Posted by Don Morlan on May 28, 1998 at 14:31:20 in inet-gw.data-io.com:
I am currently developing a lighting plan for my 1/350 Titanic. I really like the look of all the portholes lit up. I don't want to black out very many, if ANY portholes and last night I was searching for some Ken Marschall paintings that would "back me up" on my desire to have all the portholes lit up.
That support came on page 111 of "Titanic, an Illustrated History" (by Lynch and Marschall). Page 111 shows the Titanic low in the water with nearly EVERY PORTHOLE ABLAZE. This is in sharp contrast to his paintings in the same few pages earlier that show the Titanic as she is striking the iceberg and also sailing towards the iceberg. These other two paintings show how VERY FEW portholes were lit BEFORE the ship struck.
The diffenence in the number of portholes lit up can best be explained by all the activity that must have taken place on ship after the collision- stewards and crewmen knocking, or pounding on doors (depending on which class the people were in), the ship being down by the head, and all the clamor of people scurrying about. Seeing this page 111 painting with all that lighting made me very happy.
I really like how the ship looks all lit up and thought that others might also look for an excuse to show almost every porthole lit up. Of course, we can make our models however we wish, but it is nice to have some historical accuracy too.
As a sidenote, I don't think I will have all 200 of the Gold Medal figures running about, but I will definitely get the benches and the railing kits. If I am modeling my ship with the "after the collision" theme and all the lights lit, I guess I will have to make my little, Gold Medal, flying Jack and Rose figures removable for use only during the daytime.
Food for thought!
I love your messageboard!
-Don