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| Titanic models have been one of the most prolific of the 20th century ships well worthy of your consideration.
Popping Rivets May Have Led To Titanic Sinking
This dates me, but I remember over 50 years ago having a wooden replica of an ocean liner in a case displayed on open water passing in front of a large rock cliff. It meant nothing to me at the time, but the detail was fantastic for its time. As a child, I quickly dismembered what I was told was a model built by a prisoner of war.
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| The detail on that model equaled anything on the market today but is rivaled by the detail produced by modelers of the Titanic who display there works at Titanic Research and Modeling Assn. (TRMA). | | "Modeling is one of the best ways of researching the fine physicals details of any ship (or object for that matter). Over the time that this site has developed, a large number of people have contributed photographs and details about their models. Each one is a proud work of art in its own right." | |  |
| I stumbled into a whole new subculture of scale modelers. If you have an hour or so to browse through the pages at http://titanic-model.com/. You will be as amazed as I in discovering what you never knew about this famous ocean liner that had a history of less than a year. |
 | At the left you will find a model of the sunken Titanic (from about midship to the bow) as it lies beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. It is a striking model alongside a fully furbished SS Titanic as she set forth from Souhhampton in April of 1912.
Titanic models such as this grace the pages of the TRMA site which also provides much historic data about the ship along with modeling instructions and techniques. |
Here are a few things I learned about this ship: - Length Overall 882 feet multiply by 12 to get inches divide by scale 350 for a model a little over 30 inches.
- Total height from keel to navigating bridge: 104ft. In model talk that's 3.5 inches!
- Construction was started March 21, 1909 and it was launched May 31, 1911. It hit the iceberg April 15, 1912.
- Total cost to build--$7.5 million or $150 million in today's money
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| More importantly, if you are modeling the SS Titanic, or any other Four Stacker there is a wealth of help at TRMA, including plans.. Over the years the TRMA has exhibited photos of members models of everything from the Titanic's Grand Staircase at 1:12 scale to a scale model of the rusted broken hulks as it would appear under the Atlantic Ocean. Remarkable. The depth of information on this site is remarkable and an unparalleled resource for anyone modeling the famous "Four Stacker". | 
