Card 1:1200 Titanic

[splash]

Great work Splash and the display base is very effective too - although it doesn't leave a lot of room for the iceberg

Remember 2/3 of the iceberg is under the water

Regards Splash

[JohnRatzenberger]

Oh, so the base will be elevated to show it ?

[splash]

Will an iceberg lettuce do?



Regards Splash

[jssel]

Splash.........you are a real hoot.

[Dirkpitt289]

Will an iceberg lettuce do?



Regards Splash

Funny, but its got to be said. You got issue

[splash]

Funny, but its got to be said. You got issue

I would like to argue against you statement but I can find any evidence to prove you wrong

I have now re-printed the base on gloss photo paper and I'm experimenting running PVA glue along the wake to give it texture, the PVA should dry clear.

Records show the weather during the Titanic's last voyage was extremely clam so no need to make all the sea rough.

[splash]

It's a good job I have just got new glasses look how small the life boats are

Each one is made out of two parts the keel and the top with two sides, I really need to find a simpler way to make these

[splash]

The detail is small but is starting to look good.

[splash]

I think my cunning plan for the base might just have worked.

[iggie]

Looking good! After those lifeboats, the deckchairs will be a doddle!
EDIT: You just posted the base picture: Excellent!!!
Influenced by yours and Simon's paper builds, I have taken (for me) the huge step of downloading some of the free models recommended......only downloaded mind, not printed

[splash]

Looking good! After those lifeboats, the deckchairs will be a doddle!
EDIT: You just posted the base picture: Excellent!!!
Influenced by yours and Simon's paper builds, I have taken (for me) the huge step of downloading some of the free models recommended......only downloaded mind, not printed

The deck chairs should be ok but I'm not looking forward to folding all the first class blankets to put on the chairs

Simon's builds have a lot to blame if we all go over to the dark side and start building card models

Regards Splash

[JohnRatzenberger]

The water & wake are excellent !!!

We won't talk about the implications of the lettuce

[SJPONeill]

Simon's builds have a lot to blame if we all go over to the dark side and start building card models

“ No one would have believed, in the first years of the 21st century, that plastic modellers' affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of the net. No one could have dreamed that we were being scrutinized as someone with a microscope studies creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. Few men even considered the possibility of modelling in other materials. And yet, across the gulf of the net, minds immeasurably superior to ours regarded this hobby with envious eyes, and slowly, and surely, they drew their plans against us…”

The master plan unfolds...http://www.hark.com/clips/hmbmknwnsd-mu ... evil-laugh

That base looks great, Splash...not only does it really depict those still seas that occur sometimes but also conveys the impression of the speed of the great ship...

With regards to the lifeboats, I would print them on the thinnest paper that I could find, or even hand draw them as they are not complex shapes onto very thin paper (you can get weights less than 80 gsm in art supply shops) maybe smooth tissue paper..? It may also help if you can find or carve a shape (like a reverse mold) over which you can drape and shape each hull. If you soak each piece in thinned PVA once it comes off the molding shape, it will be quite rigid and easy to add the cover. Conversely, you could just make some molds and produce a batch of solid lifeboats and paint them to suit..?

[Sissel]

Mighty impressive, Alan!

Lettuce looks tasty. Makes me think of tuna salad, mmmmm...

I sympathise of the tiny lifeboats. I have some ships in this scale as well, and they're not even paper. I really like the base.

[splash]

“ No one would have believed, in the first years of the 21st century, that plastic modellers' affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of the net. No one could have dreamed that we were being scrutinized as someone with a microscope studies creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. Few men even considered the possibility of modelling in other materials. And yet, across the gulf of the net, minds immeasurably superior to ours regarded this hobby with envious eyes, and slowly, and surely, they drew their plans against us…”[/url]

I'm guessing that's a miss quote from H G Wells?