John Brolin wrote:
Hello everyone! As you can see, I am fairly new to this site. I am not a new modeler, just new to ship modeling. To be honest, I've lurked on this site for a long time. I wanted to thank all of the members who have contributed information in this thread. I have used the information here to help me get off to a great start on my Revell 1/350 Bismarck. A special thank you to Olaf Held as I have used his paint information.
About my Bismarck. I'm a little leary of sharing my plans for it. Model building is my hobby and I enjoy it. I have recently completed a commissioned build of Mario Andretti's World Championship Lotus F1. It is a very accurate, contest winning model. It was also a joy killing kind of build. I sweated every detail. With the Bismarck being my first ship build, I want to do a clean build with the addition of Pontos and Lion Roar PE sets. I want it to be visually pleasing. I am, however, not terribly worried about making it 100% historically accurate. I can live with 95% accurate. I am thinking about sharing the W.I.P. in that section of this board.
Once again, thanks to all of you who have contributed to this board and this section. I hope that someday I can return the favor. I'm sure I will be posting questions as I get deeper into my build.
Hello, John, and welcome to our board. Pull up a chair and join in. I just want to make the observation that, especially for your first ship build, if you are shooting for as close to 100% historical accuracy as possible, you may be in for another "joy killing kind of build" as you so well put it. You have started with a great kit, though I don't think I would have personally suggested that even for an experienced modeler their first ship be a battleship, but it sounds like you are up to the task, especially if you are doing commission builds. As to accuracy, so many of these ships changed so much during their service lifetimes from refit to refit, armaments changed, etc., my personal approach is to try to get more of a representation of the ship at a general point in her service life, rather than shoot for complete accuracy. I maintain that the main thing, if it isn't a commission build, is to have fun. After all, this is a hobby.
Bob Melvin