Although this model is configured to replicate Titanic's evening arrival at Cherbourg, photos in full sunlight show her off best.  In these images, the absence of passengers and crew on the outer decks (taken before they were added) suggest what the ship looked like on her sea trials.  While the weather in Belfast Lough on that occasion may not have been as clear as when these were taken, they convey the sense of Titanic taking to the open waters for the first time.

Note:  the water in these photos is not Photoshopped in.  You're seeing the actual material used to replicate the water surface on the model's base.

  When viewing these images, the following will be helpful references for size:

• The model is 3-1/4 inches wide (8.3 cm).  
• If you were standing on the ship, you would be a little over 3/16 inches tall (just over 5 mm).
• The deck benches, 8 feet long on the real Titanic, are about 1/4 inch long on the model (about 7 mm).
• The various lifeboats are between 7/8 and one inch long each (22 mm to just over 26 mm). 

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Modeler's note:  in the above images, the three stanchions below the forward edge of the Bridge are not in place yet. They were fitted and painted but not yet installed when these photos were taken, in order to give unrestricted access to the deck area behind them for placement of three figurines that would be added later.  As I wanted to take all the daytime photos without any passengers or crew visible, modelers will, I'm sure, forgive their absence. 

In the images below that show the forward lifeboats, the lifeboat railings inboard of boats 3 and 4 (the first main lifeboat aft of the cutter on each side) were removed after these photos were taken, as there were none inside the officers' promenade. Oversights do occur at times despite the best of planning!

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Historical note:  in these two images, the stacks of deck chairs and the two deck benches against the railing are what defines this model as representing Titanic at Cherbourg.  Photographs show that they were in different locations and groupings prior to Titanic leaving Southampton, and show they had been moved again by the time she arrived at Queenstown the following morning.  

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Historical note:  the small wooden chocks just visible beneath the narrow ends of the flagpoles lying flat on the Docking Bridge above were cut from a wooden block from the floor of the Engine Works at Harland & Wolff in Belfast, giving this model a link to the real Titanic beyond what it represents visually.

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