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[mogsy]

Model boat article and pictures in this morning's Telegraph.
Fine Art Models of Michigan have knocked up an 18ft long 1:48 model from the original plans. Aparently this is the first time Harland & Wolff have released Titanic plans to a builder.

This article is probably on the Telegraph website but I've no time to link as I'm at the office.

Mogs

[Alastair_I]

Here is the link.

[Rex Hunt]

Did I mis-read it?
Cost for a fibreglass model............albeit a good one.....virtually the same as the REAL vessel?

Who has lost the plot here?
Is the Tax payer funding this as a follow up to the 'Millenium Dome' and Olympics projects?

Rex

[herrmill]

One of the RCGroups members saw the model up close last December during their open house:   

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=780007&highlight=Fine+Art+Models

The rivet plate says it all...

[RickF]

Rex,

Seven years work for, presumably, a team of professional modelmakers wouldn't come cheap. £1.3 million works out at roughly £92 an hour ( £1,300,000 / 40(hours a week) x 50 (weeks a year) x 7 (years)) which, split between a team of craftsmen, is not that much.

And it looks like some model - any more pictures, anyone?

Rick

[Martin (Admin)]

I've got some pictures from Fine Art Model's visit to Ally Pally model engineering pictures a couple of years back.
I'll delve the depths of my hard drive and post them up later.

Martin.