Posted by Roy Mengot on October 31, 1999 at 01:08:42 in 209.30.182.27:
In Reply to: most appropriate size plan for a 12 foot long model posted by Christian Malard on October 28, 1999 at 02:57:06:
: Hi,
: My son wanted a gigantic version of the Titanic...12 feet long.
: Which plans would best fit the needs for such a model?
: He is also wishing that it will separate in two. I would advice on how to create this aspect into the model so that it may still float separately and be pt back together.
1/72 scale puts the ship about 12' long. Go for the better plans out there in whatever scale as you'll be converting dimensions anyway.
If he wants it to break at the aft expansion joint like the Cameron movie, the extra work is for your own entertainment. The Gibbs&Cox finite stress model that spawned the whole expansion joint business modeled the sides of the ship as structural shell plate all the way to A-deck. That converted the joint from stress relief in the superstructure to a stress producer in the structural hull. In short, it was a simple mistake. The joints played no part. The ship broke farther forward and the starting point was the keel under #1&2 boiler room.