hi just a small update



i have discovered cutting out the windows is best done from the back of the piece, i did damage the side of one of the windows when i cut it out as they are so small(luckily it don't show now i have stuck the pe on but just to be on the safe side i will cut all the rest from the back).

well the led's have arrived, i had to laugh at the size of the box compared to the contents.

So i have lined the insides with foil (with the hopes that it will reflect the light from the led's back and forth then out the portholes thus increasing the brightness and spreading the light more evenly)

here are some pics of the led's lit up


i got the wiring diagram from the Led wizard on line its a free site (sorry dont know how to setup a link to the site) but if you type in led wizard in google it will come up, i have used it for loads of projects and it always comes up with the goods.

Great lighting set up. Can't help thinking how good that would look partially under water (resin of course lol) like in the first hour or so of the sinking ....

cheers
Brent

That's something to think about

another small update.

Ahoy Ken,
That is a nice approach you are taking in this TITANIC build.

I like that you are lighting her up....will make for a beautiful
display.

PS You could move this thread over to ModelShipWrights so that more of us ship guys can enjoy this wonderful build.

Just a suggestion,

Cheers,
Joe

Very nice. Im a huge fan of the titanic. I tryed to build one but stuf up big. Now you need jack and rose on the bow. is there a harf sunk titanic model or a wreck of one. I love to know if there eany of them built.

Thanks for the comment and How do I do that

There are vids on youtube of rc titanic sinking

Another small update

Yet another update

I have realised i will have to cut some of the inner decking out to let the light shine up from the led's as there is no room between the decks to put led lights.




as you can see from the picture of the decks resting on the hull there is no room for led's between the decks so I will have to rely on the light from the led's inside the ship (although once i have cut the inside decks out i may be able to add a couple of extra led's between decks) i wont know that till i cut the decks out.

Nicely done. I like the P/E windows. Your Titanic is progressing well.

Jim

hi all here's tonight's update.
i have cut out the holes in the decks to allow the light to shine up and illuminate the upper decks


and as you can see i think it is going to work quite well.

i have made a jig for bending the pe seats as they are so small i made it from the seats i cut out to make room for the pe.
this is how small the seats are

and here is my jig

and with the pe laid on the jig, there is a slight gap between the jig and the piece of plasticard in front so i can drop the pe between the jig and the plasticard then when i bend the pe the front edge gets held in place and gets the little bend where the backs of your knees would be on the full size seat (if you see what i mean its difficult to explain and i dont know how to ring the photo to show what i mean not good with computers)

this is with the seat bent over jig

and here is the seat positioned on ship

Ken,

Just found your build and wanted to say hello and so far you are doing a beautiful job on her.

This is really resonating with me too, because we just went and saw the Titanic artifact exhibit this week too.

Will be following and looking forward to more. Again, nice job!

Regards,

John

Thanks for that its a long job though I can only do the seats in daylight as they are so small (my eyes arnt what they were)

Nice looking benches.

Jim

hello ken! allow me to say wow! at your build, i'm sure i have a basic version of this kit in my stash i'd forgotten about until i spotted your thread! is the p/e and decking available separately?

yes you can get the pe from eduard and i am sure you can get the decking but cant remember the name of the company off the top of my head but i am sure a bit of googling will find it for you (you can also get the pe from toms model wares but i am not happy with what i got so will leave that to you to decide)

thanks ken! the cameron film was on last night, and i got me thinking about maybe seeing about picking up some etch and making a start on mine......

until the reality of the fact that i am committed to quite a few other builds, that will keep me busy for the next three months at least, brought me back to reality. i usually have one long term build going, that i stop and start when other group builds come along or i just fancy a change, and at the minute its the airfix 1/24 stuka that i've been tinkering with for over a year now.
a build of that kit with those details for me, would possibly take a year, maybe a year and a half!

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.

You didn't leave a glass full of ice near it before you went to work did you ?

Ha ha ha that is hilarious thanks cheered me right up

You mentioned you got some Tom's Modelworks PE sets. Would that be part numbers 4005, 4013, 4014 and 4015? Do you need to order more than one set or one of each enough? You also mentioned that you were short some windows. I might save up my pennies and pick up the sets for my kit.

Cheers