Posted by Bob Read on September 19, 1998 at 13:30:45 in pm3-2-134.apci.net:
Sean has graciously posted and inventory of drawings of the Titanic ventilators which I drew some time back. The inventory was created as a companion to the article by Mike and Steve Pell which tells how to modify the Minicraft kit to geth the ventilators right. Mike and I finally reached a consensus on almost all of the ventilators.
Since the inventory was drawn, a few items of new information have come to light:
1.Ventilator #3 needs to be modified from the drawing.
Instead of paralleling the foremast down to the
deck, it makes an approx. 45 degree bend to port at
about the 6 ft. high level and joins a larger
diameter pipe that is approx. 3 ft. high. Also,
there are stabilizing connectors to the foremast
about halfway up and one near the top at the end
of the straight section. Photo references are p. 60
"Titanic: Triumph and Tragedy" by Eaton and Haas
and p. 33 of the Sept. 98 issue of Fine Scale
Modeler.
2. There are two additional Sirocco type ventilators
(one port and one starboard) under the poop deck in
the covered area where the entrances to the third
class spaces were. Each ventilator appears to have
a single duct which proceeds straight upward to a
connection on the underside of the poop deck.
Documentation for both of these ventilators is a
combination of direct Titanic documentation for the
starboard ventilator and Olympic documentation for
the port ventilator. The Titanic photo is the Cork
Examiner photo of the poop deck taken from the
starboard side boat deck. Mike Pell found this one
in a very good reproduction of this photo in an old
issue of National Geographic. If he doesn't post
reference I'll get it and post it. The port side
photo of the Olympic is found on p. 23 of Marriott's
"Titanic".
3. The stokehold ventilator (#36 in inventory) is
not blocked by a rectangular deckhouse extension
as is depicted on the model. Aft of this
ventilator is a stairway cover that only partially
obscures the vent. The Olympic was eventually
modified to include this stairway and cover. It
can be seen in the photo taken from the fourth
funnel of the Olympic looking forward.
All of these modifications will be drawn and added to
the original inventory. Criticism of this inventory is welcome. I believe I can defend the type and placement
of all the ventilators and these addenda above. I would encourage anyone to first examine their
references before mounting a challenge to a particular
ventilator. Hopefully though, this inventory will save
the modeler some time.
Regards,
Bob Read