic kit - Started September 2022

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

thank you for comments and likes

 

its been a strange couple of weeks, with real life getting in the way, only doing a bit here and there, but it all kind of fell into place today, here she is as off tonight

 

after welldeck made stronger

upper structures glued to the hull and wiring extended to light then

 

quite a lot of work is required aft, extra cabins scratched for use by the medical staff

after plank sheet on, primer used to stop light bleeding

waterways, metal work and railings

after raised deck with also raises the after steering position

 

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

 

Thank you for comments and likes

 

its nice to get back into the swing of things, and so I have another update

 

pretty well everything on the after deck is scratched, but i did take the two lifeboats of the kit as i need to purchase or obtain more

the supports for the after steering positions is 2mm evergreen rod, other plastic mouldings are available, the white box on the stern is the morgue still very much wip

 

 

Edited October 23, 2022 by Kevin

[Old Collingwood]

Looving your updates  Kevin  - really nice  work,    so much  fine detail  my friend.

 

OC.

[Kevin]

3 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

Looving your updates  Kevin  - really nice  work,    so much  fine detail  my friend.

 

OC.

Thank you OC

[Kevin]

Good morning everyone

 

Thank you for comments and likes

 

after decks continued

light bleed is still an issue on the after deck, i have managed to correct it in other places

light bleed, is more of a major hemorrhage 

 

[popeye the sailor]

she's coming along splendidly Kevin..........some very nice work!   

[Kevin]

23 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

she's coming along splendidly Kevin..........some very nice work!   

Thank you

are you ready for another update?

[Kevin]

good evening, everyone

thank you for comments and likes

 

After lifeboat rack

 

well i am having to use the grey matter now, and possibly failing miserably

without any plans, only a walkthrough i am having to interpret what i see, (not necessarily what there is to see, i have taken as few shots of the programme, and the 7 boats on each rack seem to be on at least 4 levels, mine are on three (please dont tell anyone)

the racks are still slightly oversized, but too fragile to make them in scale, this has taken me two days and about 7 different versions, but for now they will do, if however the next set is better then i will come back to this for the redo

 

shots from the walkthrough

first failed version

version 8 i think

 

 

[realworkingsailor]

Hi Kev! Looks great. I had to look online, but yeah, that looks basically like how they were stowed. Have you thought of sourcing some Evergreen “I” beam or “C” channel? 
 

If you can find a small enough size, it might give you that fine profile of the racks. Going by this photo here:  

 

Otherwise, looks great!

 

Andy

[Kevin]

11 minutes ago, realworkingsailor said:

Hi Kev! Looks great. I had to look online, but yeah, that looks basically like how they were stowed. Have you thought of sourcing some Evergreen “I” beam or “C” channel? 
 

If you can find a small enough size, it might give you that fine profile of the racks. Going by this photo here:  

 

Otherwise, looks great!

 

Andy

i may have to Andy as it dont look right

[Veszett Roka]

Hi Kev,

 

the structure is right, but evergreen is too sturdy, too thick. I'd go for copper wire instead, or lighter material like stretched sprue. The boat rack is way over scale now i think. Otherwise it really catch the original.

[Roger Pellett]

Kevin,

 

You’ve probably seen it but somewhere on the web, I believe with Titanic info, there is an interesting animation of Britannic sinking.  It includes launching of her lifeboats.

 

If you have a modelmaker’s table saw and fine toothed blade, you can purchase small brass tubing and rip it into angles to be soldered into more scale like racks.

 

Roger

Edited October 29, 2022 by Roger Pellett

[Kevin]

Good evening everyone

thank you so much for comments and likes

 

as @realworkingsailor suggested i went and ordered some more suitable I frame (3 different sizes) and today made another attempt at the after Boat rack (Evergreen 272 and 1mm brass wire, i am real pleasd with the result

whilst waiting for the strips i also did other bits like detailing the after stack

 

[chris watton]

Looking really good, Kevin!

[yvesvidal]

Big difference! It was worth redoing them with the U shaped strips and the brass wire.

 

Yves

[Roger Pellett]

The new racks look much better

[Beef Wellington]

Very nice Kevin, those frames look SOOOO much better!

[Old Collingwood]

Awsome work  Kevin.

 

OC.

[Ian_Grant]

Impressive work with the i-beams and brass!  But tell me (maybe I missed this earlier in your log?) why did they pile the lifeboats up like this? And how would they sway them out if needed? Thanks.

[Kevin]

2 hours ago, Ian_Grant said:

Impressive work with the i-beams and brass!  But tell me (maybe I missed this earlier in your log?) why did they pile the lifeboats up like this? And how would they sway them out if needed? Thanks.

On my tablet at present, britannic was a much modded Titanic and to allow for the right amount of lifeboats 8 sets of massive davits were to be fitted, the war got in the way, and she became a hospital ship, 5 sets were still only fitted at the time she was sunk by a mine, will post a photo later

As a post war liner it was intended for more of the racks to be fitted, and none down the sides

Edited November 2, 2022 by Kevin

[Canute]

Nice work on the boat racks. And your aft stack is looking good also, 👍

[Kevin]

good evening, everyone

 

Thank you for comments and likes

 

been a busy couple of weeks, and i have not been doing as much on the forums as normal, like many others, we have been making life easier for ourselves and finding ways to keep ourselves warm but at the same time not restrict what we do

we made the decision that during the day if possible, we would both work from my mancave, keeping that warm and comfortable would mean not having to keep the temperature up in other rooms, that has worked very well so far, however the mild weather here in the SW has helped a lot

 

2nd set of boat racks has been made up today, i ran out of 1mm straight brass rod and substituted it for .8 wire, which is ok but seams a lot flimsier, getting it straight was harder than thought, but once painted and in its place, it should be ok

Edited November 3, 2022 by Kevin

[yvesvidal]

With so many life boats, they seem to have learned their lessons, after the Titanic fiasco.

 

Yves

[Veszett Roka]

11 hours ago, yvesvidal said:

With so many life boats, they seem to have learned their lessons, after the Titanic fiasco.

 

Britannic had plus boats stored on those racks, because it converted to a hospital ship. After the Titanic tragedy the outdated BRT/boat rules was changed to 'boat for everyone' rule, but Britannic had extra boats too, more than needed. Check out the Olympic refit: she sailed without those extra boats from 1913 until she scrapped. (1922 pic below)

Too bad that Britannic's boat racks would be useless in case of emergency (no time to move the boats from lower positions) and fortunately the ship was empty when sank.

Edited November 4, 2022 by Veszett Roka
typo correction

[Veszett Roka]

Kev,

 

i'm afraid the aft staircase skylight is 90degrees rotated. The dome should be parallel to the center axis.

 

[Kevin]

this is how she would have looked as  RMS Britannic with 4 sets of the double gantrys and no boats on the upper decks

this is a screenshot from the Britannic Patroness of the Mediterranean programme 

Edited November 4, 2022 by Kevin

[Kevin]

12 minutes ago, Veszett Roka said:

Kev,

 

i'm afraid the aft staircase skylight is 90degrees rotated. The dome should be parallel to the center axis.

 

well spotted, lol thankfully it's not fixed yet

[Roger Pellett]

Kevin,

 

First of all, your model is beautiful and your doing a great job turning Titanic into  Britannic.

 

I have one quibble!  Like Titanic, I assume that Britannic’s fourth stack was a dummy.  If so, would the dummy stack still have the relief valve piping running up its forward side?

 

Roger

[Kevin]

5 hours ago, Roger Pellett said:

Kevin,

 

First of all, your model is beautiful and your doing a great job turning Titanic into  Britannic.

 

I have one quibble!  Like Titanic, I assume that Britannic’s fourth stack was a dummy.  If so, would the dummy stack still have the relief valve piping running up its forward side?

 

Roger

good question, i will check, however Trumpetr and KAMK1 add detail to that stack

[GrandpaPhil]

Kevin,

  Britannic is looking good!