1/700 Titanic

[Lovefordgalaxie]

This was supposed to be a quick easy build, painting nothing. 

Ended painting almost all parts, and spent two days on it. 

[Jim B]

She looks great.  Well done.

[Nacho Z]

That is great!  Love the night shot!  Very nice looking Titanic.

[Nacho Z]

Did you add the lighting kit or was it supplied with the kit? Thanks.

[Lovefordgalaxie]

Thanks guys!!

4 minutes ago, Nacho Z said:

Did you add the lighting kit or was it supplied with the kit? Thanks.

The lighting comes with the kit. The Leds are quite strong in my opinion, if I were to build another I would paint the inside of the ship flat black to minimize light bleeding trough. 

This is the box:

 

[Nacho Z]

Just now, Lovefordgalaxie said:

Thanks guys!!

The lighting comes with the kit. The Leds are quite strong in my opinion, if I were to build another I would paint the inside of the ship flat black to minimize light bleeding trough. 

This is the box:

 

Thanks so much!  I have a co-worker who's little boy is fascinated with the Titanic.  I showed her your ship and she would like to get one for her son.

[cobraman]

Well done !  Two days ?

[vamach1]

15 minutes ago, cobraman said:

Well done !  Two days ?

Must have been 48 hours straight.  . It's impressive for sure.  I built a diorama of it sinking but that picture is somewhere on the hard drive from about ten years ago.

[Lovefordgalaxie]

26 minutes ago, cobraman said:

Well done !  Two days ?

Yep. Painted the parts in one afternoon, put it together in another. It's a very simple kit, almost a snap.

9 minutes ago, vamach1 said:

Must have been 48 hours straight.  . It's impressive for sure.  I built a diorama of it sinking but that picture is somewhere on the hard drive from about ten years ago.

LOL!!! 

This kit is very simple. It comes with pre colored parts trees, so, in theory it can be built with no paint. I just gave the parts a coat of the basic colors, and the most time consuming stuff was painting the white and black details in the tan deck pieces. Black on the hull is bare plastic, the red on the hull is also bare plastic. If one is not painting anything, it can be built in a hour or two. 

[vamach1]

46 minutes ago, Lovefordgalaxie said:

Yep. Painted the parts in one afternoon, put it together in another. It's a very simple kit, almost a snap.

LOL!!! 

This kit is very simple. It comes with pre colored parts trees, so, in theory it can be built with no paint. I just gave the parts a coat of the basic colors, and the most time consuming stuff was painting the white and black details in the tan deck pieces. Black on the hull is bare plastic, the red on the hull is also bare plastic. If one is not painting anything, it can be built in a hour or two. 

That is cool.  THe only I built was all white and I had to paint everything.  More models should be this easy.

[peteski]

Nice model!

You can likely reduce brightness of those LEDs by installing additional resistor or resistors into the circuits.  But I would have to see the entire circuit to offer any specific suggestions as to the resistor value.  I guess that that splicing a 1000 ohm (1k ohm) resistor into one of the wires coming out of the battery would reduce the brightness by quite a bit.  It will not cause any damage.

Edited September 17, 2018 by peteski

[Lovefordgalaxie]

20 minutes ago, peteski said:

Nice model!

You can likely reduce brightness of those LEDs by installing additional resistor or resistors into the circuits.  But I would have to see the entire circuit to offer any specific suggestions as to the resistor value.  I guess that that splicing a 1000 ohm (1k ohm) resistor into one of the wires coming out of the battery would reduce the brightness by quite a bit.  It will not cause any damage.

Thanks!!

Yes, I was thinking about a resistor in series with the circuit. All the LEDs are in parallel with each other, what puts 3 Volts on every single one of them (two AAA batteries), and other than a on/off switch between them and the batteries, there is nothing more to it. 

I said I was thinking, as I found a very compact dimmer, that I plan on testing.  Let's see what results I'll get from that.

[peteski]

21 minutes ago, Lovefordgalaxie said:

Thanks!!

Yes, I was thinking about a resistor in series with the circuit. All the LEDs are in parallel with each other, what puts 3 Volts on every single one of them (two AAA batteries), and other than a on/off switch between them and the batteries, there is nothing more to it. 

I said I was thinking, as I found a very compact dimmer, that I plan on testing.  Let's see what results I'll get from that.

If it is one of those electronic PWM dimmers then it is way overkill.  No need - simple resistor will do the trick.  If you want to have control of the brightness get a small trimmer potentiometer.  I would get a 5000 ohm (5 k ohm) 1/2W rated and then use it instead of a fixed resistor. That will give you a good range of brightness adjustment.

Something like this one:  https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/cts-electrocomponents/201XR502B/201XR502B-ND/98337

But do whatever works for you.

[unclescott58]

Built the exact same kit last summer. I did not use any paint on mine. Nor did I do any rigging. I also built Academy's 1/1000 scale version for comparison to Polar Lights 1/1000 starship Enterprise kit. Because I had so much fun building those two, I also purchased Academy's 1/400 scale Titanic. In last year I haven't gotten as far as I would like with that kit. The kit comes with rigging, and I'm more than a little intimidated by that. 

[David G.]

Nicely Done!

David G.

[ewetwo]

Wow. That's beautiful. I've always had this connection to the Titanic. It really affects me. Don't know why. My Great Aunt had a copy of the Saturday Globe which was a Utica NY newspaper dated April 27th, 1912. When she passed away I found it and it's framed and on the wall. In looking it over. I realize that the photos of people that are rectangle were deceased and ones in the oval shape were survivors. 

[Jim B]

Interesting piece of history, David.  Very cool.

[Jim N]

Great job Tulio.  I just bought this kit and then saw your post.  After seeing your work, I think I am going to move this near the top of upcoming builds.

On 9/24/2018 at 2:37 PM, ewetwo said:

Wow. That's beautiful. I've always had this connection to the Titanic. It really affects me. Don't know why. My Great Aunt had a copy of the Saturday Globe which was a Utica NY newspaper dated April 27th, 1912. When she passed away I found it and it's framed and on the wall. In looking it over. I realize that the photos of people that are rectangle were deceased and ones in the oval shape were survivors. 

 

Thanks for sharing the article David.  Time has a way of dulling one's sense of the scope of a tragedy, but this one is still huge by any measurement.

[Scalper]

nice build.  really starting to like model ships.

[NYLIBUD]

Great job.I like anything to do with the Titanic,and the whole sad story behind it.

[carmad1957]

What a nice job! This is the first one I've seen complete and gotta say WOW!?

Thanks for sharing 

[olsbooks]

Nice job!  A cheap and quick mod I've found for LED's to soften and warm them  (and reduce light leaks) is simply to wrap them with masking tape. 

Outstanding work.

Peace.