Build Thread: Lego Titanic

[Antares JS]

People seemed interested in a Lego Titanic build thread when I suggested it, so here it is.

I unpacked it today and the box is pretty impressive in size.



Inside, there were three smaller boxes.



This is where the presentation gets impressive. The three boxes contain the parts for the bow, middle, and stern sections. The sides of the three boxes reflect this.



The fronts and backs of the boxes show the front and back of each of the three sections.





Build will start with the bow section in box #1 tomorrow.

I intend to take my time and savor this 9090 piece build.

 

[Steven]

Mine struck an ice cube and sank in the tub.

 

[jd2cylman]

Wanna get this kit, but I’ve no place to store it once assembled…

 

[neil_w]

Mine struck an ice cube and sank in the tub.

I would surmise that an iceberg at the same scale as the Lego Titanic would actually be pretty large. Another 9000 piece set.

 

[boomtube-mk2]

I intend to take my time and savor this 9090 piece build.

Bare feet everywhere cringe at the thought!

 

[Antares JS]

Bare feet everywhere cringe at the thought!

I have never been able to relate to stepped-on-Lego jokes. I don't know if I have just always been better than others about keeping my Legos tidy or what.

 

[boomtube-mk2]

I have never been able to relate to stepped-on-Lego jokes. I don't know if I have just always been better than others about keeping my Legos tidy or what.

https://babylonbee.com/news/lego-in...hat-instantly-kill-you-when-you-step-on-them/

 

[jmasterj]

Wanna get this kit, but I’ve no place to store it once assembled…

That's my trouble with huge Lego sets as well. My son and I are taking Ninjago City apart to make space for something else large.

 

[Peartree]

Just out of curiosity, how much does a 9090 piece Lego Titanic set weigh?

 

[jmasterj]

Just out of curiosity, how much does a 9090 piece Lego Titanic set weigh?

Apparently 14kg. That probably includes the box and instructions, though.
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalo...4-1&name=Titanic&category=[Sculptures]#T=S&O={%22iconly%22:0}

 

[jd2cylman]

Just out of curiosity, how much does a 9090 piece Lego Titanic set weigh?

About $630.00 more than my checking account can lift currently

 

[jd2cylman]

About $630.00 more than my checking account can lift currently

Well, not quite true, but priorities…
Food, car payment, mortgage. And soon, my favorite, property taxes

 

[Cape Byron]

That packaging is truly impressive. I've bought new cameras that weren't that well presented.

 

[SecondRow]

Wanna get this kit, but I’ve no place to store it once assembled…

This is my problem with every Lego model I want. I wish there was a way I could just build it, look at it for a week and pass it on to someone else.

 

[Grog6]

So what size engine mount are you going with?

 

[jmasterj]

This is my problem with every Lego model I want. I wish there was a way I could just build it, look at it for a week and pass it on to someone else.

There is a healthy market for used Lego, but doing the disassembly and inventory of big sets is an undertaking that's much less enjoyable than the original build process.

 

[Cape Byron]

There is a healthy market for used Lego, but doing the disassembly and inventory of big sets is an undertaking that's much less enjoyable than the original build process.

Yes but it gives you the cash to buy... MORE LEGO!

 

[SmurfTacoSupreme]

I actually have a pretty decent spot to display the Titanic 10294, but fortunately it's temporarily out of stock. No late night shopping temptations!

 

[Antares JS]

Box 1 contains 22 bags labeled 1-12. There is one 3 and one 12, and two of each of the remaining numbers.

Here are the contents of the two #1 bags.

 

[SmurfTacoSupreme]

You gonna knoll each bag?

 

[Antares JS]

You gonna knoll each bag?

Not sure what "knoll" means in this context... but its my SOP with Lego to sort the contents of each opened bag before starting to build.

 

[SecondRow]

Not sure what "knoll" means in this context... but its my SOP with Lego to sort the contents of each opened bag before starting to build.

The way you laid out the pieces. https://medium.com/@Lyst/your-favorite-insta-aesthetic-has-an-unexpected-history-a929e078d4ea

 

[Antares JS]

The way you laid out the pieces. https://medium.com/@Lyst/your-favorite-insta-aesthetic-has-an-unexpected-history-a929e078d4ea

Thank you for that explanation. Yes then, it's my SOP with Lego like I said.

The #1 bags built up the frame for the forwardmost bow section of the ship and put up the first bits of red and black plating on the prow.





#2 bags coming in the next day or two.

 

[Antares JS]

One more picture with some better details of the triangular framing.

 

[Grog6]

Are there extra pieces for the post-impact version?

 

[K'Tesh]

Cruel joke... Take an extra piece and hide it (loose) somewhere deep inside... Drive people crazy thinking that something has come undone.

 

[Antares JS]

Are there extra pieces for the post-impact version?

Realistically speaking, the damage would look pretty minor from the outside, enough so that you couldn't really depict it well since it would pretty much just look like a big scratch down the side. At least, that's my understanding of the current theories. The Titanic seems to have been a really well-engineered and safe ship, and it just had some really terrible luck with weather and sea conditions making it tough to spot icebergs and getting damaged in just such a way that would sink it.

 

[Grog6]

A bunch of inflatable rafts would have made a huge difference.

 

[Antares JS]

A bunch of inflatable rafts would have made a huge difference.

Much hay is made over the not-enough-lifeboats thing, but the idea of the lifeboats was to ferry passengers from a stricken ship to a rescue ship that there was every reason to believe would be close by, since transatlantic ocean liners stuck to fairly narrow travel corridors. After offloading one load of passengers, the lifeboat would return to the stricken ship to get more.

What probably would have really made a difference is if the Californian's radio operator hadn't just gone to bed and heard Titanic's distress call. I would hate to have been that guy when the news came down in the morning.

 

[Jimmy Wilson]

My son-in-law has the Lego Titanic, and has completed his build of it. I think he's found a lighting kit for it that he plans on installing next.
It's a very impressive model. We visited the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum and there was a Lego model of the "Edmund Fitzgerald" among the displays.