Build Thread: Lego Titanic

[K'Tesh]

More on the victims of the Titanic...

 

[boomtube-mk2]

Outside of war, there were 850 lost alongside the wharf on the Chicago River at the Eastland disaster on July 24, 1915.

Then of course there was the ill-fated Goliath as documented in this film.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082461/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

 

[mo2872]

I could watch Titanic documentaries endlessly. Thanks for the posts.......

 

[Antares JS]

I could watch Titanic documentaries endlessly. Thanks for the posts.......

It is just one of those things that's weirdly fascinating.

Plus I just like ships. If I didn't do rockets, I'd be doing ships.

 

[K'Tesh]

I could watch Titanic documentaries endlessly. Thanks for the posts.......

You and me both... Glad you like the videos.

Apparently, for a mere $250,000 USD (which is a bargain compared to the $8M paid by James Cameron (but he was making a film too)), you, too, can join an expedition to the Titanic.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/science...2022-citizen-explorers-visit-famous-ship.html

 

[Peartree]

It is just one of those things that's weirdly fascinating.

Plus I just like ships. If I didn't do rockets, I'd be doing ships.

I started watching Chief Makoi's videos on YouTube a while back because, as an engineer, I'm just idly curious how stuff works, particularly really big machines, like ships. I've barely scratched the surface of the stuff he's posted, but the ones I've seen have been educational and informative. https://www.youtube.com/c/ChiefMAKOi

 

[mjennings]

Enjoying the build and discussion. The Titanic is endlessly fascinating. There is a lot of neat details to come from what I have seen in the set reviews.

 

[Antares JS]

#3 bag contents, including special printed tiles.

 

[Antares JS]

The #3 bag added some hull plating along the upper part, that includes the ship's name. There was only a relatively small number of pieces in this one.

 

[dr wogz]

On larger Lego kits: have you ever wondered why the funky colours for internal pieces?

Look at the colours you've had so far.. Why the variety? Why not one or two.. And is there any reason to the colours themselves?!

Inquiring minds want to know!

 

[jd2cylman]

On larger Lego kits: have you ever wondered why the funky colours for internal pieces?

Look at the colours you've had so far.. Why the variety? Why not one or two.. And is there any reason to the colours themselves?!

Inquiring minds want to know!

My guess is the different colors are easier to call out during the build steps. Much easier than place 4 gray bricks in a stack and the pic shows 5 or 3...

 

[Antares JS]

My guess is the different colors are easier to call out during the build steps. Much easier than place 4 gray bricks in a stack and the pic shows 5 or 3...

That is my assumption as well.

 

[Mushtang]

On larger Lego kits: have you ever wondered why the funky colours for internal pieces?

Look at the colours you've had so far.. Why the variety? Why not one or two.. And is there any reason to the colours themselves?!

Inquiring minds want to know!

My guess is, these are always pieces you don't see on the finished model, so to keep from running out of one color brick on a big production run of a model they throw in other colors that they may have lots of. For example, there's a lot of blue pieces inside the mainly white Space Shuttle, but they're on the inside and you can't see them.

But they definitely do also use these to help orient certain pieces. On the inside of the R2-D2 (also not visible on the final model) they used one color on some pieces on the front, and another color on similar pieces on the back, so that when you added later steps you could easily tell which side they would go.

 

[mjennings]

The rainbow internal parts are for easy ID and placement. To the best of my knowledge has nothing to do with production sizing. I know a few folks who have been to Builund Denmark on official business.

 

[Jimmy Wilson]

We were at our daughter's house last night so I took some pictures of my son-in-law's Titanic. He's still has a lighting kit to install, but he's currently putting one of those in his Millennium Falcon.

 

[Antares JS]

#4 bag contents. Lots of tan decking pieces in this one.

A nice detail, the American flag has only 46 stars. 1912 was the year New Mexico and Arizona became states, but the flag wouldn't be updated to 48 stars until July 4th, a few months after the maiden voyage and sinking.

 

[Antares JS]

Forecastle, forward well deck, anchors, forward mast.

 

[Cape Byron]

Forecastle, forward well deck, anchors, forward mast.

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Love the text on the TV. Are you really? Are any of us?

 

[Antares JS]

Love the text on the TV. Are you really? Are any of us?

Just for context, it was halfway through saying "adult swim." I was watching Rick and Morty while building.

 

[Antares JS]

#5 bag contents. This will begin a new subassembly representing the next section aft from the forward part I was building up previously, including the bridge and first funnel.

 

[boatgeek]

I will grant that the fact that the watertight compartment bulkheads didn't come up to the very top decks was a major design flaw. If they had, the ship probably would have survived, but apparently no one thought it was possible that a scrape with an iceberg would breach enough compartments to sink the ship, kind of like how no one thought a pressurized oxygen environment would doom three astronauts during a test 55 years later.

Since this is literally in my wheelhouse, I'll pick a minor nit. The regulatory changes* from the Titanic sinking don't require that the bulkheads come up the the deck. they do require that they come up to a deck (aka the bulkhead deck) that can be made watertight. Once you get into damaged stability calculations, you basically assume that everything above the bulkhead deck is damaged and free-flooding. The further apart your watertight bulkheads are, the higher your bulkhead deck needs to be above the waterline.

* aka the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention, ratified in 1914, with major rewrites in 1929, 1948, 1960, and 1974, plus minor updates every 5 years or so.

 

[Antares JS]

#5 bag complete. It doesn't look like much yet from the front, but from the back, some of the internal details have been added. So far we have the boilers and the swimming pool.

 

[Funkworks]

My go-to Lego reviewer just released one for this kit.

"SPOILER ALERT"

 

[Antares JS]

#6 bag contents.

 

[Antares JS]

#6 bag complete. Continued building up the frame for the new section, and more details in the back, including the lower levels of the grand staircase, some passenger cabins, and some tiling for the swimming pool room.

 

[jd2cylman]

Have you seen this?
Pretty cool stand. Takes up a lot of room, though.

 

[Cape Byron]

Have you seen this?
Pretty cool stand. Takes up a lot of room, though.

IIRC, only three of Titanic's funnels were connected so four smoking funnels isn't quite right. Nice case though.

 

[K'Tesh]

IIRC, only three of Titanic's funnels were connected so four smoking funnels isn't quite right. Nice case though.

The forth funnel was a dummy added for aesthetic purposes.

 

[dr wogz]

I heard that the 4th funnel was also used to draw in air. although that makes no sense..

why not make the display case out of Lego?!?

 

[boomtube-mk2]

Is there any means by which a person could get a part that is lost, missing or broken?