RMS Titanic 1:144 length 1.88 meters kit

Titanic RC model with gigantic dimensions With a length of almost 1.9 m, this is the largest kit that we can offer you as a remote-controlled model.

History: The Titanic began her maiden voyage from Southarnpton to New York on Wednesday, April 10, 1912 under her captain Edward John Smith. Rumor has it that Titanic's maiden voyage was to be his last as captain before his retirement. Other sources say it was not planned until the maiden voyage of the Britannic. The ship departed from its berth in Southampton Harbor shortly after 12 noon. Due to a previous coal strike, there were more ships in port than usual. As Titanic passed the steamers New York and Oceanic, the New York's tethers snapped due to the suction emanating from Titanic. As a result, the New York slowly drifted toward the Titanic. A collision was narrowly avoided, but the incident delayed Titanic's departure by an hour. In the early evening, Titanic anchored off Cherbourg, France, where more cargo and 274 passengers were brought aboard by tender. 22 passengers, who had only wanted to cross the Channel, disembarked.

On April 11, the Titanic anchored around noon off Queenstown in Ireland, where mainly emigrants boarded third class. Only seven passengers bound for Ireland disembarked. At about 1:30 p.m., the voyage began on the North Atlantic route traditional for passenger ships, heading for New York, where arrival was scheduled for Wednesday, April 17. After a three-day stay there, the return journey was then to be made. Titanic's voyage was abruptly disrupted at about 11:40 p.m. ship's time on Sunday, April 14. The lookout Frederick Fleet spotted an iceberg directly ahead and rang the alarm bell three times. He relayed this warning directly by telephone to the bridge, where it was received by 6th Officer James P. Moody. While Fleet was on the phone, his colleague Reginald Lee noticed that Titanic was beginning to turn. The officer on watch on the bridge had thus already initiated a port rounding maneuver, suggesting that he had already spotted the iceberg.

However, the distance to the iceberg was already too close. At full cruising speed, the ship's forward starboard side struck the ice formation, estimated at 300,000 tons. The iceberg probably came from Jakobshavn lsbras, a glacier in western Greenland. The collision damaged the bow, from the forepeak to just beyond the point of the ship that corresponded to the axis of rotation when turning. This axis of rotation was approximately at the boundary between the fifth and sixth watertight compartments at full speed. Several leaks affected all six forward watertight compartments, resulting in the sinking of the forecastle due to water intrusion. While the forward five compartments quickly filled up, the flooding in the sixth compartment could be slowed down by the pumps. in the first hour, between 22,000 tons and 25,000 tons of water flowed into the ship. This flooded the forward five compartments almost completely, after which Titanic reached near equilibrium for a short time. The inclination of the ship at this point was about 5° towards the bow, which was probably not yet perceived as threatening by most people. In the following hour, at most another 6,000 tons of water entered the ship, and the inclination did not change seriously. However, secondary flooding now began to increase as more and more of the ship's non-watertight openings, such as open portholes, ventilation shafts and cargo hatches in the sinking bow, were submerged below the waterline. This rapidly accelerated the sinking process.

After the sinking, the rescued people had to wait in the boats for about two hours before they could be picked up by the RMS Carpathia. The night of the sinking was very cold, the water temperature was below 0 degrees, slightly above the freezing point of sea water. Many people died of hypothermia not during the sinking on the ship, but afterwards in the water, and were floating lifeless in the water when the RMS Carpathia of the British Cunard Une arrived at 4:10 in the morning. Although there were still a total of several hundred seats available in the Titanic boats, the occupants rowed away from those calling for help, fearing that their boat might capsize if too many of those floating in the water tried to climb into the boat. Only lifeboat number 4 turned back. However, only five survivors were recovered, two of whom died in the boat. Around 3 o'clock, about 40 minutes after the sinking of the Titanic, the last cries for help from the water also fell silent. Only then did boat number 14, under the command of 5th officer Harold Lowe, who had transferred the passengers to other lifeboats, return to those floating in the water. Three more people were rescued who had initially taken refuge on flotsam. Only a total of 711 people survived, according to the British investigation report.

The kit: The model is built using the classic keel and frame construction method. The installation of the engines and outer ship shafts is already provided. The engines are not included in the kit. The central propeller is only a dummy and remains fixed. The hull is planked with a layer of wooden strips and sanded. Only then are the lasered strips with the countless portholes put on. In addition to the countless and wonderfully detailed laser superstructure parts, the large etched plates with window frames and decorations are a special feast for the builder's eyes.

Kit contents

• Laser etched wooden plates
• Various moldings for planking etc.
• Four large plates with photo-etched parts
• Brass chimneys
• Complete set of fittings made of brass. Only the lifeboats and anchors are plastic.
• Brass ship's propellers and stern tube and shaft
• Rigging twine
• Flag set
• 2 plan sheets with plan view, side view and stern view in scale 1:1
• Building description in Din A3 format with parts list, scaled-down illustrations of the lastered wooden panels and photo-etched parts, notes on color scheme, 62 drawing sheets with information on the building sequence, many detailed drawings and notes on the installation of the - remote control system.

Technical data Scale 1:144 Total length 1880 mm Total width 200 mm Height 500 mm

Construction Material hull: wood Material superstructure: Wood Hull construction: Frames Planking: double

Required accessories for the drive 42124 MAX Power 600 electric motor 2x 42128 Suppression kit 2x 63902 Bar coupling 3.17mm/4 mm 2x 67052 Speed controller Quicrun 860

Additional general accessories Remote control, drive battery, rudder servo, cables and connectors, paints, adhesives

Warnhinweis!
ACHTUNG: Nicht für Kinder unter 14 Jahren geeignet. Benutzung unter unmittelbarer Aufsicht von Erwachsenen.