Modeling Tutorials

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NEW: The Dark Art of installing fibre optic lighting into a Minicraft 1/350 Titanic	John Hodge
Rust, Weathering and other considerations	Art Braunschweiger
Evolution of the Titanic Minicraft Model	TRMA
Converting your full-hull model to a waterline model	Noel Ray
Detailing and painting the GMM Ocean Liner Figures	Art Braunschweiger
Improving and Detailing Deck Planking on the Minicraft Titanic Model	Art Braunschweiger
Installing mast lamp fiber optics	William Barney
Lusitania Tutorial (PDF)	J. Kent Layton
Painting your model for the most accurate appearance	Art Braunschweiger
Photoetched Brass Bench Assembly Tutorial	Bruce Kern
Photoetched Brass Tutorial	Art Braunschweiger / Bruce Kern
Photographing your model	Art Braunschweiger
Putting your GMM benches together	TRMA member
The Rivet counter Modeling Tutorial (outside link)	David Cotgreave

Modeling Articles

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ARTICLE NAME:	AUTHOR:
Getting started with the 1:350 scale MiniCraft Titanic	Art Braunschweiger
Comparing colors using online color references	Art Braunschweiger
History of the 1:350 RMS Titanic scale model kit	Sean Winterberg
Minicraft Model - "Accurized" vs “Deluxe”	TRMA
Mixing your own paints vs using off-the-shelf colors	Art Braunschweiger
Painting your model for the most accurate appearance	Art Braunschweiger
Photographing your model	Art Braunschweiger
Why all the disagreement over which color is correct?	Art Braunschweiger

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Modeling References

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ARTICLE NAME:	AUTHOR:
Guide to Photoetched Brass sheets available	Art Braunschweiger
Cross-Reference for Photoetched Brass Windows	Art Braunschweiger
Paint and Color References	Art Braunschweiger
Titanic Rigging Information & Rigging Diagrams	Art Braunschweiger
Titanic Sidelights Diagram	Frank Giacobbe

 

Research Articles

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ARTICLE NAME:	AUTHOR:
Murray’s Boat Disengaging Gear	Bob Read
A collection of short tech technical articles	Art Braunschweiger
A Proposed Change in Ventilator #37	Bob Read
Brittanic: A Glimpse from John Ridell's Photo Album	Chirnside / Michailakis
Britannic Drawings	Remco Hillen
The Breakup of Titanic – 2008 Report of the Marine Forensics Panel	Roy Mengot
Builder's Models – Color Photographs	Bruce Beveridge
Coal Bunker Fire	Cal Haines
The Engelhardt Collapsible, The	Robert Hahn
Flags of Olympic and Titanic (PDF)	Art Braunschweiger
Gigantic: What's in a Name	Jonathan Smith
Lord Kelvin’s Motor Sounding Machine	Bruce Beveridge
Nooks and Crannies of First-class of the Titanic	Nigel Bryant
Marconi configuration	Larry Jibson
A Matter of Stability & Trim	Samuel Halpern
Olympic & Titanic: ‘Straps’ & Other Changes	Mark Chirnside
Olympic's Ventilation, Heating & Lighting Systems	Mark Chirnside
Olympic Class Expansion Joints	Mark Chirnside
Painting the Great Ocean Liners	Bruce Beveridge
She Turned Two Points In 37 Seconds (PDF)	Samuel Halpern
Somewhere About 12 Square Feet (PDF)	Samuel Halpern
Titanic’s 30 ft. Main Lifeboats	Bob Read
Titanic:  The Hingley Anchors	Jonathan Smith
The Twenty-One Knot Myth	Mark Chirnside
Titanic and the Iceberg	Roy Mengot
Titanic's Blueprints	Roy Mengot
Titanic's Portside Engine	Robert Hahn
Ultley's Patent Flood Proof Porthole, The	Scott Andrews
Welin Quadrant Davit for Double-Banked Boats	Mark Darrah
White Star Buff: Weighing the Evidence	Art Braunschweiger
Wooden Decks	Bruce Beveridge

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Peter Davies-Garner

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Bruce Beveridge

Samuel Halpern

Technical Diagrams

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ARTICLE NAME:	AUTHOR:
Flags of Olympic and Titanic	Art Braunschweiger
Olympic: Discharges through ship’s side circa 1913	Ralph Currell
Paint and Color References	Art Braunschweiger
Titanic Rigging Information & Rigging Diagrams	Art Braunschweiger
Titanic Sidelights Diagram	Frank Giacobbe