Ocean Gate Titan (1:35)

mikezax

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Ocean Gate Titan

Scale : 1:35
Author : tekzo (free model)
Source : https://myhobbycraft.blogspot.com/2023/06/ocean-gate-titan-135.html?m=0

I glued this submarine, which became famous mainly because of its unfortunate fate. For me, it is interesting mainly because it is a deep submersible submarine and also because the disaster happened during the dive to the wreck of the Titanic.

Ocean Gate real.jpg

A few words about the original:
The company acquired a submersible vessel, Antipodes, and later built two of its own: Cyclops 1 and Titan. In 2021, OceanGate began taking paying tourists in the Titan to visit the wreck of the Titanic. As of 2022, the price to be a passenger on an OceanGate expedition to the Titanic shipwreck was US$250,000 per person.
In June 2023, Titan imploded during a voyage to the Titanic shipwreck site, killing all 5 occupants on board. An international search-and-rescue operation was launched and, on June 22, the wreckage was found on the seabed near the Titanic wreck site.

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The model can be downloaded from paperhobby. The hull is quite nicely finished, but the details are missing, so I completed them according to the available photos and the 3D model... I modified the following things:
-ship screws added to all engines
- added 5 reflectors
-glazed visor
- added rivets, antenna and cabling
-I made a simple mat
and that's about it... a few photos:

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I can understand why you made this model. The designer was full of hubris, and possibly a knowingly killed those people, as he stated publically that he expected the submersible to fail. I have much experience in composite materials. Nobody makes submersibles out of Carbon Fiber, as it has a high Tensile strength, but a very low compression strength. It was doomed from the beginning. He purchased the expired cold molding fiber strand from Boeing for a very cheap price. It's fortunate that when they crushed into "mud", it was so fast, they ever knew what happened to them.

Nice model. :)