Author Topic: Academy 1\400 Titanic Centenary Edition 14202  (Read 12995 times)

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Academy 1\400 Titanic Centenary Edition 14202
« on: March 10, 2014, 12:37:26 AM »
hi all thought i would post some pics of my Titanic build so far.
I decided to light her up so have drilled all the port holes out all 849 of them and cut some of the decks away to allow the light to shine up through the decks.

i have lined the inside with foil to reflect the light up through the decks better (which of course meant clearing out those port holes again).






so thats her up to date what do ya think

this shows one of the decks with holes cut in it to let the light through


i made a little jig for bending the PE seats from one of the plastic seats i cut out to put the wooden decking on(I perhaps should explain the centenary edition comes with wooden veneers for the decking and lots of PE so in order to put the veneers on you need to remove the moulded seats)also i did not use the seats which come with the kit as they are not to scale.



the seats are tiny

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Re: Academy 1\400 Titanic Centenary Edition 14202
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2014, 02:37:32 AM »
Off to a good start
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Re: Academy 1\400 Titanic Centenary Edition 14202
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2014, 10:15:21 AM »
if you're going to do it as Clive Palmer's "Titanic II" you'll have to plaster the hull with Red Bull advertising stickers .... >:D

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Re: Academy 1\400 Titanic Centenary Edition 14202
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2014, 11:42:33 AM »
Different you've done some good work, didn't know there was a 1/400 scale "T", although I should've guessed as you can get it in every other scale imaginable!
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Re: Academy 1\400 Titanic Centenary Edition 14202
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2014, 02:41:09 AM »
Wow what a great idea! A lit Titanic, talk about one of the most iconic images!

You've got me already looking forward to your next update!

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Re: Academy 1\400 Titanic Centenary Edition 14202
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2014, 06:03:32 AM »
Nice work..
Those lights will make it pop

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Re: Academy 1\400 Titanic Centenary Edition 14202
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2014, 12:07:23 PM »
This is truly outstanding !!!   Soooo, are you going with a mini speaker and have the band playing as it cruise thru the night ? Tongue in cheek ,yes, but it is doable and would be a big surprise to the viwers.
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Re: Academy 1\400 Titanic Centenary Edition 14202
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2014, 04:04:14 PM »
That's a rather good idea and it's not to late to do it I may very well do that as you say it would be a surprise.

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Re: Academy 1\400 Titanic Centenary Edition 14202
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2014, 06:36:24 PM »
Looks great.  should really get in and finish mine.

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Re: Academy 1\400 Titanic Centenary Edition 14202
« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2014, 09:26:47 PM »
Hi all sorry its been such a long time since my last post but i sort of lost interest in her for a while for several reasons, 1 the mast got bent again also the pe seats at the stern got bent up as did the railing running around the raised observation area at the back (came home from work to find her on the floor upside down, got there from the back of a unit up against the wall. but no one touched it, it just moved 18" across the unit and on the floor on its own) 2, never used pe before and finding it really hard it is so small 3, and the main reason the pe windows i got from Toms Model Works does not include all the windows, the ones i have done so far (which the kit included) wont even be seen once i put the sides on, the ones that are missing are all on the top decks so could be seen(see pic)

as you can see the tall windows with the arches at the top are not present in the pe kit.
Still all that aside i have decided to build and paint what i have got so if there are no pe windows for the part i will just paint the plastic parts ( its a good job i didnt cut the plastic windows out before i checked the pe which is what i have been doing, i would have been right up the creek without a paddle then).
so here is a pic of the plastic windows painted, i dont think it notices that bad actually.

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Re: Academy 1\400 Titanic Centenary Edition 14202
« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2014, 03:21:07 AM »
I think it looks great and it cheers me to hear you're back to work on this one!

It's inspiring personally since I've got about four half-starts taking up space.

Thanks for the update and you've got me looking forward to more!

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Re: Academy 1\400 Titanic Centenary Edition 14202
« Reply #11 on: March 26, 2014, 03:24:55 AM »
That's awesome. It's coming along nicely, and should wind up looking incredible!

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Re: Academy 1\400 Titanic Centenary Edition 14202
« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2014, 05:42:58 AM »
thanks for the encouragement here's another update


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Re: Academy 1\400 Titanic Centenary Edition 14202
« Reply #13 on: March 30, 2014, 04:30:11 AM »
yet another update


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Re: Academy 1\400 Titanic Centenary Edition 14202
« Reply #14 on: April 01, 2014, 02:52:06 AM »
I really like those funnels. The rigging looks great!

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Re: Academy 1\400 Titanic Centenary Edition 14202
« Reply #15 on: April 01, 2014, 05:37:16 AM »
One of those "too good" builds.  Complex and impressive :)
Certainly beyond my skill and patience.
Enjoying the pictures.

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Re: Academy 1\400 Titanic Centenary Edition 14202
« Reply #16 on: April 03, 2014, 04:10:42 AM »
Thanks for the compliment but I am sure your skills surpass mine.

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Re: Academy 1\400 Titanic Centenary Edition 14202
« Reply #17 on: April 16, 2014, 03:50:28 AM »
Here's another update on her so far.



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Re: Academy 1\400 Titanic Centenary Edition 14202
« Reply #18 on: April 17, 2014, 02:31:22 AM »
Well she is starting to look like Titanic now, still loads to do yet though.






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Re: Academy 1\400 Titanic Centenary Edition 14202
« Reply #19 on: April 17, 2014, 02:45:41 AM »
Looking great
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Re: Academy 1\400 Titanic Centenary Edition 14202
« Reply #20 on: April 17, 2014, 06:58:54 AM »
Wow that's nicer than some of the movie models they used!

Looking forward to the next update,

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Re: Academy 1\400 Titanic Centenary Edition 14202
« Reply #21 on: April 17, 2014, 11:40:45 AM »
Damn, that's looking good and really needs to be photoshopped into a suitable seascape.

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Re: Academy 1\400 Titanic Centenary Edition 14202
« Reply #22 on: April 17, 2014, 12:38:38 PM »
Nicely done 8)
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Re: Academy 1\400 Titanic Centenary Edition 14202
« Reply #23 on: April 18, 2014, 03:46:57 AM »
Kpnuts your work is great indeed but the idea of lighting thr windows gives a thrill when looking at it, it becomes alive!!!
Wow

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Re: Academy 1\400 Titanic Centenary Edition 14202
« Reply #24 on: April 18, 2014, 07:53:03 PM »
Thanks for all your kind comments, unfortunately last night's work on her ended badly I tried straightening the front mast again as it had started to bend again and snapped it off, so now I will have to try and mend that, what I am most annoyed about is the setback in time it will cost me she was coming along so well too.