Posted by Bob Read on February 23, 1999 at 04:07:18 in 206.100.37.131:
In Reply to: Starbaord B-deck windows posted by Roy Mengot on February 22, 1999 at 19:49:22:
Roy:
The problem you describe is one reason that I proposed a while back that some enterprising soul make a plot of the portholes and windows of Titanic using frame stations as references. The only problem with that is that you would need a rigging plan to determine frame locations. The starboard side isn't in as much question as the port side. The rigging plan is fairly accurate to starboard. Furtunately, some of our best photos of porholes is of the starboard side when the Titanic was in the fitting out basin and was painted a lighter gray. When you described the differences between the kit and the real ship I'm sure you appreciated the problem of how one references a specific porthole location. In my proposal (can be found a ways down on this board) I dealt with how that could be done.
Regards,
Bob Read
: Todd Hughs didn't get much reply on his question on B-deck windows. He correctly discovered that theminicraft kit has yet another flaw. The forward windows on the starboard side should mirror the port side and they don't. It should be a single, a double, 3 singles, and another double and it's not. The kit has 6 Olympic like singles and then the double window. Check any Isle of Wight of other starboard view. More slice n dice.