Posted by Ray Lepien on February 01, 1999 at 08:17:14 in 204.25.231.37:
In Reply to: Re: 'Giganic' Name decals posted by Russell Wild UK on January 31, 1999 at 01:26:27:
: : Just a thought for those building "Fantasy" ships. ;)
: : Chris
: I've actually suggested this somewhere on my site. It would require lots of research, but it would be possible to build Gigantic, ie Britannic as she would have been had Titanic not sunk. She would have been a lot more similar, but I dare say that there would have been differences.
: Just an idea,
: Russ :-)
Russ,
Well, I may be opening a can of worms here - but I think the evidence is the "Gigantic" name was pretty much a hoax - it's been debated and debated, and I'll probably get lambasted by a few people - if you're going to quote the poster for "Gigantic" that's been used in a number of books - well it was done in the late 60's or very early 70's - it's not an original poster. Basically, if you're going to do a model of the ship in peace time colours - then use "Britannic" - I'm not going to get into the argument about the name "Gigantic" because generally it's been debated before.
Ray