Radio Control Trumpeter 1:200 Titanic Build Part 71 - Railings and Signage

[@OceanlinerDesigns]

Seeing the progress on this just makes me want to go out and buy one myself! Keep it up :)

[@TheModelBoatGuy]

Cheers Mike! It’s a cracking project to get your teeth into 🙂

[@thernotsoealmackay]

Thank You for another great video Mr Boatguy. If circumstance ever brings you to Glasgow in person, I'd love to buy you lunch as means of thanks for sharing your brilliant build with us

[@TheModelBoatGuy]

Ah thank you Garry, Thanks for your comment! I do get up to Glasgow relatively regularly, I’ll give you a heads up if I’m ever around.

[@thernotsoealmackay]

@@TheModelBoatGuy Only if you're prepared to be interviewed about the most inconsequential parts of your build/hobby 😄

[@matthewspindler14]

good call on the docking bridge wheel canvas cover. Theres actually a photograph of Titanic herself showing this wheel covered. Looks great sir!

[@TheModelBoatGuy]

Thank you! I have just found that photo actually.

[@edrasa9003]

Thanks for the info on the hawse pipe.

[@BrokenIET]

Your suspicions about the wheel being covered with canvas are correct! We have a few photographs evidencing this. Anyway, in regards to making the canvas take a look at Night Shift, he makes tanks and the like and some of hem have canvas covers and the like as stowage, I believe he uses putty or something, might be worth a look. If you just search "titanic docking bridge" or something similar, you should see most historical photos show the wheel being covered.

[@TheModelBoatGuy]

Aah I’ve just had a look at Night Shift! Really nice work on the canvas stuff. Thank you for confirming my thinking, it was one of those things where I was sure I’d seen a photo a long time ago, but couldn’t quite place it!

[@BrokenIET]

@@TheModelBoatGuy they might be to thick for your use but maybe worth a go

[@petegrant4070]

Robbie, Thanks again for all the demystification you've explained on this kit. I have been in awe ever since episode 1; I've watched many episodes twice - or even thrice - to ensure my level of detail can even come close to the level of your intricate work… Pete

[@TheModelBoatGuy]

Thank you Pete! It’s great to know people are enjoying this stuff. Hope your models going well!

[@viswanathanpather6849]

Enjoyed this video . I have read the Bob Read's article a while back. I have to agree with your choice .

[@TheModelBoatGuy]

Hi Vis, thanks. It’s a good read isn’t it, interesting whether you agree with it or not!

[@axelbanard5511]

This is so good

[@Real_Moon-Moon]

Great work mate! I am loving the progress and seeing things come to life!

[@TheModelBoatGuy]

Thank you!

[@ingocernohorsky]

Yes, those poles in the aft Bridge where of Teak Wood, according to the book 'Titanic - The Shop Magnificent' - Volume 1

[@TheModelBoatGuy]

Aah brill thank you, I haven’t bought that yet! I thought they must be but I’m never quite sure on these things

[@johnnyhollis9977]

Hi Rob, yes the railings really frame things up nicely and make a good contrast with the deck colours etc. Interesting that they didn't put a wooden capping on the stern railing. Liked your monologue on the propeller notice signs. They look great don't they. I wondered if they were partly put on for grand effect too! As if to say Hey look I have three busy propellers on me! A bit like signage on a powerful car these days! I think the signal flag poles are right on the money. I found a tiny picture of the steering bridge and the signal flag poles were definitely a much darker colour than the railings, thus probably varnished wood as others have commented here. Good video on yet another fiddly faff job. Regards JH ⚓

[@TheModelBoatGuy]

Hi John, Yes you’re right it’s odd about the wooden capping. I wonder if it’s a combination of being a bit more exposed and possibly a bit less posh! As all the wooden capped ones are first or second class spaces. Yes I think that’s part of it on the prop signs. Interestingly I found a pic yesterday of Lusitania and her prop signage was canvas with black lettering, so it’s total anarchy! Thanks for confirming the flag staffs, easy to assume but they are always quite hard to see on photos. Hope all is well, Keep warm, Robbie

[@ghostofkadesh9041]

Nice work, as always 😃👍

[@kingtigercrownestate9102]

Don't forget to add the STAIRS to the docking bridge! Assuming also that the stairs leading from the aft well deck up to the poop deck are going to bee added too?

[@TheModelBoatGuy]

Hi there, yep they’re on the list, should be in the next one or two videos 🙂

[@captaind6178]

So I don't know your name, I'm Tim....but your attention to detail is astonishing. I am currently in process the Hachette/Agora 1/200 Titanic build. It has issues, of course. YOU are on the 1/200 plastic kit that comes from Hasegawa. (I think). Anyhow? I just bought the 1/250 scale Amati kit....all wood.

[@TheModelBoatGuy]

Hi Tim, Thanks for the comment! I’ve seen the hatchette titanic and did consider getting it, but I thought two 1:200 scale Titanics might be a bit much for my small flat! This model is the Trumpeter titanic kit, as you say it comes with its own set of issues. Some not so bad, some a bit worse. But in some ways a few issues are quite good as they add to the problem solving aspect of the model. The Amati should be a really good build, I have never made a wooden planked model before so interested to hear how it goes. I’m thinking of making a Greek Trireme style boat next and converting it to have working oars, so I might get the chance to build a wooden model myself before too long 😀 Cheers, Robbie

[@polygonalmasonary]

Anyone else still on episode one, unpacking the boxes? 😮

[@michaelcaine8311]

Just an observation, would all those control stations be covered, not just the wheel alone? Stunning work, as usual.

[@TheModelBoatGuy]

I’m not sure, I have seen a photo a while ago or Olympic and it seemed only the wheel was covered, but maybe not. I think at some points during the day the docking bridge was manned. There was an officer on the docking bridge when Titanic hit the berg apparently

[@michaelcaine8311]

@@TheModelBoatGuy Thank you, didn't know that.

[@cottydry]

What's that oddball looking glue applicator you're using? Did you find that spraying kicker left any residue on the paint. Just curious. You sure make the railing installation look easy. I struggled with it.

[@TheModelBoatGuy]

Thanks for the comment, the weird glue applicator is a sewing needle with a wooden handle. I cut the needle in middle of the eye to make a sort of Y shape. This can be dipped into the glue and the surface tension holds a very small quantity, which is great for small applications. Not my idea I hasten to add! It was suggested to be by a follower. I never got any residue with the kicker, however I did find sometimes it makes the glue dry too quick which gives it a sort of frosted effect. The solution to this is to paint over the affected area with clear matte varnish, another suggestion from a follower of the channel. Railings were tricky for sure, I found it helped to pre bend as much as you could, so they don’t have the tendency to spring back, and also I used blu tak to hold other bits in place as I went along.

[@bertdejong1923]

@ First, Looking great!!!!👍💪 Question, Where can i find those notice boards?

[@The_Fat_Controller76]

Are you going to sail it when your finished

[@АлександрСоколов-ь2у]

Friend! Of course, everything looks great with you ... But, if the close-up is not correct, not clean ... The handrails are not level ...

[@randomizer01j23]

Im starting to think every scale modeler has some weird janky homemade glue applicator they use for fine points lmao

[@MartinFutter70]

Janky, love that term...although i did have to look it up! Personally mine is a burger skewer painted orange with an angled pin (cleaned after use) - probably 'the' most used tool in my arsenal...no euphemism, straight up the best piece of kit I've not had to buy 👌

[@TheModelBoatGuy]

I think you’re right!

[@billweare2146]

I’m surprised that you left the railing out of level on the port side deck where you cut it to fit. Is that something that you are going to fix?

[@TheModelBoatGuy]

I need to go back and straighten it, the error equates to about 0.5 of a mm so it’s very fiddly!

[@АлександрСоколов-ь2у]

The benches for sitting are not to scale or painted with a large layer of paint ...

[@TheModelBoatGuy]

Hi there, they are to scale, the whole model is 1:200 scale, benches too. Once people get added it will look much more harmonious!

[@АлександрСоколов-ь2у]

I do not agree about the black (sergog) color of the plates! I myself compared it with real photos, and they were not black! Used a lot of filters and made sure

[@TheModelBoatGuy]

As I say in the video it’s totally your choice what you do on your model. But have a read of the article I mention, it’s very well written and explains why photographic evidence isn’t necessarily a good way of defining the colour.

[@stephenparkes626]

Sorry to break it to you Rob but you hair is starting to go battleship grey ,trying to be polite

[@TheModelBoatGuy]

Aaah I knew it! It’s in full retreat at the front too

[@The_Real_Its_Brate]

first

[@captaind6178]

I'm over in America, California (LA area) and....I'm a Gay man and am falling for you. Sorry if I'm too forward here. I also build scale models, and enjoy your attention to detail.

[@il_jarrado7203]

71 videos in and we finally get to see him rail the poop deck 🎉

[@captaind6178]

@@il_jarrado7203 Gross comment. Funny was your attempt but serious fail

[@captaind6178]

The ,"poop" Deck is from the Latin 'pupis'. It IS a vulgar term....hey, look at YOUR pubic area. Really, it just shows ignorance and child level BS taunts.

[@il_jarrado7203]

No malice, I just see an opportunity for a pun and I shoot my shot :)

[@il_jarrado7203]

It seems I've upset you, honestly not my intent and I hope you have the best day :)