I'm hoping Sam or Michael may be able to answer this one. What color were Titanic's boilers when they came out of the "shop"? - it's difficult to tell from B&W photos.
The reason I'm asking is that Chooch Enterprises, a manufacture specializing in model railroad add-on parts, has brought out a marine boiler (in 3 scale sizes) which bears a *reasonable* resemblance to those distinctive 3-hole face-plates seen in the Harland & Wolff photographs. They're painted bright silver now, but that alone would never stop a modeller from making changes. You can see them here:
http://www.choochenterprises.com/html/7282_120_ton_steam_boiler_equi.html
Roy
The reason I'm asking is that Chooch Enterprises, a manufacture specializing in model railroad add-on parts, has brought out a marine boiler (in 3 scale sizes) which bears a *reasonable* resemblance to those distinctive 3-hole face-plates seen in the Harland & Wolff photographs. They're painted bright silver now, but that alone would never stop a modeller from making changes. You can see them here:
http://www.choochenterprises.com/html/7282_120_ton_steam_boiler_equi.html
Roy