Trumpeter 1/350 Bismarck; New Tool for 2020

will be following along BBB ,

I received my new trumpeter kit yesterday. Looks amazing from looking at the sprues through plastic. i will be starting a build thread for it here when I start it after the completion of my North Carolina. 

Just purchased this kit to add to my stash of models to build. Sprue Bro's had a good deal. Ended up being cheaper than scale hobbyist with the sale. 

Cant wait to get my hands on this thing!

That Pontos set looks intense!  But, it looks great!

Bill

I have the Revell kit and plan on buying the Pontos detail set, which is a kit in itself.

I'm sure it has three times as many parts.

Is the Trumpeter kit any real improvement over the Revell kit of the Bismarck?  I already have the Revell kit, which has a lot of detail.

Bill

jeffpez

have no idea how to post pictures

You need to place them on a 3rd party site.  Imigur or the like.

You click on the image you want, select Copy Image Location, then insert that in the top line the insert image icon (looks like a mountain, 5th from the left)--comme ca:

That image I specified a 400 (pixel) width in the box before pressing enter.

All of the above is using a desktop--using mobile devices is different, and you'd need input from some one skilled in that activity.

Probably not because I won't be starting it any time soon and have no idea how to post pictures. When I saw it was available I made an impulse buy and grabbed it, just like I always do.

are you going to do a build log  jeff ? as I have just recieved the trumpeter 1/200 bismarck , just waiting for some PE to arrive , would love to compare the differences , betweeen the two .

Mine arrived today and it's stunning. Loads of detail and very well molded. There's a significant amount of PE included but one of the enclosed notices from Trumpeter shows they have their own detail up set with lots of PE, wooden decks, metal and resin parts. The sheet says they want $130 for the set but I saw it on Ebay for $55. 

This kit looks like a home run

I am very interested in this model. May be ordering it in the next few weeks and adding it to the GB. If I do order it I will be sure to share my WIP and thoughts on it.

This is what I wanted. Thanks for the link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rGNfNDdPeE

I'd found the Andy's review but no more. Thanks for the search tip. I'll keep looking. 

I stopped looking at Trumpeter's color call outs a long time ago but thanks for the chuckle. I'll have the kit next week so now I'll be looking at the painting chart.

jeffpez

but I can' find any reviews

On you tube check out Andy's Model Headquarters.

My real question is what trumpy will call the colors out as.  Brown for the hull, green for the deck camo stripes of lavenerd and violet . . .

Jeff , just go to utube , put in trumpeter 1/350 bismarck review , it's the first one . I'd copy and paste but l don't know how to on my phone

Perhaps I'm not searching correctly but I can' find any reviews of the new 1/350 kit as GMorrison stated. Could you post a link to them? I'm really curious because I just ordered the kit.

Thanks

Hi Tanker - Builder.  Sounds like you are going ok.

Marcus 

Hi Marcus!

 Yeah you're right. The Pontos deck ain't cheap!

No matter how detail it will seem to be, Pontos will come out with an upgrade that will cost twice as much as the kit...LOL.

Marcus 

They've already brought out 1/200 and 1/700 so I would assume it compares.

There are a number of reviews online. It looks very nice.

I just looked at this at Scalehobbyist and it looks terrific. Thanks for the tip. I found a short video link at scalemates but nothing else by way of a preview