codythecatt wrote:
As Channell says there are a couple of logs in process. Not to forget the discussion in the main forum section, which has taken on a bizarre life of it's own! (I've quit reading that one ... )
I keep hoping that somebody will start a real 'build' log though, instead of a 'modification' log where they only show the 'cool PE stuff' they just did. (if somebody buys the kit for me I would do it
)
Just pondering?
Referring to PE: the Bismark kit comes with oodles of PE so I am just wondering why one has to run out and buy
more? Is it just because it is there to buy ... or is it that Trumpeter kits are sooooo horribly designed and molded that it is absolutely needed to even build the model? I'm seriously interested. I was considering getting the 1:350 Trumpy kit of the HMS Dreadnought but if it involves getting another $200 of PE sets etc as a 'normal' modeler I'll give it a miss.
But, anyways, best of luck on the build!
I'll tell ya why Cody.... Because the seperate elements of the kit are not really in harmony detail-wise.
For example, Trumpeter gives you great PE and moldings to make top-end main guns but practically ignores the other guns. The superstructure molded detail is great... until you look at the porthole shields which are only blank round moldings and just look horrible. Trumpeter gives you PE to put the rails on only 1/3 of the funnel and only gives mold lines for the rest. The kit gives you 1/2 great PE ladders and expects you to be OK with the other 1/2 molded on like this was 1/350 scale. The Arado airplanes are well molded with PE canopies even but the boats look like matchbox toys. The deck fittings are highly detailed but the deck itself is completely wrong and almost lazy in it's execution.
All and all it looks like several different work-groups were assigned to design specific elements of the kit; some groups had hardcore Bismarck experts on them, some had artists who are used to making Gundam models and others were made entirely of 10 year old kids making their first model.
It would be a shame to let this kit stay "stock" and it would take a real model god with the patience and skill of Michaelangelo to fix all the various errors and bring all the elements up to "1st class" without resorting to the aftermarket.
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