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1/350 Titanic: Academy or Minicraft?

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1/350 Titanic: Academy or Minicraft?
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 2, 2003 8:00 AM
Hello everyone, hope you had a great Halloween.

I am interested in an ambitous project of modeling the 1/350 scale RMS Titanic. There are two kits available in plastic. Academy's and Minicraft's. Can anyone who's worked on these give me some input on which they think is the better kit?

Thanks in Advance.
  • Member since
    January 2003
  • From: Central MI
Posted by therriman on Sunday, November 2, 2003 9:56 AM
I don't know about the Academy. But I did the Minicraft one. Poor fit. Ejection pin marks EVERYWHERE, inaccaurties, you name it. Supposedly they fixed the inaccuarties. I'd be leary of it though. It's possible the Academy is the same kit, but I don't know.
Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 15, 2003 12:33 AM
Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, I think they are the same kit, so no difference at all. Got mine(minicraft) from China ( you won't wanna know how much.), she comes with photoetch parts (rudimentary - railings & the basic stuff.). Need to get further photoetch part for the boat davit & so forth. Have not build the kit yet, from the look of it, some place rather crude, a fair amount of work is need to turn her out decently. Thinking of replating the iron plate on the hull, the one moulded on it seem a bit too crude. I think we'll have to live with it, dun think any one's gonna release a new kit on this in any near future.
  • Member since
    January 2003
  • From: Central MI
Posted by therriman on Saturday, November 15, 2003 10:16 AM
I thought they were the same kit. But I only had the one so I couldn't say for sure. But yes kit is crude. And I paid way too much myself.
Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.
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