I have to admit that I am not that accomplished at building model ships as I am currently working on only my fifth build. Despite my somewhat limited abilities I have learned a lot and continue to do so. Like anything, you get what you pay for, so depending on the level of detail you wish financial decisions are required. My ship building began with the Titanic. The iconic liner has intrigued me along with the rest of the world and in 2008 my wife presented me with a Christmas present - Academy 1/600 scale Titanic. I spent about 6 months off and on, but it got me hooked so that in 2010 I bought the Minicraft 1/350 kit that contained some photo etch railings. In hind sight I could have built a model with more detail but it was a valuable learning experience which is recorded in a Power Point presentation that can be seen on William Blecke Youtube. If you have about 30 minutes, check it out.
What follows are a few pictures of the completed model, but the journey I took is detailed in the power point I mentioned above.
I added some 2D - 350 scale figures.
You will notice that the stairs from the Well deck are the out of scale plastic assemblies included in the kit. In 2010 I did not know about PE stairs or ladders, but in 2018 I returned to the model and did a bit of updating.
Did I mention that there is some lighting that I did? I won't explain the rather simple process, but you can see that if you wish if you visit the You tube power point.
That's all for now. Ships will continue later with my military adventures. If you like Dreadnoughts, please return to the Atom Furnace!
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