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the best PE set for Tamiya 1/350 King George V?

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the best PE set for Tamiya 1/350 King George V?
Posted by amani on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 2:57 PM

Hello all fellow models

I am new to this forum but have been reading alot of threads here and learned alot. I have this Tamiya 1/350 King George V battleship in my closet for very long time, and now I like to get started. Now I need a good PE set for it, I am open to any price range. Can any of you give me few different sets and the price, and the best place to get them? I also like to build a ripid ocean diorama for it. Any kind of comments and suggestion will be deeply appreciated.

Thanks

Joe

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  • From: West Virginia, USA
Posted by mfsob on Friday, September 3, 2010 3:16 PM

I'm a 1/700 ship guy, but I don't think you can go far wrong with Gold Medal Models stuff. Loren Perry's sets tend to fit, exactly, and his directions border on exquisitely precise. He has a set for your very model: http://www.goldmm.com/ships/gms350-7.htm . I just fill out an order form, send him a check and the well-wrapped shows up in a week or so.

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Posted by amani on Friday, September 3, 2010 3:37 PM

finally some one has an answer, than you mfsob,

just my curiousity, is 1/700 just as fun as 1/350? what makes you stay with 1/700? this would be my first boat in 20+ years (i have only built a hand full in my life anyways.), i also have a 1/700 yamato also.

thanks again

  • Member since
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  • From: West Virginia, USA
Posted by mfsob on Sunday, September 5, 2010 8:50 PM

Short answer, when I got back into modeling, the one ship I really, really wanted to build only came in 1/700, or in some godawful gigantic and unaffordable scale like 1/96 or something. So I sucked it up and have slowly learned how to master the true "squinty scale." Which comes in handy when you live in a small apartment. Plus, I can do things like put an entire dockyard scene in less than a square foot of space, which allows me to tell lots of "stories" in a diorama while still keeping the ship as the center of attention, as in this example:

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Posted by amani on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 11:35 AM

beautiful work you have here, its a good idea of making things compact while still keeping the details.

thanks

  • Member since
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  • From: Lund, Sweden
Posted by denstore on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 5:12 AM

This might be a bit late, but:

I have both the WEM and the GMM etch sets for the KGV's. Both are good, and contains most of the things that you might need. But if I had to choose between them, the WEM would get my vote.

Better an airbrush in the hand, than ten in the car....Stick out tongue

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Posted by amani on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 2:56 PM

thank you denstore for the reply, but do you mind telling me why you go for WEM,  I am very new to building ships so I still have a long way to learn.

thanks

joey

  • Member since
    August 2009
  • From: Lund, Sweden
Posted by denstore on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 3:24 PM

Better relief etching, and more useful things. In reality, the best is to have them both, since there are useful things in both sets, but that might be a bit too expensive for most.

Better an airbrush in the hand, than ten in the car....Stick out tongue

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