1/350 Scale RMS Titanic by John Derby

Modeling the Titanic was a huge challenge for me, since it was my first model of a ship. I have been modeling railways for years, but decided I wanted to model Titanic as accurately as I could. After extensive initial research from books and the movie, I took the plunge!

I used the Gold Medal photo etch detailing including the Skylight set.

I used an airbrush for most visible features.

Large windows are from sheet acetate bonded on the inner side, and I used Krystal Klear for the portholes. I used invisible nylon thread for most of the rigging and radio wires.

The mustard color stripes on the hull sides are Letraset tape (available from art stores) painted the required color.

The plinths were machined from solid brass and are mounted on to a mahogany wood base. I found that the natural dulling of the brass with time gives a good effect to the model.

There is some scratch building on the model, to correct any obvious errors in the kit.

Last year I visited the Titanic Exhibition in Auckland, New Zealand, where the model on display gave me ideas.