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 The measure
A lot of inquiries appeared in the last couple of months, in which several people wanted me to build a model in a different yardstick. However, I rejected, since the model building is a hobby for me and does not have commercial value. Nevertheless I have to admit, that I didn't build the TITANIC just incidentally. I really am a big fan. I really got interested 20 years ago, when my father often told me about this ship.
With the age of 14 I got a good side view of the Titanic out of a book and with the help of these documents I rebuilt the ship. Of course, looking back now, the result was laughable. As I didn't have have underwater photographs, I just gave the ship a round hull with keel. For a long time my activities rested, because in the GDR-times it was difficult, if not impossible, to get a hold of the corresponding literature. With the new era, however, it changed and I got several books in German and English. In a reprint of the 'shipbuilder' from the year 1911, I then found maps of all decks of the ship and the model-building-fever broke out again.
Now I was asking myself, in what yard measure I should build the model. That will also be your question if you are not happy with the normal building kits. There were many arguments for the scale 1:200. A compact model would be created, with about 1.35 meters easily transportes by car, floats well in water and would have still enough space for the remote control and equipment. However, there weren't enough details with this yardstick and a good model simply depends on minor details. So, I decided to build the ship with the yardstick of 1:100.
So, I already knew that with a length of 2.60 meters and a weight of more than 40 kg I would have some problems: How can it be transported later on? You always have to have at least one additional person who will help you carrying it. A very big cabinet has to be found as well, since the dust is a much bigger enemy for the titanic model than the presumed iceberg. To be honest, I would have preferred the yardstick 1:50, but then the model really cannot be moved anymore. Therefore, I had to take the smaller, but still big model.
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