[modeleng] Re: Titanic Model


    Although not brilliant some pictures can be found on the Daily=20
Mirror web pages at -


http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/2008/05/26/in-pictures-first-scale-model-of-the=
-titanic-to-be-constructed-from-the-original-shipbuilders-plans-unveiled-895=
20-20430599/

  Steve

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From: Shep <shep.28@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tue, 27 May 2008 11:27
Subject: [modeleng] Titanic Model



I quote from today's Daily Telegraph:
'The first model of the Titanic to be built from the ship's plans has=20
been
unveiled with a =C2=A31.3 million price tag.
The 1:48 model is a replica of the White Star liner that sank 96 years=20
ago with
the loss of more than 1,500 lives.
Made from brass, wood and fibreglass, it took seven years to build and=20
relied on
plans, drawings and measurements from the liner.
It was the first time that the plans had been released, and the Harland=20
and
Wolff yard in Belfast worked alongside Fine Art Models, a modelmaker=20
from
Michigan on the project.
The model is 18ft long and features a hull made of fibreglass with=20
brass
plating, held together by more than 3.3 million rivets.
Each bulkhead on the 1,500lb replica is positioned just where it would=20
have been
on the 882ft, 46,328 ton liner, which cost =C2=A31.5 million to build 100=20
years ago.
The decking is all made from wood, as is the deck furniture, also=20
crafted to
scale.
The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, when it struck an iceberg as it=20
made its
maiden voyage from Southampton to New York.'

The newspaper has three pictures, which are, unfortunately not=20
displayed on The
Daily Telegraph web site.    My scanner is temporarily out of order.   =20
When it
is fixed, I will send the pictures.   If anyone has today's Telegraph,=20
it
appears on page 12.   If you have a scanner, please send us the=20
pictures.

Cheers!   Hubert
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