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Titanic was the second of three massive ships built by the White Star Line for the transatlantic passenger trade. At 883 feet long and over 46,000 tons she was the largest ship in the world when she embarked in early April 1912 on her maiden voyage to New York.

Titanic beginning her sea trials.

Just before midnight on 14 April Titanic struck an iceberg, damaging the hull below the waterline. Despite her elaborate system of watertight doors and bulkheads, the ship was doomed. Outdated safety regulations had provided far fewer lifeboats than was necessary to evacuate the 2200 passengers and crew, and most people were still aboard when the ship finally went down at 2:20 a.m. Only about 700 survivors remained when rescue vessels arrived at first light.

News of the sinking caused shock worldwide. Maritime safety rules were immediately improved, including the provision of sufficient lifeboats on ships. In 1985 Titanic's wreck was discovered on the ocean floor, and in recent years several expeditions have visited the decaying remains of the once-great liner.
 

This model builds into a 1:1200 scale waterline replica of Titanic and is approximately 9 inches long when complete. You will need a colour printer capable of handling card or cover stock to print the parts sheets. 67 lb cover stock (approx 8.5 thousandths of an inch or 0.2 mm thick) is recommended.
Click here to see photos of the finished model.

My thanks to Gerardo Escobedo for test building this model and making helpful suggestions for improvement.

Note to webmasters!  If you want to offer this kit on your site, please read this first.
 

Card modeler Jerry Vondeling has modified the Titanic model to create several variants. He has kindly made the new parts and instructions available on this site, and they may be obtained from the download page linked below.

The Britannic, in both hospital ship and passenger liner livery.

The Titanic, as portrayed in the 1980 movie Raise the Titanic.

The Olympic, Titanic's older sister, in two variations of wartime “dazzle” camouflage.
1917-1918
mid-1918

The Olympic, showing the ship as she appeared in the 1920s.

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Primary site: Go to the download page
 

An optional display base for letter or A4 paper is also available on the download page.
 

RMS Titanic - The Wikipedia entry gives a good overview of the ship and her history.
Titanic Research and Modeling Association - Created with the scale modeler in mind, this site contains a vast amount of information about Titanic and her sisters and an active discussion forum.
Hospital Ship Britannic - A site devoted to the last Olympic-class liner, sunk by a mine during the First World War.
Titanic photo gallery - From MaritimeQuest, a wonderful collection of photos showing Titanic from her construction to her final resting place.
Olympic videos - From youtube.com, three short videos showing life aboard RMS Olympic, Titanic's sister ship.