Revell 1/350 Bismarck

Thanks for all the responses guys.

I think I will just end up using the British Crimson I bought. It is a pretty deep red and I think that darkening it a little will do the trick.

I'm going to tape the hull tomorrow after I get home from work and give it a shot. I'll post pics after it dries to get some opinions.

Regards,

Jeff 

I can't see any way in which the RoG Bismarck could easily be motorised. the one-piece deck kinda puts paid to that. If you want a motorised Bismarck, the Tamiya kit is a much better starting point, especially as it has a one-piece hull, and is designed for motorization. Early releases were, in fact, motorised.

The outer prop shaft housings on the Bismarck are quite complex shapes, and I imagine that RoG chose to mould them as separate 3-piece items because it's easier to design accurate tooling that way. It's interesting to note that the kit's prop shafts and propellers are designed to turn!

Cheers,

Chris.

searat12 wrote:

Interesting!  I hadn't thought about that, but if the shafts are meant to turn, perhaps something could be done by an RCer.... Maybe use the deck from the Tamiya model, and the hull of the Revell?

I think if you did that, you'd have the worst of both worlds - the two-piece RoG hull, with its seam to clean up and the potential for leakages, and the three-part Tamiya deck, with the (very difficult) joins to disguise.

The RoG props are only designed to turn very slowly, if at all, and I think the mountings would break if you were to attempt to turn the shafts at any speed, such as would happen if you connected them to an electric motor. Far better to use the Tamiya hull which, as noted previously, is designed for the purpose. The lower level of detail on the Tamiya kit is not necessarily a bad thing, because detail is fragile, and easily knocked off from working models -ask any railroad modeller!

Cheers,

Chris.

Ok,

So I got the hull painted today. The color looks about right to me. It was my first time painting anything this big so I have a few spots where the paint ran. I am thinking that I should wait a few days for those spots to dry all the way and then hit them with some fine grade sand paper?

I'll post pics tomorrow night to see what you guys think of the color. There are some spots that have heavier coverage than others so once it is all nice and dry, I will touch it up here and there.

Pics to follow.

Regards,

Jeff

Here is what I have so far. All comments are welcome.

Regards,

Jeff

firesmacker wrote:

Here is what I have so far. All comments are welcome. Regards, Jeff

Just wait till you get to the black an white stripes and the white blobs fore and aft. I still need to get to the dark grey camo pattern on mine before I tackle those white blobs. BTW mine is the Bismarks 1/570 scale little brother.

The decals should be OK for the hull stripes, boot-topping, and bow and stern 'bow waves', but, although black/ white camo stripes are provided for the superstructure, in practice, I can't see them settling down over such irregular shapes. Think we're going to have to paint these on.

Cheers,

Chris.

What ever happened to this here boat?

, Dave

it was sunk by the british.

It's still in the stash. Got sidelined by review builds.

Finally got back to this one after a long hiatus. I went ahead and just painted the black and white stripes and the false bow waves. The swastika and surrounding areas where also done by hand (obviously, since the kit provided nothing but a diagram)

From all the references I have seen I realize that the red borders are probably too wide but, quite frankly, after 4 attempts and the constant masking and spraying and re-masking and re-respraying on and on and on... I'm to just say "close enough". I think it looks OK and don't want to wreck it. Enough jabbering, here is what I have so far:

View from the top:

I have a lot of the sub assemblies done as well as the main and secondary batteries so as soon as I get the main deck finished and attached I can finally get moving.

Thanks for looking, as always, any comments or suggestions are welcome.

Regards,

Jeff

Nice work so far, one point I saw on the hull painting.  The boot top was slightly larger from the false bow wave to the stern wave.  You can see it here:

http://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/paint_schemes/paintbism1941.html

Great work keep the pictures coming!

Oh one more thing too, don't forget the Quad 20MM MG-C/38 guns were installed late April of 41, along with the 2cm_Flak_38 army AA gun mounted either side of the aft armored command post.

Prior to that date she had the 20MM single mounts installed at those positions.