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Trumpter 1/200 Titanic on its way?

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  • From: Lamarque,Texas
Trumpter 1/200 Titanic on its way?
Posted by uspsjuan on Saturday, December 14, 2019 6:08 PM

Kitlinx sent an e-mail saying that it was "on it's way". I wonder if this is just hype or is it actually being shipped to sellers. Glad all my Christmas shopping is done. Need to see if my credit card has stopped smoking yet, cause its about to take another hit! LOL

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  • From: Mordor
Posted by Sauron on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 8:01 AM

Available now from Megahobby for $449.00.

"One Ring to Rule Them All, One Ring to Find Them, One Ring to Bring Them All, and in the Darkness Bind Them."
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Posted by uspsjuan on Thursday, February 13, 2020 7:57 AM
Just bought it from Kitlinx for $379. Supposed to be on to me.
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Posted by domer94 on Friday, February 14, 2020 9:44 AM
love that they produced this kit. now lets get onto a 1/200 Queen Mary (1) or United States!
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Posted by modelcrazy on Friday, February 14, 2020 10:24 AM

domer94
love that they produced this kit. now lets get onto a 1/200 Queen Mary (1) or United States!

Ditto

Steve

Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.

 

 

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  • From: Formerly Bryan, now Arlington, Texas
Posted by CapnMac82 on Friday, February 14, 2020 6:16 PM

Cap'n Ted over at EModels just picked his up--that beast is huge.

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  • From: Lamarque,Texas
Posted by uspsjuan on Saturday, February 15, 2020 6:12 PM
I still want Trumpter to produce 1. INJ Yamato and 2. Latest Nimitz or Ford class carrier. Either or both in 1/200 scale. Yes , I like to build big.LOL
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Posted by Tanker-Builder on Sunday, February 16, 2020 9:59 AM

Oh Come On! uspsJuan!

    Everybody always gets excited about " Another " Titanic! What about the Normandie/Laffayette? or the Andrea Doria or even the S.S.United States. The Titanic wasn't the only ship to sink in " Modern " times. How about one of her sisters?

 I'd even take the Queen Mary with optional parts to do her bow after she cut the British Cruiser in half, kept going for a long time Before they fixed it. Direct hit, Same general construction and she survived ! Nuff Said!

     Oh, I forgot a very important ship.The Isle de France stood by the stricken Andrea Doria for quite a while taking on Doria Passengers.

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Posted by Silly_me on Monday, February 17, 2020 1:42 PM

Tanker-Builder

The Titanic wasn't the only ship to sink in " Modern " times. How about one of her sisters?

 

 

I'd love a Lusitania, I'll even settle (prefer) 1/350.

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Posted by uspsjuan on Monday, February 17, 2020 9:23 PM
Tank Builder, I hear you. For me , it has to do with reading the book "Raise the Titanic" as a kid. It started a life long infatuation with this ship. Not really onto civilian liners per say but I wanted a Titanic. Was ready to but the Academy kit till I saw the info about the Trumpter kit. The rest is history as they say. I will put it in line with my other 1/200 ships . Missouri and Yorktown. Still want a Yamato and Nimitz/Ford .
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Posted by domer94 on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 4:03 PM

ah yes.. the search for "bizantium"

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  • From: Lamarque,Texas
Posted by uspsjuan on Saturday, February 22, 2020 7:26 AM
Update: Kitlinx's website said kit would be in by 02/20/2020. Looked on the sight on the 20th and it said the kit was "available now" yet I had no e-mail that my kit was on the way. Not this morning the kit is back on pre-order! Really trying to understand what's going on here. No answer yet to my e-mail as to the status of my order. Wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have to pay for it up front. Rant over, Happy building.
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  • From: South Carolina, USA
Posted by ChrisSC on Monday, February 24, 2020 8:57 PM
I got one from Megahobby as did my friend. It arrived in only two days. I also have a 1/350 Lusitania coming from Australia through ebay. I'll be busy for some time.
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Posted by Bakster on Thursday, February 27, 2020 5:10 PM

I think it would be a nice change of pace to work on a LARGE model like this. It's tempting to buy and build, but where would I put it. Bummer.

I hope you guys post pics of the model and the builds. 

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Posted by GMorrison on Thursday, February 27, 2020 5:57 PM

I'm tempted to say "I told you so", Juan.

Well, I did. Any preorder of any kit has to be made with throw away money. It's terrible, but it's so common.

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

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  • From: Lamarque,Texas
Posted by uspsjuan on Friday, February 28, 2020 7:26 AM
You are correct GM. And I did. I am just so impatient. It was all for not. Had I seen their newsletter, I would have read that the shipment to them was delayed. I have since received e-mails that the shipment arrived and that my kit has shipped and is scheduled to arrive on Tuesday. It's not like I'm waiting on it to get started. I have one on the work bench and one behind that. I'm so like a kid waiting on Christmas. LOL Happy building everyone!
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Posted by Bakster on Saturday, February 29, 2020 11:44 PM

I watched a kit review and this kit looks awesome. 

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Posted by ships4ever on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 12:22 PM

I'm very happy the huge Titanic is out, and maybe I will scrape up the cash to buy it. The best part is that the manufacturers decided to do a civilian ship, rather than another warship. It is a breath of fresh air. 

If I were to propose something in the same vein, how about a 1/200 Liberty Ship? They made such a valuable contribution to the war effort, and were the core of a number of companies after the war when so many of them were available cheap. 

On the bench: 1/350 Trumpeter HMS Dreadnought; 1/350 Academy USS Reuben James FFG-57

 

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  • From: Lamarque,Texas
Posted by uspsjuan on Friday, March 6, 2020 7:28 AM
Well my kit finally docked yesterday! I was like a kid at Christmas getting it out of the shipping box. The top to the kit box did not want to lift off so I could get inside! I was loosing my patience quickly when she finally slid open. It is just as described in all the videos. Thinking about getting the detail up set from Trumpter but really only want the wood decks. Maybe I'll wait to see who comes out with wood decks. All in all I think it was worth the wait as this looks to be quite the project. Looking forward to see how it looks when the LED's are turned on. Happy building everyone!
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  • From: New Braunfels, Texas
Posted by Tanker-Builder on Monday, March 9, 2020 12:00 PM

Hi;

        You know, I got to thinking ( I know,that's dangerous at my age). I guess it can't be too bad. The sheer size would impress anyone, But look at all the room for superdetailing. I would even cheat and use "N" scale figures on her. Bring her Alive!

    By shifting scales a little with the deckhouse area you could create her sister or the " Lucy" Also at that size I would create a couple of windows in the opposite side from the viewers so you could turn it around occassionally to show some of the hull and deckhouse interiors. Imagine the reaction you would get.

        I create freeform windows by making a mold of casting resin formed in a silicon mold that I make of a particular surface. That way I don't lose the original detail. They do work very thin if you are careful.

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