I’m just starting the 1/350 minicraft titanic and its huge. Couldn’t imagine a 1/200 scale!
Btw, what is this correct color for the funnels?
Also just read that only 3 funnels were functional. The 4th was for prestige.
Google search will give you a good idea of possible answers for your first question. I think the color was a White Star Line proprietary color. It’s buff, but seems to usually be represented in models as a darker brown version. Not like USCG Spar.
Again lots of yap online about the funnels, which haven’t been found. I don’t at all believe that the aft funnel was just cosmetic. While it doesn’t seem to have any boiler uptakes that I’ve read of, no doubt in my mind that it would have made use of the deck space taken with other exhausts/ ventilators. Thats common practice.
Great News!!! The completed 1/200 Trumpeter Titanic is on display at the Nuremburg Toy Fair. A photo is available on the Encyclopedia Titanica modeling web page.
1/200 Nimitz! i will be first in line to order one!
Just finished the first coat of flat white and antifouling red on the 1/350 version. What a marathon with a passche H. Imagine 1/200 scale…
Also the HMS Britannic was 2 feet wider than her sisters.
That was the “tough fix” I was referring to. Not sure how noticeable it would be in 1/200 scale.
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I just received a preorder email from Mega Hobby. It looks like it’s moving forward.
From the posted pictures the hull plating looks okay so hopefully not over scale but can’t tell till we actually see it. I wonder if they got the correct # of port holes? And the 4 Funnel sizes? and the…etc… You know Trumpeter.
All they have to do is ask some experts on the various forums, But they never seem to take that advice. It is as if they have already made the molds and won’t make any corrections anyway.
It’ll be a show-stopper in an In-Ground pool.
An old Thread: http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/7/t/17327.aspx
There is a comment in there about Funnel color.
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Patiently waiting for a plastic 1/350 Brooklyn class Cl, cheaper than $245.
Yes it would, Nino. Throw in some chunks of dry ice for bergs and you’ll have quite the scene, man.
Ive seen the preorder at Mega Hobby and it looks nice but the bow is slightly pointed forward towards the top when Titanic and her sisters were verticle. It could be the angle of the photography but I see it in two of the 4 or five pics listed with the preorder. I hope the PE on the display model is included at the listed $600.00 price. I’m excited and would spend the money, as I’ve been a Titanic nut for the last 39 yrs, but need/want to see and hear feedback from others before I jump in.
I totally agree with you…I served aboard USS MERRICK (AKA97) and USS WINDHAM COUNTY (LST1170), and ended up at Assault Craft Unit ONE. The gators are finally getting some recognition for their role in America’s wars. I’d really like to see a 1156-class LST, but fear that’ll never happen. Maybe more Brown Water Navy vessels, eh?
I just pre-ordered my Trumpeter Titanic. Now comes the anticipation of waiting for it and the aftermarket upgrades. Contrary to what many may believe, the Titanic’s Bow was not a 90 degree vertical from horizontal, but had a slant, from top to bottom of about 4 degrees toward aft. I don’t have the exact angle, but many archival photos, especially of her being built at H&W show this slant. So do the H&W plans. There are of course many modern drawings that show a perfect vertical bow, but any drawing not referencing the original blueprints are suspect to begin with. I had built the Academy/Minicraft 1/350 kit in the mid-90s, and really look forward to super-detailing this one. My interest in the Titanic began in the 1970s when I read Clive Cussler’s “Raise The Titanic”, and has blossomed into a collection of artifacts and over 250 books on the subject, to include many first editions of books by survivors such as Beesley and Gracie. There will, of course be problems (there always are) that the “rivet counters” will find, and I look forward to their input and research. This, at least for me, will be an exciting and fun build.
as much as this new 1/200 offering is exciting in its own right, with not too much change i think they could have pulled off a Lusitania at least! and to repeat , i would give a portion of a pinky toe for a nice 1/200 Queen Mary , or SS United States! heck , throw in a QE2 NS Savannah and Normandie i will put an addition on my house!
My father served on AKA-91 USS-Whitley,I would love to see a 1/350 or a1/200 of that one,even though he is long gone.
I agree with your sentiments, but the fact is that the Titanic story is still as enthralling today as it was one hundred years ago. Certainly the Lusitania carries an equally captivating story, as does the Andrea Doria, and others…But Titanic was the first…and in a scale this large, with this much cost, they are going with a “sure thing”. Additionally, there are volumes upon volumes of technical details and photos available to inform the above average modeler, that even among builders there will be noticeable differences. If this sells well, I would expect a future release of historic liners, just as we saw after the release of the USS ARIZONA in military ships. My guess is that there will be follow on kits of the Britannic, and “Old Reliable”, Olympic. The Lusitania and Mauritania are both worthy of the 1/200 scale, and should be done. Now the several Minicraft /350 and 1/400 scale plastic and the Amati 1/250 plank on frame kits will be pushed further back on the shelf…for “later”.
Secretly however, I would love to see a 1/200 scale (or larger) super detailed Hindenburg Airship. I won’t be holding my breath though.
Still waiting on the INJ Yamato or a Nimitz/Ford class carrier in 1/200. Been on my Christmas wish list for years! LOL
ive seen that 1/250 yamato floating around on ebay… looks like a monster. i just personally was never turned on by the yamato. however i think the recessed boat lauch ports are one of the coolest design features of that era