You are obviously skilled. You have obviously done your research. I'd say your opinion counts. Besides, your client like it that way. I think this has been an amazing project and is pushing me to my first ship kit in about 50 years, one with a few pe parts.
Great work Ben! I stopped at the point where I was going to add the railing to the docking bridge. I had the same issue you obviously noticed as well. Maybe I need to “press on” with my Titanic again soon. Have a great one!
I love your work and attention to detail. I am getting ready to build the Veryfire USS Montana and the ABSD-1 floating drydock in :350. I hope my build turns out like this
I do get what you are saying. Yet it is sort of a fallacy. With all due respect, building a model is very different from designing the real thing. It's a huge, long process. Sadly, the scope is huge, and coordination can be difficult with consultants and all the constant changes. I work for an architect, and you do put detail into what you build. There were hundreds of people involved making the drawings- all of which pivoted on a deadline. There are drawings for everything. Architectural, site, structural and mechanical. Sometimes problems in some designs do come up but are resolved. A drawing set for an addition contains at least 100 sheets- maybe more. I'm sure that the drawings of the original were like that. Plans, elevations, sections and details. There were also drawings that coordinated finishes in the suites. Given that some drawings were 30 feet long and hand drawn, I'm sure it was a challenge to coordinate. Imagine how much those drawing rolls weighed. You do have two schools at work here. You have the engineering built to tight tolerances in thousandths of an inch and the interior finish elements that are allowing as much as 1/4" in some cases for tolerance. Not to slam them too hard, but they were doing a tough job and making the largest ships at the time.
I wanted to comment here in current time about something in episode 16. There was much talk about what a shame it is you won't be able to fully appreciate the interior etched pieces and how cool the rooms will look.... The very first thing that popped in mind was to build an long acrylic display case for the wood base to set on, which can display miniature room dioramas. It would be an awesome addition, and would be a great way to get the full appreciation how great the details are :) In addition, since there will be a long space to fill, other items such as props, like documents, a dinner plate, boarding tickets etc etc could be displayed there as well :)
Amazing work Ben. No one should pick apart your opinion, even if you or your client think they should be say purple, then it is what it is. It's when people say it's definitely this colour then they leave themselves open to the incoming barrage.
Looking fantastic as always! Don't forget that back in 1912 black and white film was orthochromatic. That means it was not sensitive to red and orange. Red would appear as black.
At the 10:03 point, it looks like the bridge is just a foot or so (in scale) above the benches. Is it a trick of the camera's perspective or were passengers supposed to keep their heads bent when walking below the bridge? EDIT: Never mind, I just checked the movie and it was a pretty low clearance (9 feet maybe)
Looks fab. Still along way to go for me. The only difference from mine to this one is I'm lighting mine up and fitting woodies rooms. It looks great lit up with the rooms but it's very time consuming and extremely hard work. Especially trying to hide wires inside the plastic decks.
@TheMidwestModelShop can't wait to see it. The biggest pain with the interior Walls is trying to fix the light bleed. I'm nearly at the point of fixing down B deck down but my only concern is what glue to use. I don't want to fix it down with ca as I don't want my windows fogging up and epoxy is so messy to work with but is looking like the only real choice atm unless you could recromend somthing 😀
"What does that sign say?" "I don't know. We're too far away to read it." "Let's move closer. What does it say now?" "It says, "Don't get too close or the propellers will chop you up."" Chopping and crunching sounds.
Do you guys ever look through the demos of Titanic Honor and Glory for information and details? I think it would be a very rich source of reference material.
@@TheMidwestModelShop That's definitely what made me think of it :) Plenty of exterior reference available for sure. Totally off topic, but Van Galder drives me pretty near you on the way to O'Hare :D I didn't know you guys were so close! (Madison here)
Great build, I love the details. What is the pencil are you using to pick up small parts? You used it to place the small red sign to the railing. I am new to model building and have issues using tweezers to place really small parts and the pencil you use looks like a perfect fit. I looked up wax pencil because that is what it looks like but that search pulled up a bunch of art pencils used for coloring.
Ben, when you installed your flag decals on the masts, did you stick them on aluminum foil? I can't find a lot of info about this and don't want to mess it up.
I'll experiment with the non wavy flags. It's just such an awkward position at the top of the masts and I'm hoping the foil will allow me to do the precision work in a comfortable position. Thanks! And as always, I get a lot out of your videos.
Ben, the foil works great! Before I applied the decal to the foil, I taped the over sized foil to my mat and applied a thin layer of glue stick. I slid on the decal and let it dry overnight, trimmed it with nice scissors then wrapped it around a tooth pick and glued it shut with CA. The best part is that the foil allows you to make ripples in the side to side direction simulating air flow. I slid it off the tooth pick and glued to the mast.
Excellent work 👌
Immaculate work!
Nice, looks great.
Truly enjoy your videos!
Great work Ben!
Thanks Neil!
Looking great. Can't believe you have the patience to build more than one Titanic!
Me either!
Been loving following along with your build. I’m also impressed how you and your wife can share such a rewarding hobby.
You are obviously skilled. You have obviously done your research. I'd say your opinion counts. Besides, your client like it that way. I think this has been an amazing project and is pushing me to my first ship kit in about 50 years, one with a few pe parts.
Go for it
Great job! And those screw signs - client knows best. 🙂
That's a great Titanic.What a great video! So cool!!!~ I have an RC Titanic!~~~^_^😅😅😅
Looking great 👍
Great work Ben! I stopped at the point where I was going to add the railing to the docking bridge. I had the same issue you obviously noticed as well. Maybe I need to “press on” with my Titanic again soon. Have a great one!
Looks amazing 😊
Love your Titanic build videos! I feel like we are one or two episodes away from end of this journey
That handwheel for the capstan is called a wildcat and I believe you are correct it is used as a brake.
Nice work
I love your work and attention to detail. I am getting ready to build the Veryfire USS Montana and the ABSD-1 floating drydock in :350. I hope my build turns out like this
Great title!
Not sure that the people who built the original were as attentive to detail as you! Excellent work.
I do get what you are saying. Yet it is sort of a fallacy. With all due respect, building a model is very different from designing the real thing. It's a huge, long process. Sadly, the scope is huge, and coordination can be difficult with consultants and all the constant changes. I work for an architect, and you do put detail into what you build. There were hundreds of people involved making the drawings- all of which pivoted on a deadline.
There are drawings for everything. Architectural, site, structural and mechanical. Sometimes problems in some designs do come up but are resolved. A drawing set for an addition contains at least 100 sheets- maybe more. I'm sure that the drawings of the original were like that. Plans, elevations, sections and details. There were also drawings that coordinated finishes in the suites. Given that some drawings were 30 feet long and hand drawn, I'm sure it was a challenge to coordinate. Imagine how much those drawing rolls weighed.
You do have two schools at work here. You have the engineering built to tight tolerances in thousandths of an inch and the interior finish elements that are allowing as much as 1/4" in some cases for tolerance. Not to slam them too hard, but they were doing a tough job and making the largest ships at the time.
I’ve been working in LA/Long Beach harbor for many years and most warning signs on older vessels were red. Your opinions sounded normal to me!
Get well soon.
YES! RED warning signs! WHOOO HOO! :-)
Wow
I wanted to comment here in current time about something in episode 16. There was much talk about what a shame it is you won't be able to fully appreciate the interior etched pieces and how cool the rooms will look.... The very first thing that popped in mind was to build an long acrylic display case for the wood base to set on, which can display miniature room dioramas. It would be an awesome addition, and would be a great way to get the full appreciation how great the details are :)
In addition, since there will be a long space to fill, other items such as props, like documents, a dinner plate, boarding tickets etc etc could be displayed there as well :)
That’s a great idea! Even better than a cut away!
Amazing work Ben. No one should pick apart your opinion, even if you or your client think they should be say purple, then it is what it is. It's when people say it's definitely this colour then they leave themselves open to the incoming barrage.
Looking fantastic as always! Don't forget that back in 1912 black and white film was orthochromatic. That means it was not sensitive to red and orange. Red would appear as black.
At the 10:03 point, it looks like the bridge is just a foot or so (in scale) above the benches. Is it a trick of the camera's perspective or were passengers supposed to keep their heads bent when walking below the bridge? EDIT: Never mind, I just checked the movie and it was a pretty low clearance (9 feet maybe)
Looks fab. Still along way to go for me. The only difference from mine to this one is I'm lighting mine up and fitting woodies rooms. It looks great lit up with the rooms but it's very time consuming and extremely hard work. Especially trying to hide wires inside the plastic decks.
That’s what I’m doing with my build too. I have some ideas about hiding the wires. We’ll begin tackling that project after this one is out the door.
@TheMidwestModelShop can't wait to see it. The biggest pain with the interior Walls is trying to fix the light bleed. I'm nearly at the point of fixing down B deck down but my only concern is what glue to use. I don't want to fix it down with ca as I don't want my windows fogging up and epoxy is so messy to work with but is looking like the only real choice atm unless you could recromend somthing 😀
Maybe try E6000 somewhere. I don’t think it will fog.
This is one spectacular build and a pleasure to follow. Question....what color is the thin stripe along the sides of the ship?
I want to see how you are going to pack this thing up and ship.
Would be very interesting
Really interesting and terrifying at the same time. I hop he is going to take out insurance on it.
First time I was this early, the keel was being laid down in Belfast.
Professional
"What does that sign say?"
"I don't know. We're too far away to read it."
"Let's move closer. What does it say now?"
"It says, "Don't get too close or the propellers will chop you up.""
Chopping and crunching sounds.
Correct
Do you guys ever look through the demos of Titanic Honor and Glory for information and details? I think it would be a very rich source of reference material.
I have for some areas. It will be more important when I do the interior of our Titanic.
@@TheMidwestModelShop That's definitely what made me think of it :) Plenty of exterior reference available for sure. Totally off topic, but Van Galder drives me pretty near you on the way to O'Hare :D I didn't know you guys were so close! (Madison here)
What glue do you use to glue PE parts and plastic parts to the wood deck.
CA glue.
Great build, I love the details. What is the pencil are you using to pick up small parts? You used it to place the small red sign to the railing. I am new to model building and have issues using tweezers to place really small parts and the pencil you use looks like a perfect fit. I looked up wax pencil because that is what it looks like but that search pulled up a bunch of art pencils used for coloring.
To clarify you are using the tool at the 24:25 point in this video.
It’s a wax pencil. You can get them on Amazon for doing lady’s finger nails.
@@TheMidwestModelShop Thank you! I was able to find and order them. I appreciate the response.
Hi guys what is the name of this kit ,I am in Australia and interested in purchasing. Cheers.
Using the camera cell phone can pick up a lot of spots missed.
They are coming out with Olympic and Britannic models this year. Was wondering if u knew or not
I had heard that. Good news for those looking to expand their collection.
I would love to expand my collection... However idk if I have the room
Ben, when you installed your flag decals on the masts, did you stick them on aluminum foil? I can't find a lot of info about this and don't want to mess it up.
You know I didn’t. That probably would have been a good idea. I just wrapped them around the post and stuck it to itself.
If you have extra flags, I would experiment first with the foil. I know sticking it to itself work, but I don’t know about the foil.
I'll experiment with the non wavy flags. It's just such an awkward position at the top of the masts and I'm hoping the foil will allow me to do the precision work in a comfortable position. Thanks! And as always, I get a lot out of your videos.
Lemme know how it works out. That may be the way to go from here on out.
Ben, the foil works great! Before I applied the decal to the foil, I taped the over sized foil to my mat and applied a thin layer of glue stick. I slid on the decal and let it dry overnight, trimmed it with nice scissors then wrapped it around a tooth pick and glued it shut with CA. The best part is that the foil allows you to make ripples in the side to side direction simulating air flow. I slid it off the tooth pick and glued to the mast.
Don't apologize for educated opinions. You studied the representation of colors in black n white and you didcwhatbypur client wanted.
5 Feet 3 inches ? 1:200 scale is around 4 Feet 5 inches .......1347mm
The model isn’t exactly 1:200 scale. It’s bigger.