Something else resting in the abyss...

I've started a new side project in honor of the centennial of the RMS Titanic disaster. I have always been fascinated by the juxtaposition of one of mans greatest achievements decaying in the cold darkness of a landscape all too foreign. A symbol of the era's arrogance, the Titanic construction and ultimate demise has always been of interest to me, especially as an engineer. I've decided to  construct a 1:570 scale model of the ships final resting place 2.5 miles below the surface. It will be a fairly extensive project as it has already taken quite a bit of research to ensure the best possible accuracy. Each cut will be analyzed to ensure proper translation from the real wreck. I figured I would upload some of the progress I've accomplished in the first week. Let me know if you'd like to see more as I complete it!

 I chose this Revell model kit because it is relatively inexpensive. I did not want to buy a crazy accurate kit without ever having done a model like this before. This will be my first attempt at a model of this scale. unfortunately, I've already noticed some inaccuracies from the real ship, but they are minor and can mostly be overlooked. Its the very tip of the bow section that gets me. for being one of the most famous parts of the ship, you would think they'd do it right. oh well! up to me to make it look good :)

 Because I've decided to rip the ship open as it exists on the ocean floor, I had to expose parts of the model not meant to be exposed. In doing this, I had to craft many of the interior parts including many decks (both at the front of the bow and back of the bow section, seen here) as well as construct my own boilers. I tried my best to imitate proper scale as these things were enormous. The steam turbines that powered them were the largest ever built to this date, almost 4 stories tall, and Titanic had many of them.

 Prepping the deck for the main mast. It currently resides bent back from the force of descent, resting across the main deck. The crows nest and upper portions of the mast lay on the upper decks towards the front. I've prepped the area as you can see by the busted wheel house and damaged deck edge. I also had to hollow out each of the 3 main hatchways on the model. These were cargo bays that were to remain shut until port at New York, but the rapid descent and final impact with the ocean floor jettisoned the cargo doors as much as a mile from the wreck site. Thus, they are not included in my model ;)

The extensive hull damage is due in part to air escaping and twisting of the bow from impact. Thankfully, I do not have to model the actual iceberg damage, as that part of the bow was dug in 50 feet below the ocean floor during the initial impact.

Back from the dead!

I'm back from a long hiatus! so lets get down to it with some updates:

Thunderhead is finished! After a month or so of having the majority of the model painted, I finally finished his arms. about a week ago, before finishing the arms, I accidentally knocked him off the table. He exploded into every possible piece :( with that, I rebuilt him and finished his arms. I still have some touch-ups on the body, but then he'll be completely finished.

Close up on the battle damage on his fist from smashin some shit up.

I've also completely finished epic Nemo!

I've also finished my secondary caster, Siege Brisbane. I wanted him to be on a pile of rubble since he seems to be our more... heavy artillery kind of caster. (in case the giant rocket on his back didnt give that away)

I couldn't finish Siege without giving him his very favorite jack... so I finished a Defender! I wanted this guy to represent the main theme of of my army, risen from the depths of the ocean. These guys have been sitting beneath the waves for many years.