Editing Titanic (1997 film) (section)

===Scale modeling===
[[File:TitanicBaja.jpg|thumb|alt=A ship resembling the Titanic is being built at a port with clear skies and small waves.|The reconstruction of ''Titanic''. The blueprints were supplied by the original ship's builder and Cameron tried to make the ship as detailed and accurate as possible.<ref name="blueprint">Marsh and Kirkland, pp. 36–38</ref><ref name="ewadmin">{{Cite web |last=ewadmin |date=2014-08-13 |title=TITANIC, the Model |url=https://www.epoxyworks.com/index.php/titanic-the-model/ |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=Epoxyworks |language=en-US |archive-date=July 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724131201/https://www.epoxyworks.com/index.php/titanic-the-model/ |url-status=live }}</ref>]]

[[Harland & Wolff]], ''Titanic''{{'s}} builders, opened their private archives to the crew, sharing blueprints that were previously thought lost. For the ship's interiors, production designer [[Peter Lamont]]'s team looked for artifacts from the era. The newness of the ship meant every prop had to be made from scratch.<ref name="blueprint" /> Fox acquired 40 acres of waterfront south of [[Rosarito Beach|Playas de Rosarito]] in Mexico and began building a new studio on May 31, 1996. A [[horizon tank]] of 17 million gallons was built for the exterior of the reconstructed ship, providing 270 degrees of ocean view. The ship was built to full scale, but Lamont removed redundant sections on the [[superstructure]] and forward well deck for the ship to fit in the tank, with the remaining sections filled with digital models. The lifeboats and funnels were shrunk by ten percent. The boat deck and A-deck were working sets, but the rest of the ship was steel plating. Within was a 50-foot lifting platform for the ship to tilt during the sinking sequences. The 60-foot 1/8th scale model of the stern section was designed by the naval architect [[Jay Kantola]] using plans of the ''Titanic''{{'s}} sister ship {{RMS|Olympic}}.<ref name="ewadmin"/> Above the model was a {{convert|162|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} tower crane on {{convert|600|ft|m}} of [[Track (rail transport)|rail track]], acting as a combined construction, lighting, and camera platform.<ref name="heart" />

The sets representing the interior rooms of the ''Titanic'' were reproduced exactly using photographs and plans from the ''Titanic''{{'s}} builders. The Grand Staircase, which features prominently in the film, was recreated to a high standard, though it was widened 30% compared to the original and reinforced with steel girders. Craftsmen from Mexico and Britain sculpted the ornate paneling and plasterwork based on ''Titanic''{{'s}} original designs.<ref>{{cite book| title=James Cameron's Titanic | url=https://archive.org/details/jamescameronstit00kirk | url-access=registration | author=Ed W. Marsh | year=1997 | page=[https://archive.org/details/jamescameronstit00kirk/page/21 21]}}</ref> The carpeting, upholstery, individual pieces of furniture, light fixtures, chairs, cutlery and crockery with the [[White Star Line]] crest on each piece were among the objects recreated according to original designs.<ref>{{cite book| title=James Cameron's Titanic | url=https://archive.org/details/jamescameronstit00kirk | url-access=registration | author=Ed W. Marsh | year=1997 | page=[https://archive.org/details/jamescameronstit00kirk/page/35 35]}}</ref> Cameron hired two ''Titanic'' historians, [[Don Lynch]] and [[Ken Marschall]], to authenticate the historical detail.<ref name="www.media-awareness.ca" />