Lindberg 1:72 (!) Japanese subs

and more Lindy show info at

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=759588

A group of larger photos were posted on SteelNavy.

I, among others, am not impressed.   They look to be more of the same old Lindberg offerings.  Perhaps not as poor as the old PT boat POS.

The construction on the show-piece models was shoddy and the painting and weathering looked like the models had been left out in the chicken coop.

Why can't a professional company hire professionals to assemble their public release models!

I am not standing in line for these.

That's a good thing Ed, 'cause you'd be there for a year!

And I can post overly large images too if you like.

Pat Matthews

EdGrune wrote:

The construction on the show-piece models was shoddy and the painting and weathering looked like the models had been left out in the chicken coop.

almost as bad as my models

EdGrune wrote:

I am not standing in line for these.

Well I am!!

Unless some one else comes out with something better. Ever since Revell came out with the 1/72 U-Boat I've been holding my breat some one would do this (my money was on Trumpeter). 

They may not be as good as could be but there'll be correction/detail enhancement kits following and It's still be better than anything I could scratch build.

First of all:Thanks Ed, that means one less person I have to stand behind. This one goes into the stash, with the U-Boat and Gato. I have no doubt that the aftermarket guys will take care of gross errors, and a little scratchbuilding will fix the rest.

I mean, like, what the heck. I'm converting the Gato to a Tench. And, since I'll be painting it myself, who cares how bad Lindberg's model builders are?

As for the PT, Ed ,do you remember the first version? The one with the cardboard deck? Things could be a lot worse. A lot of guys have proved, even the "Blue Devil", can be turned into a really nice model.

Now. If some one would come out with the I-400, aircraft carrier, I could die a happy man. Of course, a 1:72 1950s era Summer would be a big one with me, too. I hate the FRAMs

 Mike K

mkeatingss wrote:

I have no doubt that the aftermarket guys will take care of gross errors, and a little scratchbuilding will fix the rest. I mean, like, what the heck. I'm converting the Gato to a Tench. And, since I'll be painting it myself, who cares how bad Lindberg's model builders are?  A lot of guys have proved, even the "Blue Devil", can be turned into a really nice model. FRAMs  Mike K

i agree with ED 

1 aftermarket guys for the most part have always ignored lindberg's junk

2 yeah if one builds like me  sure the bluedevil will look good, there are a few posts on this forum on the very subject  by jeff herne ( he is quite a respected expert on ship models here and elsewhere) and after spending (wasting ) a good chunk of his modeling life trying to correct the errors etc..  he concluded that he probably could have carved a better model out of a block of plastic in the same amt of time it took to correct it.

3 understand ED's point. (i think i do when i say the following ED correct me if i missed your point )   when the manufact. show a model at an event many times it is not the kit  it is a BETTER  pre-production model and the artists/builders go out of their way to make it extra good (sellable). so if they don't put any pride into the sample what does that say.

it says that they have no pride in the co and thru that i say no respect for us (the comsumer)

Umm, what?

These models will not be released until 3rd quarter 2008, per Lindberg themselves. What models are you talking about?

Pat M

EdGrune wrote:

The construction on the show-piece models was shoddy and the painting and weathering looked like the models had been left out in the chicken coop

I have to disagree a little with you on this one, Ed. I agree that the boat looks like it's been sitting in a chicken coop and the conning tower is way over done with the rust treatment, but the hull weathering seems to be done fairly well. A submarine, fresh out of the water after a few months in a warm sea looks like abolute ....well, you know....and after a few weeks in drydock with the seagulls and pigeons having their way with the topside, the stink and slippery-ness of the thing is not to be believed. Just the smell of the dead seagrowth below the waterline would gag a bucket of maggots! Especially in the summertime. It's a good thing we can't super detail the stench of an overgrown hull.

I must say I largely agree with subfixer.  I am currently building Nichimo's 1:200 I-19 and have been stalled by a lack of ideas for the finish.  If you read the stories of these subs at www.combinedfleet.com it's readily apparent how hard-worked they were and how little time there was to keep the rust down.  Add to that the quality of Japanese paint, not to mention its short supply, and I was going for a heavily 'distressed' appearance not unlike that in the photos above.

Michael