Forecastle Deck

This is the forecastle deck of the Titanic. I am very pleased with the modeling process on this deck.

I had to cut the point off of the deck because the actual ship had a recess at the front where an anchor was stored. I then reshaped the piece I cut off, flipped it over, and glued it into place to serve as the anchor platform. I have put contour putty in the seams, but have not yet sanded it or painted it. I have an etched brass grille that goes over top of this.

The mast platform was not part of the model (the gray area by the big hole at the rear of the deck. I used some spare parts and contour putty to build this area.

There are a number of valves use to control ballast that were not part of the original kit. The brass wheels came with the after-market kit, but I had to fashion the posts out of spare plastic parts from the kit.

The kit's forecastle's hatch cover was flat. In reality, it was slightly concave with beveled edges. I used contour putty to shape this as well.

I still have to finish the anchor well, fashion an anchor out of spare parts, create a coil of rope or two for the bulwarks, and actually mount the forecastle.