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academy minicraft 1/350 Titanic

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academy minicraft 1/350 Titanic
Posted by R.M.S.Titanic on Thursday, April 14, 2016 9:13 PM

i recently finaly got my hands on this kit, but i have 1 consern, the railing, the picture on the box and front of the instructions show no railing on the bow, also noticed that the model from rapidnadion has the same problem. Is there enough railing for the whole ship? or is this a flaw with the model

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Posted by UCSMiami on Friday, April 15, 2016 7:53 AM

Which version do you have? A number were made over the years. Accurized, pre-accurized, deluxe, etc.  

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Posted by R.M.S.Titanic on Friday, April 15, 2016 9:23 AM

kit number is 1405, this is how the box looks http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/An4AAOSwT6pVnrFP/$_1.JPG

seems to be about 31 years old since the box sais titanic was lost 73 years ago, 

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Posted by UCSMiami on Friday, April 15, 2016 11:33 AM

Depending on the model number it could be the pre-accurized version. That is the Marschall painting on the cover which was used on both version.  Easy manner to tell is if the well deck is present.

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Posted by R.M.S.Titanic on Saturday, April 16, 2016 11:15 AM

what do you mean by this? not 100% sure what you are saying

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Posted by UCSMiami on Saturday, April 16, 2016 2:17 PM

Older versions, pre-accurized, the forecastle well deck slopes foward when installed in the hull instead of being a uniform distance from the deck to the top of the bulkhead. Example here. Coaling doors will have an X on them as well. 

 

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Posted by R.M.S.Titanic on Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:00 AM

did some research, pretty sure its the pre accurized version, judging on how the 2 skylights look, and the cargohatch 1 on the bow, but still nothing about the railings

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Posted by R.M.S.Titanic on Sunday, April 17, 2016 11:27 AM

found a new problem, since i bought this 2nd handed, some things were already done, the funnels were glued together, but not in anyway marked, no funnel is the same size, so now i have no idea which should go where, they are al just 1 or 2 mm longer than the other

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Posted by R.M.S.Titanic on Monday, April 18, 2016 3:50 PM

while the coal doors do have x's on them, i do not have the slope issue, which is odd

 

Edit- nevermind, checked it this Morning Just to be sure, and the well deck has the odd slope, so this is the pre accurized version, but back to the railing, is there anything wrong with it in this version, and any tips on what i should do with the funnels?

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Posted by UCSMiami on Friday, April 22, 2016 6:18 AM

Are you referring to plastic railing as shipped in the kit or photo-etch brass railings? Strongly recommend purchase photo-etch railing if painting the model. If retaining the plastic railings, I take it you are saying there is not enough railing for the kit? If so, then some sprues are missing. Please clarify. 

Regarding the funnels. Let me respond in another post. I will look at an older kit I have to see what they look like. Need a day to respond. 

Do not worry about accurized this or that. Only the rivet counter will note and either builds into a beautiful model. You can shave the x off the doors and use a wedge to align the forecastle deck. The only other issues are some window placements.

 Can you post a pic. of these funnel side by side to see what is what. I suppose they all have rake? 

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Posted by R.M.S.Titanic on Friday, April 22, 2016 6:39 AM

I dont know if there is enough railing, the picture on the box shows no railing on the bow, but the instructions do. Ill Just wait and see, photo etch is pretty hard to get from where i life, but of i can get my hands on it i surely Will get it https://imgur.com/ZZvXjcd here are the funnels 

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Posted by UCSMiami on Sunday, April 24, 2016 11:58 AM

Regarding funnel size an starting front front to rear 

Front funnel- shortest, 5.1cm

Second funnel, third funnel = same height 5.3cm

Fourth funnel, furthest aft = tallest. 5.5cm

Ok? 

As for the railing. Cover art is marketing. Use the instructions vs sprues set. If painting, pe railing does make a model appear from a toy to a miniature. My opinion. 

 

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Posted by UCSMiami on Sunday, April 24, 2016 12:02 PM

I can no longer access your image. I did see it the first day it was posted but now have a 404 error. I recall at least three were of different heights. 

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Posted by R.M.S.Titanic on Monday, April 25, 2016 12:38 PM

i see they were removed yes, strange! reuploaded them

http://imgur.com/EAf0xVN

http://imgur.com/n1kOrwi

 

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Posted by UCSMiami on Wednesday, April 27, 2016 4:40 AM

From front to rear, shortest to tallest is the placement sequence.

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