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 Rank: Pro Groups: Joined: 24/08/2009 Posts: 48,827 Points: -13,348
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Good evening everyone, I've been watching the various Billings Titanic builds with great interest and as I've started construction of my own ship I thought I'd share my progress. I hope you find it interesting / useful!
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Joined: 30/01/2013 Posts: 4,604 Points: 13,607 Location: Monmouthshire UK
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Hi Andrew, Nice to see you have started your own diary, look forward to following this build  If you want your pics to show in the posts instead of as links then you need to resize each pic before you upload them - the size to have is 640x480 Cheers Steve
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Looking really good Andrew, will be following this build with a great deal of interest especially as I'm building the Mantua version....  .. Have had to mine to one side for a while due to other works going on but hope to resume the build soon..... .. Will be interesting to see how yours develops over time..... Regards Alan
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Hi Andrew,
Looks perfect so far. I can only see ONE of your pictures. As said, try to save your pictures in 640 by 480 pixels. That will
show the pictures on this page itself without the need for downloads.
I see you are in the region where you will need the narrow hull planks. They help a lot to make the rather sharp turn towards the bottom. You may need to sand the edges (chamfer) a bit (otherwise you need a lot of filler) but you probably have enough building experience to
know this yourself ;-)
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Rank: Pro Groups: Joined: 24/08/2009 Posts: 48,827 Points: -13,348
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Evening all, I've tried resizing the pictures, fingers crossed! Andrew atucker1985 attached the following image(s):
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Rank: Pro Groups: Joined: 24/08/2009 Posts: 48,827 Points: -13,348
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Now I know it works heres a few more! atucker1985 attached the following image(s):
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Rank: Pro Groups: Joined: 24/08/2009 Posts: 48,827 Points: -13,348
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I started by making a jig using a piece of cabinet makers wood (the only wood I could find that was perfectly flat) and twice spirit levels to ensure the hull would be as straight as possible.
I followed the instructions up until frame 27 (the frame the motors are mounted too) and from there I modified the stern piece of keel in order to fit the centre motor and prop shaft. I have left frame 27 unglued so I can remove it at will to replace the outboard motors if needs be, I can also remove the centre motor if needed. I decided to use two 370 motors and a 280 motor. The centre shaft was greased an sealed so it wouldn't need to be greased again.
From the pictures as you can see I am at the stage where I need to finish planking the propeller wings then the hull is ready to be sanded. I'll use filler to seal any gaps then sand again to ensure the correct shape.
My intention then is to plan out and cut each individual hull plate from 0.38 styrene and attach to the hull in the correct pattern. It'll be a time consuming process but hopefully it'll pay off. After this ill be attaching the 1/144 photo etch hull plating / rivets I have on order, this will include all rivets, coaling doors, hatches etc.
The next stage then will be to drill out each porthole. Once I have primed and painted the hull i'll seal each port hole with 0.38 clear styrene to ensure the hull is water tight. I have intentionally not attached the well decks as per the instructions (although I have checked that they fit) so I have access to seal the port holes.
I'll continue to build the sip as per instructions apart from adding 1/144 photo etch by toms model works where needed. I'm planing to install a steam generator and run pipes to funnels 1, 2 and 3.
Its taken me a few weeks so far to get to this stage and i'm really enjoying it! I plan to launch her at roughly the same stage in construction that Titanic was at when she was launched, obviously i'll make suer she's water tight prior to this! Because there is so much room inside the hull towards the end of construction I may seal off a few compartments just to be on the safe side.
I appreciate any comments or ideas?
Regards,
Andrew
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