I’m currently building one out of balsa wood. Won’t be a sinking model but it’s about the same size as yours. I love the superstructure, it looks so clean and sharpe.
Looking good. The bridge detail is astounding. I was wondering if you're gonna enlighten the ship? But considering no portholes and lack of window detail, I think not. Maybe put a water activated switch on the A deck to have the lights go out between the second and the third funnels if you do?
I considered adding lights in the very beginning but then realized it would actually cost an unexpectedly huge amount of money and just wouldn’t be worth it. I’ll sink the ship in the day so you can see all the details. The lights would simply not be visible and a huge waste of money
@@Mr.401_Official Makes sense. Daylight would definitely make it easier to take footage. By the way have you added any ballast? Considering you're carrying it no problem, I assume you're gonna rely on artificial draft alone. And I should say that'd be a mistake to be honest.
@@Mr.401_Official The boat will be too light. Once your internal and external water levels almost equalize the pressure difference will be so low the ship will practically take forever the sink. The cardboard itself is also too buoyant. And considering your bulkheads are too low, the water will be distributed towards the after part of the ship. I’m not sure if it’ll make any difference but still. But… Maybe the length of your bulkheads is the best size for this type of sinking without any weight, since it would NEVER sink the other way around.
She is actually surprisingly heavy. She’s still pretty easy to carry but after a while it can get pretty straining on the arms (with two people carrying her). She will take a long time to sink, but that’s intentional, as I want to get as much good footage as possible. It’s funny because there are people who say the ship is gonna sink in like 3 minutes with the inside being empty and without decks, and there are people who say she’s practically unsinkable or is gonna take an extremely long time to sink. As research shows, an average between multiple people’s opinions is most likely to be closest to the truth. I have conducted multiple practical tests and am of the opinion that the ship has 45 minutes, an hour at most… go to the first video in the series and go to the newest comment. I left an absolute book of a reply there. Go read it, maybe it will clear up some stuff
@@Galaxia_Wander yeah but that’s because she didn’t split in two and then didn’t freefall 4 kilometers to the bottom. She just gently settled. Also the marine growth protects her from rusticles
To be honest you should when you sink it make it hit a iceberg made out of paper cardboard or real ice (and after you do the sinking and all that stuff you should make Carpathia)
I have spent around 50 euros on glue but nothing more really. I got all the cardboard from the basement and already had the paint. Considering the size this is not too expensive
We'll need at least 2.69m deep... Yeah, unless the sinking goes historical and the ship breaks in 2 after reaching a 12 degrees inclination towards the bow
As you have already read, the lake isn’t deep enough by far. I’ll just create the illusion of a break and vertical stern, that was the plan from the beginning anyway
@@Mr.401_Official With a model this big and made of cardboard? She'll probably break in two. I tried to simulate it with a model like yours (much less detailed) by inclining it by hand (holding the bow with one hand ant using the other as a lever point roughly at the historical splitting point) and it almost split when reached the limit inclination (it didn't because I stopped before it actually split).
@@LorenzoFerrari-d5e No no, this thing is really tough it definitely won’t break. It’s built with structural integrity in mind and uses a complex system of beams and gurders for stability. I mean I could literally sit on it before I installed the boat deck details.
