Revell HMS Titanic

Ray, As to the paint not adhering to the model, I would guess that there is a substance there i.e. oil from hands, some manufactures release agent or something in that vein. The solution (pun unavoidable ) is to clean that area and the whole model to avoid future problems. Application of a primer paint of the same type (acrylic, enamel)as your colour coat, likely will be a help in adhering the paint. Good luck with your project. Post some pictures as you go so we can enjoy your work with you.

I agree with Duster.   I wash all my models with warm dish soap and hands with before assembling them.

Marcus

Funny, I don't but I'm probably wrong. What kind of paint? Something like Testor's flat white primer in a spray can will work the charm if the surface is clean.

Never has washed a kit before assembling and never had a problem with it either. The kind of paint is the most important piece of info here.  Some paints can take up days to completely cure. In general flat paints cure a bit faster than glossy.

I usually don't wash unless I have been warned that a particular kit or mfg has excessive parting agents, but I have been bit on a couple of occasions.  However, I do always prime.

RMS Titanic. Royal Mail Ship. Titanic was a wartime mobilization asset, hence the RMS. HMS is for Royal Navy ships only.

This isn't the first time I've seen the "HMS"/"RMS" goof.

Only certain ships were given the distinction of carrying the Royal Mail, and the RMS designation. Other merchant ships were designated "SS" (steamship), "MS" (motor ship), or sometimes "TSS" (twin screw steamer or triple screw steamer. But "HMS" (His/Her Majesty's Ship) is reserved for warships of the Royal Navy.

One point of interest: photos of the Titanic's lifeboats (photos taken in New York) establish that they had "S.S. Titanic" painted on them. I wonder if that means the lifeboats were fitted out before the ship was officially designated "RMS." (Shortly after those photos were taken, as I understand it, the names were sanded off to discourage gawkers and souvenir hunters. So far as I know, none of the lifeboats still exists.

A few years back, either Minicraft or Academy announced a large-scale (1/32, I think)  kit of a Titanic lifeboat. I guess that project got abandoned, unfortunately. That's a kit I would have bought.

Thanks for all the advice

Much appreciated

Ray

It was common practice that ship builders would go to the government to help finance the building of their ships for which the government would use the ship as armed merchants/cruisers during war and deliver mail.  All of those ships were given the RMS label. By the end of the first year of WWI the government stop using large passenger ships as armed merchants, to much coal, and other expenses.  Used them as hospital and troop ships when needed.

I hope you're not having problems anymore with the painting. A decade ago I saw a Greek warship kit but the hull was made of some flexible rubbery/teflon/plastic weird hybrid material (probably ABS and definitely not polystyrene) so I didn't buy it thinking my enamels may not adhere to it. Acrylics or lacquers may.

Anyway, how about pics of your build? I'm curious about Revell's version because I'm building Academy's.

For any Titanic modelling information you could ever want, please go to the the following website:

http://www.titanic-model.com/

This is the Titanic Research and Modeling Association. They have an excellent section on what colors to use for everything on the ship, and even suggest paints and mixes that are best, including whether they account for scale effect. They recently updated information on the color of the walls of the well deck forward of the bridge. Apparently they got new information that didn't mesh with what Cameron had for the movie. Anyone interested in building a Titanic, or just in the ship itself, would be well-advised to visit the site.

ships4ever

They recently updated information on the color of the walls of the well deck forward of the bridge.

Walls?  

Walls,  perhaps the term you mean is bulkheads or bulwarks?

But, walls?

Watch it before you get thrown through one of those little round windows!  ;-)