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Queen Mary 2 models?

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Queen Mary 2 models?
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 1, 2006 6:31 PM

I'm really interested in building a kit of the enormous liner, the Queen Mary 2, but there are at least two kits of the ship out there -- the Revell AG kit and the Heller.  Which kit is better?  I assume the Revell kit is, but am prepared to be surprised.

How are the kits?  Fit good and detailing accurate?

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  • From: EG48
Posted by Tracy White on Saturday, April 1, 2006 7:07 PM
Well, do you want big or REALLY BIG?
I've got the RoG kit and it's nice looking in the box, but HUGE. I took it as far as to test fit the hull halves together and fit looked decent. I looked over the Heller kit in the shop and don't remember any repulsion towards it, but this was a cursory examination when the kit first came out so details are fuzzy.

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  • From: Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, UK.
Posted by davros on Sunday, April 2, 2006 9:44 AM

If you would like to see an online review of the Revell kit check here..

http://hsfeatures.com/features04/qm2tt_1.htm

And for the Heller/Airfix kit here.

http://smmlonline.com/reviews/models/queenmary2/queenmary2.html

 

White Ensign are listing photoetch for both kits but I think they are waiting for sufficient pre-orders before porceeding.

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 2, 2006 11:00 AM

Thanks for the links -- I'd seen those.  Too bad the Airfix review is out of box only.  I'd like to see the kit built up. 

Interestingly, there's a review online of the Revell kit with a build-up in which the modeler did not paint the white surfaces and left them bare white plastic, and also did not clean up the seams -- which at least lets you see how much seam clean-up there is.

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