TITANIC/BRITANNIC.

[stevej60]

Hi folks,would it be possible to model Brittanic in her ww1 role from the available Titanic or new revell Olympic kits, any major

pitfalls? Her paint scheme looks possible to reproduce without decals.

[Killingholme]

Firstly, and sorry to be a party-pooper, but RMS Britannic was very different to Titanic, so any kit you start with will leave you with an uphill task. For example, she had a completely different style of promenade deck on A and B deck. Other big changes included a planked-over well deck aft, and massive lifeboat davits designed to hold enough boats to actually save everyone on board (which were thankfully never needed when she was mined because so few souls were onboard at the time). There were loads of more subtle external differences which I can bore you with if you want!

All together, not an easy model conversion from any Titanic kit: There was a conversion set (for the minicraft 1/350 Titanic kit) produced by Ocean Liner Models. but I don't think this is available anymore. I have always entertained the idea of attempting this conversion in 1.700, but I have never got up enough pluck!

Now the Good news: Revell has just released RMS Olympic in 1/700.Olympic acted as a troop transport in WWI and did receive a spectacular dazzle camouflage job. If you painted her in this scheme, I doubt anyone would ever comment on the multitude of subtle inaccuracies in the Revell kit. I haven't inspected the Revell Olympic kit closely, but I can see immediately that they have changed the hull mouldings to depict the open A-deck promenade, which on Olympic was never covered with the glass windows of Titanic and Britannic. However, a cursory glance of the moulds makes me worried that they haven't changed anything else from the Titanic kit. It looks like Olympic at first glance- but seems to depict her neither in 1911, nor after her 1913 refit.

If you wanted to make the kit completely accurate for a WWI-era HMT (Her Majesties Transport) Olympic, you will need to add another row of lifeboats, some 6'' guns, not to mention correcting all the other inaccuracies of the base Revell kit in order to depict Olympic in her 1913 fit. See here http://magnificenttitanic.tumblr.com/post/25958761214/olympic-titanics-sister-ship-as-a-troop

Overall, you would probably head for a divorce if you decided to take all the detail differences between Olympic and Titanic seriously, and I truly sympathise with those enthusiasts who are so far gone they feel compelled to publish 1000-word articles about the colour of the floor tiles used in the D-deck corridors... ...but if you want to spend a year or so not speaking to your friends, http://titanic-model.com/ will give you all the information you need to make an excellent model. Good luck! A Britannic model would be quite something to behold! regards, Will

Edited May 18, 2013 by Killingholme

[stevej60]

Firstly, and sorry to be a party-pooper, but RMS Britannic was very different to Titanic, so any kit you start with will leave you with an uphill task. For example, she had a completely different style of promenade deck on A and B deck. Other big changes included a planked-over well deck aft, and massive lifeboat davits designed to hold enough boats to actually save everyone on board (which were thankfully never needed when she was mined because so few souls were onboard at the time). There were loads of more subtle external differences which I can bore you with if you want!

All together, not an easy model conversion from any Titanic kit: There was a conversion set (for the minicraft 1/350 Titanic kit) produced by Ocean Liner Models. but I don't think this is available anymore. I have always entertained the idea of attempting this conversion in 1.700, but I have never got up enough pluck!

Now the Good news: Revell has just released RMS Olympic in 1/700.Olympic acted as a troop transport in WWI and did receive a spectacular dazzle camouflage job. If you painted her in this scheme, I doubt anyone would ever comment on the multitude of subtle inaccuracies in the Revell kit. I haven't inspected the Revell Olympic kit closely, but I can see immediately that they have changed the hull mouldings to depict the open A-deck promenade, which on Olympic was never covered with the glass windows of Titanic and Britannic. However, a cursory glance of the moulds makes me worried that they haven't changed anything else from the Titanic kit. It looks like Olympic at first glance- but seems to depict her neither in 1911, nor after her 1913 refit.

If you wanted to make the kit completely accurate for a WWI-era HMT (Her Majesties Transport) Olympic, you will need to add another row of lifeboats, some 6'' guns, not to mention correcting all the other inaccuracies of the base Revell kit in order to depict Olympic in her 1913 fit. See here http://magnificenttitanic.tumblr.com/post/25958761214/olympic-titanics-sister-ship-as-a-troop

Overall, you would probably head for a divorce if you decided to take all the detail differences between Olympic and Titanic seriously, and I truly sympathise with those enthusiasts who are so far gone they feel compelled to publish 1000-word articles about the colour of the floor tiles used in the D-deck corridors... ...but if you want to spend a year or so not speaking to your friends, http://titanic-model.com/ will give you all the information you need to make an excellent model. Good luck! A Britannic model would be quite something to behold! regards, Will

Thanks for the advise Will,you are right the new olympic kit is her 1911 finish.I have given up the titanic conversion and will build the kit as titanic,pity as Brittanic looks

splendid in her hospital ship scheme.

[Killingholme]

No probs, I wish I had the time to build the three sisters alongside each other. Would be a cool project.

regds

Will