Small Ship Models

The early 20th century was the heyday of the ocean liner. The Titanic and Lusitania are just two of those monstrous masterpieces. The shiny paint adorning the ocean liners of the time was of the highest quality. The paint’s ingredients; lead powder mixed with linseed oil and hand mixed.

Though collectors of ocean liner models may want to reproduce that hand-mixed paint look, they don’t have to actually use lead and linseed oil. Many specialty shops offer paint that will have the same type of finish and color pigments as the paint used to lacquer the Titanic.

Collectors should also know that the shipbuilders of 100-years ago didn’t buy their paint in 5-gallon buckets. The painters if the Titanic, for example, mixed paint in a specially-built shed.