Scale: 1 m = 115cm
RMS Titanic broke in two as it sank.
The bow section plummeted 3.7 km to the seabed at nearly 40 km/h, almost as fast as it had been steaming when it hit the iceberg.
It hit the bottom so fast it was driven nearly 19 m down into the mud; that’s as long as a tenpin bowling lane.
The stern section sank more slowly and landed over half a kilometre away.
The iron and steel wreck is slowly crumbling away and can be damaged by visiting submersibles. Archeologists and explorers have documented as much of it as possible, to create a record before there’s more damage or disintegration.
Builder’s notes
Designed by: Eamon Riley, Lauren Brown, Luke Cini, Will Durkatz and Gus McLaren
Built By: Eamon Riley, Lauren Brown, Jordan Hocking, Greg Koutoumis and Adam Jones
The bubbles coming out of the bow of the ship help communicate the motion of the ship sinking.
The smokestacks / funnels of the ship are built with a method called SNOT (Studs Not On Top). This allowed us to create smooth surfaces all the way around the funnels rather than having studs exposed.
On the dark red part of the hull, we used different wedge plates and elements to replicate the damage that would have occurred from colliding with the iceberg. Although the damage was subtle, it was enough to send the Titanic to its grave.
We used Minifigure legs as ventilation pipes. This element usually doesn’t serve much of a purpose other than their intended design as legs for figures, so being able to use that elements is quite nice.
Model facts
- This model took 113hours to make
- It uses 12,847 bricks
- It weighs 30 kilograms