SS Olympic ** Finished **

[SJPONeill]

78 lifeboats? I can only count 77...

Take the extra day...the result will be worth it...

[JohnRatzenberger]

Or 79, there is an odd number

[splash]

Well done on you perseverance I gave up after only one lifeboat.

Having see what you have achieved, I might make another attempt at building the Titanic.

Regards Splash

[Dirkpitt289]

Hey John, what was the process for building the lifeboats?

[iggie]

Hey John, what was the process for building the lifeboats?

I'm guessing 'Painful'

[JohnRatzenberger]

@Dirk. The lifeboats were in two pieces - one a simple strip meant to be the keel, the other a 3-oval piece meant to be folded over the keel to be top & 2 sides. You'll see them in the lower left of the 2nd parts sheet or all over the 3rd one.

I made the 2 sides fold in, tried to hold that in thumb & forefinger, dropped in some glue, then the keel, then tried to pinch it closed, neatly.

Some went well, other did not.


Anyway, it is done .... That's my story & I'm sticking to it.

Actually I skipped a gaff and the rigging and didn't bother to try to touch up edges.

The guns were only 2 parts but tiny. Next time, I am going to start slow and build all the little stuff, saving the big pieces for the end.















Whew ! Too many very small parts; and I'm used to photo-etch so maybe I'm just getting old. Enjoyed the GB, thanks to Simon for the idea and pushing it through, and to everyone for their help.

As I have said, another of these, larger scale is a good prospect. But first I want to do the Gun Carrier for my 6-pdr.

[JamesPerrin]

A great way to get the Olympic in that fantastic scheme without or the horrible masking.