ChrisSC Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 I completed this a few months ago. It was my first model built since I was a child, some 50 years ago! Lots of mistakes but I learned a great deal of the basics of putting one of these together. I regret leaving out the yellow sheer line but I had no idea how to approach masking that at the time. Thanks for looking! Chris. 38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Wow! Stunning effort after such a long lay off, you have missed your vocation because that is very impressive, good job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSC Posted October 21, 2020 Author Share Posted October 21, 2020 Thank you Farmerboy. I figured I would try a Titanic first being that it would be the easiest to replace if I messed it up too badly lol. There are Titanic's everywhere! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Beautiful modelling,you should be proud of this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSC Posted October 31, 2020 Author Share Posted October 31, 2020 Thank you. I learned quite a bit building it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Outstanding work yet again,beautiful finish all round. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussellE Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Amazing work Chris! So good it's hard to believe you've had 50 years away from the hobby! 😀 Can I ask what brand of wood deck you chose to use? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Excellent work indeed! FWIW, you could try strips from colored decal paper. Try Microscale Industries. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Just caught up with this, great work. Lots of useful stuff to help me with my future build. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Great builds, all of them. What magnificent machines these were. Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Superb model Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Very impressive & beautifully done, especially for a reintroduction to modelling build. Nothing like breaking yourself in gently. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSC Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share Posted November 8, 2020 Thank you all for your kind words. They certainly were beautiful machines, the wonders of their age. RussleE I used the product Scaledecks for the wood decks. I prepared myself pretty well before taking on the Titanic, I purchased lots of supplies. I'm also glad I found this forum, what a wonderful group you have here. Chris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Wow, that is seriously impressive, specially after such a long lay off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stelangton Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Excellent!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Chris, Are you sure you've been away from modeling that many years? You haven't lost a step- that is an incredible model you have built, and I'm not a ship modeler by any means. Looks like you are a car guy, so you might try getting some yellow vinyl auto pin striping tape to do that shear line-I think it would work! Than ks for posting the extensive and informative photos of the WIP. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSC Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 8 hours ago, 72modeler said: Chris, Are you sure you've been away from modeling that many years? You haven't lost a step- that is an incredible model you have built, and I'm not a ship modeler by any means. Looks like you are a car guy, so you might try getting some yellow vinyl auto pin striping tape to do that shear line-I think it would work! Than ks for posting the extensive and informative photos of the WIP. Mike Thanks Mike. I think I'm gonna just build another one with the gold stripe, decals, and proper rigging. That was my first one so there was a lot of things I didn't know how to approach. Putting the gold stripe on at this point is just going to cause damage IMO and probably not look nice. I needed to put that on a bare hull. Yup, I am big on cars!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 13 minutes ago, ChrisSC said: Yup, I am big on cars!! Chris, At least you're a GM car guy! I have a 1970 Buick Skylark, a 1987 Monte Carlo SS, and an 2002 Monte Carlo SS- you can guess which one of the three I take out and terrorize the neighborhood! (There's no replacement for displacement, as they say!) Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSC Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 2 hours ago, 72modeler said: Chris, At least you're a GM car guy! I have a 1970 Buick Skylark, a 1987 Monte Carlo SS, and an 2002 Monte Carlo SS- you can guess which one of the three I take out and terrorize the neighborhood! (There's no replacement for displacement, as they say!) Mike I was a GM guy since I could drive. I have a 67 Impala SS 427, 4 speed, 3:73's. In my later years I have become a Mopar fan since they came out with the Challenger. I also have a 392 6 speed SRT8 Challenger and I love it. I agree on the displacement which is why I like my 392. That's a lot of cubes for a modern pushrod V8, Naturally aspirated...no need for any smoke and mirror turbos lol. I have a 2020 Tahoe and one of the things GM turns me off about is if you want the big engine you have to buy their top trim level which will put you in the poor house. They play games with rear end gears too, need a package to get gears. I had a few Hemi Rams and if you wanted a 3;90 rear no problem, just check off the box and for a few hundred you get just the gears. By the way, 70 Skylark is a nice ride. My buddy has a 67 GS 400 convertible which is mint. Buick used to make some really nice stuff back in the old days. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 My college girlfriend had a '67 Impala SS with a 327/Powerglide and it was no turtle- I can just imagine a 427/4-speed! Thanks for posting the photos! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Very nice build, but I think you have it in the wrong section, should be in the work in progress not the RFI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisSC Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 4 hours ago, colin said: Very nice build, but I think you have it in the wrong section, should be in the work in progress not the RFI Thanks. This one is finished as in I'm not going to do anything else to it. I had mentioned before that I plan on doing another some day to correct some of the things I didn't do here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stelangton Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 this brought back alot of memories!! excellent build the wooden deck really sets it off! i had the previous version, love the model and love the ship!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bissyboat Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Amazing job on the Titanic. Excellent workmanship. ⚓🙌 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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