6: Along with the usual models of aircraft, ships and vehicles, Airfix also produced other kits for hobbyists. What type of steam engine depicted in the photo?

Beam Engine

Part of what was known as the, “Museum Series” the beam engine was part of a four model set that also included a four stroke engine, a paddle engine, and a model of Richard Trevithick’s 1904 locomotive.

Although initially power by an electric motor and gears, when reissued in 2009, these parts were omitted from the beam engine and Trevithick’s locomotive.

The first Beam engines appeared in the early 18th century, designed by Thomas Newcomen. They were initially utilized for pumping water from coalmines, but their design made them inefficient. The engineers, Thomas Watt, …show more content…
Picture Titanic

Titanic
Queen Mary
Lusitania
Queen Elizabeth II (Q.E 2)

Built by Harland and Wolff, the RMS Titanic was the largest ship of its type when construction began in 1909. Built in conjunction with its sister ship Olympic, the Titanic required a new dry dock to be built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast.

In 1911 the Titanic was launched and fitted out, ready for service in 1912. Even before that fateful night (on April 14th, 1912) when it struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic ocean, the Titanic had already cost the lives of eight people who were either working on the ship itself or in the dockyard workshops.

Among the many people who were lost during the sinking of the Titanic was the naval architect, Thomas Andrew who designed the Titanic and it’s sister ships the Olympic and Britannic.

The result of the sinking of the Titanic though lead to certain requirement having to be made to passenger ships such as sufficient life boats for all the crew and passengers, and a permanently manned radio communication. In addition, it was also agreed upon that the firing of red rockets from a ship would also be seen as a sign that a ship was in distress or need of