Yes, I'm sure they are the same model. The publisher in the copy in front of me now is shown on the front cover and in the copyright statement as TACO. (c) 1987 TACO Verlagsgesellschaft und Agebtur mbH, Huptstrasse 9, 1000 Berlin 62.
There's also a credit (my German is not up to it - and apologies to German-speaking list members for not reproducing the proper diacritical marks in the next bit) Konstruktionsplsne and Bauanleitung - Thomas Siwek - That name seems familiar -a designer? The window shading and the hull joins in Bones' pic match the model I have here. Thanks, David, for your commentary on the models out there. So, if you were to build one, with accuracy high on the requirements, which would you choose? Bob Pounds Canberra David Hathaway wrote: > I think you mean the Taschen model. It could equally be the Alan Rose > model - same scale/same length, but the window shading makes me say > its the Taschen one. On both the faded look of the sides is how they > are printed, not actual fading. > > As you rightly say it is an impressive model and the size alone makes > people go "wow". I built the Taschen one a long time ago - part of the > reason I got back into card modelling, and I built the Alan Rose one > last winter (reduced to 1:250 scale and "hacked about a bit"). What > was interesting was when I took it to a model show and a significant > number of people said "I have built that" but then went on to say they > weren't card modellers. > > The model is simplified. As observed the cowl vents are flat and the > trunk vents are "angled" topped rather than rounded. Winches are > simplified and benches horrific overscale boxes. The Alan Rose model > has marginally better detailing. The big problems with both is that > the height of the promenade deck (the slightly protruding deck/sides > immediately below the lifeboats) has been enlarged (about 50% too > high) and looks overscale, there is no deck camber and the lovely > sheer (bow to stern curve) of the original is gone, making it look > "boxy". > > There is no "accurate" Titanic model out there in any scale - all have > flaws that vary from wrong colours to structural mistakes. The problem > with the Titanic is there is simply so much data out there about the > original everyone can find a mistake, but equally there is no excuse > now for getting it wrong. > > David > > > > > > On Nov 2, 7:52 am, Bones <[email protected]> wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: REP <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Papermodels II 40684] Re: Titanic >> Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:36:13 +1100 >> >> Looks suspiciously like the Taco model. If your wallet is about 4 >> inches (100 mm) wide then I'd guess that the ship model is about 50 >> inches (1250 mm) long. I pulled out a copy of the Taco kit and it says >> it is 53 inches (1350 mm) long. The clincher though is that the hull >> seams fall exactly where the Taco kit's do. >> >> I wonder if it is discoloring that makes it look old,. If the model >> has been under a fluorescent light for a while that would knock the >> colour from it. >> The tab and slot impression may well come from the way the ventilators >> are made - on the Taco kit they are just profile cut-outs - no 3d shaping. >> >> But the Taco kit is still an impressive model - the 'wow' factor from >> the length alone. With care, making your own ventilators and a couple >> of other things, you'd have a quite impressive model. I seem to recall >> that someone (was it on this list?) pointed out a couple of errors in >> the design) Even so, one day ..... >> >> Bob Pounds >> Canberra >> >> It was a bit difficult to make out too much behind the glass Bob, but >> yep...wow factor all right !!. >> >> Bones >> -- >> -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- >> I haven't lost my mind .... I backed it up ...... SOMEWHERE !!! >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean.- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
