
10001 - RMS Titanic White Star Line |
THE REAL OCEAN LINERS
R.M.S. Titanic
The Titanic was tragically proclaimed to be un-sinkable, the famous ship struck an iceberg on the 14th April 1912 while on it's maiden voyage. the then worlds largest liner sank in the early hours of the 15th April, leaving only a small number of survivors.
R.M.S. Britannic
The Britannic after modifications was launched and used by the White Star line for luxury cruises. During the 1914-1918 war the ship was converted to a hospital ship, however like it's sister it came to a tragic end when it was torpedoed and sank in the Mediterranean.
R.M.S. Olympic
The final of the three liners was also used by White Star Line, but like the Britannic was taken over by the War Office. It was used as a troop carrier during the Great War, and was painted in the abstract dazzle camouflage livery. The Liner survived the war and was refitted by White Star Line for further luxury cruises. The ship eventually became part of the Cunard fleet.
THE GILBOW MODELS
The Titanic class Liner models are to a scale 1:1750 and were the first models in the range use just the 'Gilbow' branding.
The level of detail on the ships is fairly high, and variations in the number and positioning of the life boats exist between the models, reflecting the changes that were made to the sister vessels after the Titanic's sinking.
The models were all released in a period between December 1998 and August 2000. The model's introduction followed the success of the Hollywood film 'Titanic', which was the movie box office hit of 1998. |

10002/04 - RMS Britannic models |

10003/05 - RMS Olympic models |