Titanic LifeBoat Model Assembly

[@brendanhughes6838]

Thats really cool, you should mak more and try to build a titanic to place them on.

[@philippabaker1078]

I love your honesty. Another great success. Very inspiring Ken.

[@ken_boats]

Thanks for the encouragement.

[@philippabaker1078]

@@ken_boats I wish I could send you pictures of my Bristol pilot cutter.

[@marshallbueckert2098]

Recently found your channel and I enjoy your up beat attitude and approach. I’ve picked up the hobby recently and learned lots just from this one video. Keep up the great work.

[@ken_boats]

Thanks for the encouragement. like me, youi will get better as you build,. Good luck.

[@bigeddie1231]

sir i build model cars and trying to build this same boat and having a lot of trouble with the slats but you help me a bunch watching this video so you soak all the wood in hot water and then bent them your build came out great

[@ken_boats]

Thanks. this was my first boat build. Since then, I have learned a lot about planking. I am better, and I understand more about planking. Planking and mast rigging seem to be the 2 most difficult tasks. The path to good planking seems to be finding good tutorials, and then lots of practice. I am glad I was able to help. - Ken

[@arond1973]

Very good attitude, Ken! Fantastic job. I fancy myself a modeler and found the instructions for this kit to be the worst I have yet encountered. I actually bought this kit twice and eventually gave up on it! It is a pretty expensive kit to boot. You've inspired me to contemplate purchasing it again and giving it a third try! Great video. Keep up the good work.

[@ken_boats]

Thanks for the encouragement Ken

[@navajocapi]

I love your 787 dreamliner mug.

[@ken_boats]

Very observant. Its a beautiful Airplane.

[@donavenelle5045]

Thank you...I was really stuck on the planking. I really think you should write the instructions for this kit. VERY well done sir!!

[@ken_boats]

Thanks Don. I am better at planking than I used to be. Thanks for the encouragement.

[@anitanotonegoro8611]

that's a cool bath toy.

[@joeasharp]

Great to run across your video on this! Built this challenging little sucker last year and we seem to run the same path and gained the same experiences. The instructions where not very clear and wouldn’t say this to be a first timer boat build, although it is vailed to be that. Wish I did the rabbit technique like you did, I went with thinner planks to ease bending and give a better scale look as well as sand down a chamfer fir the next plank to lay on. Anyway, look forward to watching onward...

[@ken_boats]

Thanks. All the kits seem to be equally challenging in their own ways. :-)

[@harryunderhill5604]

Great video, could we see a tutorial on the Rabbit joints - can’t quite get my head around it. Can not wait for the next video.

[@ken_boats]

Thanks Harry for the encouragement. I have put my tools away for the summer, but I will consider another video on Rabbit Joints, especially when I get better. There are a lot of terms for this kind of build process. The "search" criteria I used extensively were 1) Lapstrake Rabbit joint, 2) building Lapstrake boats, and 3) Clinker boat build. These are all for actual boats, whereas I had to adapt these processes to a model boat. I mostly used a hand held dremel tool. Here is one of the links I found useful kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGHcd6F8aqmrZtU

[@harryunderhill5604]

Ken thank you very much , see you when your next video is released

[@jamiepeterson1981]

Hi Ken, great video. I just picked up this kit after searching for it for years. Your video will be a big help I think!

[@ken_boats]

Thanks for the feedback. Let me know how your build turned out.

[@markedwards9827]

im just making the titanic 1/250 scale.the idea if using bulldog clips to keep bulkhead square is brilliant

[@ken_boats]

Thanks. And good luck with your build. that will be a nice boat when you are done. - Ken

[@ltdan2001]

your cool. I don't have the pachents for this yet I do with my kids lol. Mabye something me and them can do since we all love the Titanic.

[@timgray5231]

Ken, Very well put together for a first go. Particularly like the fact of a bit of research and picking up on the "laps" . Just been reading a pretty detailed account of the Titanic and her construction, which by the way includes the ships boats. The davits were bought in, but the boats were built to board of trade standards at Harland and Wolfs yard. The "lockers" you describe along the thwarts are in the main actually boyancy tanks to provide for additional safety margins in case of heavy weather. The actual lockers for additional items were under the boards that complete the bow and stern. Does the kit come with the marker numbers and white star flag?? They were apparently the only markings on the boats as they did not carry the ships name strangely. Have fun building a chunk of deck with davits to hang that fine model. Regards.

[@ken_boats]

Thanks. I never thought about displaying the boat by hanging it from davits, but that is a good idea. When I finish my current build I will give this some thought. - Ken

[@Dre3ed]

Nice work

[@ken_boats]

Thanks, this was my first boat. Since then, I have built several more boats. Each seems to be as challenging, but just as fun. Ken

[@michaeljaszdziewski4320]

very good work

[@jacoberiksson6401]

This video is underrated, Great video by the way

[@nightrider6599]

Reaylly a good job+a nice video-documentation! I greet you from ol'Hämburg.^^

[@ken_boats]

Thank you very much - Ken

[@lexitnute1306]

when will you make a full tianic build?

[@OneLovePsych]

Love it bro

[@ken_boats]

Thanks for your kind comments! - Ken

[@jayhallman6666]

Great job!

[@ken_boats]

Thanks Jason. Are you building boats too?

[@jeps0]

I made HMS Endeavour's Captain Longboat from artisan latina and it is nice boat. realy like it.

[@ken_boats]

I will look at the HMS Endeavour's Captain Longboat for future projects. thanks

[@wtcfan4540]

well done, it's very cool

[@ken_boats]

Thanks for the compliment. It was my first, and it was so fun, I've built more. - Ken

[@neilmillington4664]

cool video :)

[@ken_boats]

Thanks so much

[@jorgeadrianhidalgo7455]

Beautiful Work, Could you share the Hi tech cut bulkheads and keel sheet please, sadly Artesania Latina is out of business....I can share the Santa Maria bulkheads and keel sheet.

[@ken_boats]

Yes I will. I know my response is late, and I may not find the sheets right away, but I will copy them soon. I am having a hard time finding time to finish the 3rd boat I am working on, and I am reluctant to search out the old sheets, photograph them and reply right away. But once I finish this boat (in a couple of weeks), I will reply again with the info. Ken

[@ken_boats]

Jorge: I googled the High Tech sheets and found the following Link modelshipworld.com/topic/22160-titanic-lifeboat-by-jack12477-finished-artesania-latina-135-scale/ Ken

[@raduandrei5867]

Where can one buy this model?Thank you.

[@ken_boats]

I see many distributors are out of stock. Keep searching your favorite kit distributor and typically production will start again and they will become available - Ken

[@raduandrei5867]

@@ken_boats Ah,ok, thank you., nice boats...!Keep up the good work.

[@kericlark2080]

Where did you get that

[@ken_boats]

I bought it from Hobbylinc, but I dont think Artesania Latina makes it any more. Try Artesania's website. Ken

[@trollontheinternet2776]

Is it big?

[@ken_boats]

The total assembly is 11 inches long

[@trollontheinternet2776]

@@ken_boats Okay thank you!

[@TheSullyman4]

Which is bow and which is stern? Instruction do not identify.

[@ken_boats]

It seems all the instructions for these model boats are vague. I am working on my 2nd boat, and there are many steps for this boat as well that are not clear. This is where one develops the “craft” of boat building. My craftsmanship is getting better as I build them :-) (but I’ve a long way to go!) To answer your question, I had to go back to look at the instructions, and think about what I did. As I remember it, the bow and stern are the same, until you add the emblems and rudder, (step 11). But for me, I built the boat with some asymmetry (one end was better than the other), so I chose the better looking end to be the bow, well before step 11. Ken

[@gerkerkhoven]

Brilliant done Ken! You will be a great master! But the flag is plastic rubbish!

[@ken_boats]

Thanks for the encouragement. Yes, but I got lazy and used the one they provided )>:

[@gerkerkhoven]

My comments are related to Virginia 1819.

[@EIParrax]

omg

[@johnturner5275]

with your skill why not a real boat?

[@ken_boats]

Ahh! that sounds fun. If I was younger, I would look for an "apprentice - like" job for real boats. But alas, I am so busy with other stuff, it would be hard to pick up such an undertaking. But thanks for the encouragement! - Ken