Do not know what happened to the Olympic but the Britannia was converted to a hospital ship and sunk by a U-boat in the Mediterranean. Germans claimed it was secretly used for munitions. Danny
________________________________ From: Jim Krauzlis <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, November 25, 2009 7:22:37 AM Subject: RE: [Papermodels II 40849] Re: Titanic Paul and Danny: Yes, what Paul said, I was referring to either the sister ships or the Carpathia, I would love to see any of them squarely within the most capable sights of David as a project; the Carpathia would be a very nice subject to see modeled, I would think. Cheers! Jim From:Paul McCool [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 6:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Papermodels II 40845] Re: Titanic Danny, You are correct, but so was Jim. His post said "a sister ship OR the RMS Carpathia." Paul M. > >> >----- >Original Message ----- >> >From:Danny Butler >> >To:[email protected] >> >Sent:Tuesday, November >24, 2009 2:27 PM >> >Subject:Re: [Papermodels II >40844] Re: Titanic >> > >> >> >Excuse me for butting in, but the two sister ships of the >Titanic were the Olympic and Britannia. The Carpathia was the one that came to >the Titanic's aid. >>Danny >> > >> >> ________________________________ > >From:Jim Krauzlis <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Tue, November 24, 2009 3:32:09 PM >Subject: RE: [Papermodels II 40843] Re: Titanic > >>David: > >>That is, indeed, our loss as your designs are some of the most detailed, and >>of various ship types, I have seen over the years. I imagine it would be >a >>tremendous project for a ship model of that size and with your obvious high >>standards. Might you consider tackling, perhaps, a sister ship or the RMS >>Carpathia? One ship I would like to see available, for personal reasons, >is >>the HMT Rohna. Just too little information on her, I suppose. > >>I look forward to whatever project you decide to take on. > >>Cheers! >>Jim > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: David Hathaway [mailto:[email protected]] > >>Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 9:40 AM >>To: Papermodels II >>Subject: [Papermodels II 40837] Re: Titanic > >>Bob, > >>I would not build any of them at the moment :-( > >>The best (most accurate) seems to be the 1:200 scale one by GPM I >>think it is - except the decks are a very funny colour and the funnels >>are nearly red! Scanning and tweaking the model seems to be a big job >>for an A3+ model on 20-odd sheets. It is full hull so could be reduced >>to waterline fairly easily. > >>I intend to wait for that one true Titanic model to arrive - then buy >>two copies of it, 1 to build and 1 to keep. Also, just to clarify >>things, I have no intention of designing a Titanic model, ever. > >>All the best > >>David Hathaway > > -- 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. -- 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.
