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                        Trumpeter 1:350 Battleship kits: North Carolina vs Massachusetts

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                        keilau
                        • Member since
                          April 2004
                        • From: Windy city, US
                        Trumpeter 1:350 Battleship kits: North Carolina vs Massachusetts
                        Posted by keilau on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 2:47 PM
                        The new BB-59 Massachusetts kit was just becoming available from hobby shops. From the trumpeter site, the part count is about half of the older North Carolina kit. 300+ vs 600+. Is this an improvement with better tooling technique? Or scaling back in accuracy and details?
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                        Aurora-7
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Connecticut, USA
                        Posted by Aurora-7 on Thursday, September 6, 2007 7:51 AM

                        I have not found a definitive source that compares the two but here are two reviews -one for the North Carolina in 2005 by Modeling Madness and one recently from Internet Modeler for the Massachusetts.

                         

                        North Carolina 

                        http://modelingmadness.com/scotts/misc/ships/trumpeter/05303preview.htm

                         

                        Massachusetts 

                        http://www.internetmodeler.com/2007/september/first-looks/trumpeter_bb59.php

                         

                         

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                        keilau
                        • Member since
                          April 2004
                        • From: Windy city, US
                        Posted by keilau on Thursday, September 6, 2007 12:41 PM

                        Thank you for the link to the Massachusetts kit review.

                        I found a few more reviews for the North Carolina.

                        http://www.steelnavy.com/TrumpNCgHopp.htm

                        http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/ships/bb/bb-55/350-trump/north-carolina.html

                        Generally good impression, but no comment on the number of parts.

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