1/350 Titanic conversion to HMHS Britannic

[Rob Ottmers]

Halloo all,

Does anyone by chance know whether there are any
conversion for the Academy 1/350 Titanic model ?? I am interested in
converting one to the younger sister, Britannic, and wanted to see if
perhaps anyone knew about a conversion kit..

Regards

Rob

[ch1...@earthlink.net]

> Since all three ships(Olympic, Titanic, Britannic) were supposed to be
> idenical, I'd think the only thing you'd have to change would be the Lifeboat
> davits that were installed after the Titanic disaster. I don't know if there is
> an aftermarket kit for these, so you might have to scratchbuild them. Hope
> this helps you!
>
> Don Brynelsen
> "Go back to bed lady, everyone knows this ship is unsinkable!"

Hey Don,

I'm not sure but that the kit doesn't model one of the later ships
anyway but there was also 'something' to do with the promenade deck
being fully enclosed or covered or somesuch on T vs. the Brit and
Olympic.

Internally of course there were MASSIVE differences as the other ships
got double hull layers and compartmentalization that went right up to
the top decking (I /think/). Don't know if this added to the exterior
form or not...

KP

[Cpnavatar]

[Herbert Ackermans]

ch1...@earthlink.net heeft geschreven in bericht
<356F81...@earthlink.net>...

>Hey Don,
>
>I'm not sure but that the kit doesn't model one of the later ships
>anyway but there was also 'something' to do with the promenade deck
>being fully enclosed or covered or somesuch on T vs. the Brit and
>Olympic.
>
>Internally of course there were MASSIVE differences as the other ships
>got double hull layers and compartmentalization that went right up to
>the top decking (I /think/). Don't know if this added to the exterior
>form or not...
>

RMS Olympic had a completely open promenade deck. However, passengers
complained about sea-spray, so RMS Titanic and later HMHS Brittanic were
built with 2/3 open promenade decks.

Further, Brittanic and Olympic had super-davits installed after the Titanic
disaster. These were located aft of the bridge.

I'll look into the other exterior differences, as there are more.

[TWoyma]

I know that Olympic didn't have the large boat cranes Britannic had, but there
are actually a large number of diffrences. If I remeber, I will dig out 2 web
site adress, one for the conversion, and one about the external diffrences.
BTW, if you want to build Britannic, you'll have to find a way to lengthen the
hull, as Titanic was 886 feet 9 inches long, while Britannic was 903 feet long.
Titanophile/Rivet Counter, plus scale modeler
Tim

[Björn Bäcklund]

That´s interesting, I was thinking of building the Britannic this summer
but I never digged so deep in the facts yet. This would meen that an 350
scale kit has to be lenghtend by 14mm, were on the ship should it be
inserted?

Björn, Sweden

[DCord]

If you guys are serious about converting the kit into Britannic, I have a
zipped article from an old modeler mag that has photos and detailed
instructions on how to do the conversion. I also have one for Olympic.
Yours for the taking, request by email.

Later,
Dennis
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+AD4-That+ALQ-s interesting, I was thinking of building the Britannic this summer
+AD4-but I never digged so deep in the facts yet. This would meen that an 350
+AD4-scale kit has to be lenghtend by 14mm, were on the ship should it be
+AD4-inserted?
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+AD4-Bj+APY-rn, Sweden
+AD4-
+AD4APg- BTW, if you want to build Britannic, you'll have to find a way to
+AD4-lengthen the
+AD4APg- hull, as Titanic was 886 feet 9 inches long, while Britannic was 903 feet
+AD4-long.
+AD4APg- Titanophile/Rivet Counter, plus scale modeler
+AD4APg- Tim
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[DCord]

OH, I forgot to mention that the Britannic zip is 2.8 meg, and the Olympic
one is 2 meg. sorry about that...

Dennis
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+AD4-If you guys are serious about converting the kit into Britannic, I have a
+AD4-zipped article from an old modeler mag that has photos and detailed
+AD4-instructions on how to do the conversion. I also have one for Olympic.
+AD4-Yours for the taking, request by email.
+AD4-
+AD4-Later,
+AD4-Dennis
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+AD4APg-but I never digged so deep in the facts yet. This would meen that an 350
+AD4APg-scale kit has to be lenghtend by 14mm, were on the ship should it be
+AD4APg-inserted?
+AD4APg-
+AD4APg-Bj+APY-rn, Sweden
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+AD4APgA+- BTW, if you want to build Britannic, you'll have to find a way to
+AD4APg-lengthen the
+AD4APgA+- hull, as Titanic was 886 feet 9 inches long, while Britannic was 903
feet
+AD4APg-long.
+AD4APgA+- Titanophile/Rivet Counter, plus scale modeler
+AD4APgA+- Tim
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[WinBear]

DCord <dcord...@iserv.net> wrote in article
<6lnhh1$d7d$2...@news9.ispnews.com>...

> OH, I forgot to mention that the Britannic zip is 2.8 meg, and the
Olympic
> one is 2 meg. sorry about that...

I've given up on trying to email you...with and without nospam, the mailbot
sends it back. PLEASE go to
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/6516/titanic.html the best site on
the Web for Titanic modelling. The first page has an email link to Sean,
the site creator. Let him know what you have. I'm sure he'll be interested.
And if you Really Want To Make Friends Fast, go to his Message Board 2 (the
first got full!) and let the regulars know what you have. A lotta people on
those boards have already been looking for what you've just described.

[DCord]

You know, as often as I have been to Sean's website, I've never thought
about posting these. WOW, guess I wasn't thinking, huh? Sorry you couldn't
get through to my email, several others have responded and got through just
fine. ???
WinBear wrote in message +ADw-01bd94f7+ACQ-3eb627c0+ACQ-61e3ffcc+AEA-default+AD4-...
+AD4-
+AD4-
+AD4-DCord +ADw-dcordnospam+AEA-iserv.net+AD4- wrote in article
+AD4APA-6lnhh1+ACQ-d7d+ACQ-2+AEA-news9.ispnews.com+AD4-...
+AD4APg- OH, I forgot to mention that the Britannic zip is 2.8 meg, and the
+AD4-Olympic
+AD4APg- one is 2 meg. sorry about that...
+AD4-
+AD4-I've given up on trying to email you...with and without nospam, the mailbot
+AD4-sends it back. PLEASE go to
+AD4-http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/6516/titanic.html the best site on
+AD4-the Web for Titanic modelling. The first page has an email link to Sean,
+AD4-the site creator. Let him know what you have. I'm sure he'll be interested.
+AD4-And if you Really Want To Make Friends Fast, go to his Message Board 2 (the
+AD4-first got full+ACE-) and let the regulars know what you have. A lotta people on
+AD4-those boards have already been looking for what you've just described.
+AD4-

[Lee Francis Wilhelmsen]

>If you guys are serious about converting the kit into Britannic, I have a

>zipped article from an old modeler mag that has photos and detailed

>instructions on how to do the conversion. I also have one for Olympic.
>Yours for the taking, request by email.

You can also find them both on my homepage at:

http://home.sol.no/~leefw/models/

Lee Francis Wilhelmsen
_______________________________________
http://home.sol.no/~leefw/
le...@online.no

[ordrazz]

DCord wrote in message <6lkttm$9s$1...@news9.ispnews.com>...

>If you guys are serious about converting the kit into Britannic, I have a
>zipped article from an old modeler mag that has photos and detailed
>instructions on how to do the conversion. I also have one for Olympic.
>Yours for the taking, request by email.
>

>Later,
>Dennis

Hi Dennis, id like a copy of the zips please, my e-mail is:
ord...@ne.com.au

Cheers & 73's,

Ordrazz

[DCord]

There you guys go, Lee is the guy I got them from. Sorry Lee, I could NOT
remember your URL+ACE-
Lee Francis Wilhelmsen wrote in message +ADw-357f9182.9053761+AEA-news.online.no+AD4-...
+AD4APg-If you guys are serious about converting the kit into Britannic, I have a
+AD4APg-zipped article from an old modeler mag that has photos and detailed
+AD4APg-instructions on how to do the conversion. I also have one for Olympic.
+AD4APg-Yours for the taking, request by email.
+AD4-
+AD4-You can also find them both on my homepage at:
+AD4-
+AD4-http://home.sol.no/+AH4-leefw/models/
+AD4-
+AD4-Lee Francis Wilhelmsen
+AD4AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8AXwBfAF8-
+AD4-http://home.sol.no/+AH4-leefw/
+AD4-leefw+AEA-online.no

[Lee Francis Wilhelmsen]

>There you guys go, Lee is the guy I got them from. Sorry Lee, I could NOT
>remember your URL

If anyone else has information or better still: experience, on
converting a Titanic model to any of the sisters Britannic or Olympic,
then please get in touch.

[marct...@gmail.com]

To change the RMS Titanic to the HMHS Britannic, you need to find boat davits, redo the stern(back) of the ship, recolor her, add loads of weathering, search on the web, loads of time, a Titanic model(Not Olympic, it won't work!!!), and be a very skilled modeler!!!!!

[RobG]

On Saturday, April 7, 2018 at 11:49:34 PM UTC-4, marct...@gmail.com wrote:
> To change the RMS Titanic to the HMHS Britannic, you need to find boat davits, redo the stern(back) of the ship, recolor her, add loads of weathering, search on the web, loads of time, a Titanic model(Not Olympic, it won't work!!!), and be a very skilled modeler!!!!!

You realize you are answering a question that was asked twenty years ago next month?

[Mad Modeller]

On Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 1:25:42 PM UTC-4, RobG wrote:

> You realize you are answering a question that was asked twenty years ago next month?

Rob, if the original poster is like me he might still have it on his to-do list. ;-)

Mad Modeller