Trumpeter 1/200 Titanic

The kit has yet to be released. I have seen the prototype kit assembled by Zeno Silva, a member of the Titanic Honor and Glory team, and it is very impressive. The team submitted 1.5 gigs worth of changes to Trumpeter to correct the many faults....it may be some of the reason it has been pushed back for release. Hopefuly, they will listen to some experts this time, as they did not when they made the prototype! 

As far as the Minicraft model is concerned.....even the corrected kit is full of errors. The roof over the 1st class lounge being one of the most noticeable (but a pretty easy fix).

Has anyone kitbashed a 1/200 Olympic from this kit yet...?

Yes, 1/700 is the way to go if you want all the WW2 USN CL's .  Between Niko, Dragon & Pit-Road you can make'em all, even an Omaha class.

   I started late buying Niko models. My Helena was $71.10 after shipping. It was a single item purchase, rare for me.   FreetimeHobbies has the Niko line.

Back to Titanic...

  My previous reference to Megahobby as a pre-order shop was done on purpose. AAA Hobbies is the "front" for MegaHobby. (The Megahobby "store" is the entire rear section behind AAA Hobbies.)  Mark (mstazz62), is a major patron over at AAA and is there on most Saturdays. Shameless plug... my bad.

    Nino

I decided 1/700 was the best option for building CL's. So far I've found Brooklyn, Atlanta and Cleveland classes, either plastic or resin. All under $ 50 each.

Nino, thanks for the info. That's a great idea about the paper kits, bummer no Brooklyn, I will be kit bashing the 1/350 Hobby Boss Arizona into the USS Idaho, I have great plans for that build, but not for the Boise yet. 

Sigep Ziggy,

     Keep an eye out for paper kits of the Brooklyn class.  I have found the higher priced paper kits of ships have been well researched and can be used to assist in scratch building. One drawback to many paper kits... no lower hull.

   If you want to go for a scratch-build, you may find it possible to use the paper forms as a template for plastic. if desired, the tougher parts like Turrets and some superstructure sections can be purchased from folks doing 3D printing.      

     Paper kits are cheaper than plastic and much cheaper than Resin. But, if you want to make the kit out of plastic using the paper kit as a guide, you will find that once you add the aftermarket stuff like Guns, masts, ready ammo boxes, net baskets, chain, cable reels, portholes, Doors, cranes, antenna/radar, and ships boats, it can get expensive.

      However, I plan to do just that. My 1/200 WAK Salt Lake City paper kit has been scanned in prep for changing the scale and using plastic for the major assemblies.  The upper hull seemed easy to make in plastic, (lower hull not attempeted yet), and I can even add a wood deck.  The intricate stuff like the Turrets and some smaller details will be purchased. Other parts I have already borrowed from spare kits and the finest details like radar, are availble as PE.  This is for the future as I am still a Scratch-Build Novice.  

    I do not know of any paper kits of the Brooklyn class. JSC makes a paper Helena though.  It's close but not a Boise.

     Nino

  Those paper kits can look pretty good too.  Here is a USS Helena:

Nino

Patiently waiting for a plastic 1/350 Brooklyn class Cl, cheaper than $245.  

I'm with you Nino, I want to build the USS Boise and can't afford the only resin kit available. So, I bought some plans for the USS Brooklyn on ebay only to find they were very simple, probably for a motorized boat. Well, I plan to build one from scatch, just need some better plans.

Marcus McBean

I just saw a video on U-tube about the 1/200 Titanic kit is being released in October. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZL4B3s8SDw

Marcus

 

Looks like it could be one heck of a model, and cool to build.

I just saw a video on U-tube about the 1/200 Titanic kit is being released in October. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZL4B3s8SDw

Marcus

Thanks it was tough!

philo426

Has to be better than this Sterling Innovations 3.99 paper kit I just built.I was going to burn it but my youngest daughter begged me to finish it!

 

Your Titanic looks great.

     Many modelers are not aware of how tough a paper kit can be.  Some of us copy and print out the pages and do some serious practrice with these copied sheets.  In my case, your Titanic is 10x more involved than any paper kit I have attempted. Well Done I say!

  Glad you did not burn it.  Life is a learning experience.  Challenges are fun (mostly).

( Heck, Ya can't burn it ... It has to be put on ice.)

  Thanks for following thru and keeping us interested.

    Nino.

Has to be better than this Sterling Innovations 3.99 paper kit I just built.I was going to burn it but my youngest daughter begged me to finish it!

I caution against this. Nothing against Mega Hobby, but being charged to pre-order is pretty risky. Future releases have a way of remaining "future" releases.

A quick update...

  You can pre-order the 1/200 kit here:

https://www.megahobby.com/products/preorder-rms-titanic-ocean-liner-1-200-trumpeter.html

And probably other stores too.

The disclaimer:

"This item is now available for preorder at MegaHobby.com -- it has not yet been released. Your credit card will be charged at the time of order placement. This item is expected to be released around Q4 2019*."

Olblindman

Trumpeter is working with the Titanic Honor and Glory team to determine the accuracy of this model. If you are not familiar with Titanic Honor and Glory, their team includes as consultants Ken Marschall, Parks Stephenson, and Bill Sauder, to name just a few. Their digital reconstruction of Titanic will be the most accurate ever.  They have 2 prototype kits for evaluation right now, one for accuracy, the other for assembly. 

If Trumpeter takes thier advice, and makes the corrections, it will be a wonderful model.

 

Sure hope Trumpeter takes Advice from the Experts.  History seems to show they mostly don't. 

For a quick easy design all Trumpeter had to do was "copy" the Minicraft 1/350, kit#11320, that has all the major corrections. Trumpeters little off-shoot, Minihobby, has been doing the sort of "thing" for years.

   A few notes...

One of our FSM menbers, BigJake, was involved in the Minicraft 1/350 Titanic corrections.

A terrible loss: The web site http://titanicmodel.com/, with hundreds of photo's and model kit tips, hit the proverbial iceberg awhile back. 

The Titanic Research and Modeling Association domain site expired too but they still have some photo's on their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/Titanic-Research-Modeling-Association-TRMA-225700410840480/photos/?ref=page_internal

 Hope we get to see some pictures of the actual 1/200 kit parts or even final CAD shots of the design.  That could be helpful in working on existing models of the ship.

    Nino

 P.S.  To all you Rivet counters out there.   Too see how to improve your exisiting Titanic model, ...if you can't wait for this Trumpeter Uber-Accurate 1/200 model, that is...        go here:

http://www.rivet-counter.com/Rivet_Counter_Pages/Contents.html

Olblindman

If Trumpeter takes thier advice, and makes the corrections, it will be a wonderful model.

Trumpeter doesn’t have a great track record in actually acting on this sort of feedback, so let’s hope they make an exception this time.....

I read that it will be available 8/30.

Trumpeter is working with the Titanic Honor and Glory team to determine the accuracy of this model. If you are not familiar with Titanic Honor and Glory, their team includes as consultants Ken Marschall, Parks Stephenson, and Bill Sauder, to name just a few. Their digital reconstruction of Titanic will be the most accurate ever.  They have 2 prototype kits for evaluation right now, one for accuracy, the other for assembly. 

If Trumpeter takes thier advice, and makes the corrections, it will be a wonderful model.

White Star Buff is the proper color for the funnels, but no one is exactly sure what color that really is!

I have sent several requests to Trumpeter for a 1/200 IJN Yamato. I hope they make one. I doubt it though. The Chinese hate the Japanese for the Nazi like destruction done to China and its people in the 1930's and 1940's.

gee guy, if you don't want another Titanic, you don't have to have one. How many 1/200 Titanics are out there? Oh, far too many for me to make a choice. The more kits of more scales, the better. You can ask your Mommy to make a choice for you if you're having difficulty. I'm really glad you have nothing to do with kit production. We would have one model of mickey mouse, and nothing else.

ive seen that 1/250 yamato floating around on ebay.. looks like a monster. i just personally was never turned on by the yamato. however i think the recessed boat lauch ports are one of the coolest design features of that era

I agree with your sentiments, but the fact is that the Titanic story is still as enthralling today as it was one hundred years ago. Certainly the Lusitania carries an equally captivating story, as does the Andrea Doria, and others...But Titanic was the first...and in a scale this large, with this much cost, they are going with a "sure thing". Additionally, there are volumes upon volumes of technical details and photos available to inform the above average modeler, that even among builders there will be noticeable differences. If this sells well, I would expect a future release of historic liners, just as we saw after the release of the USS ARIZONA in military ships. My guess is that there will be follow on kits of the Britannic, and "Old Reliable", Olympic. The Lusitania and Mauritania are both worthy of the 1/200 scale, and should be done.  Now the several Minicraft /350 and 1/400 scale plastic and the Amati 1/250 plank on frame kits will be pushed further back on the shelf...for "later".

Secretly however, I would love to see a 1/200 scale (or larger) super detailed Hindenburg Airship. I won't be holding my breath though.

retdfeuerwehr

I totally agree with you....I served aboard USS MERRICK (AKA97) and USS WINDHAM COUNTY (LST1170), and ended up at Assault Craft Unit ONE. The gators are finally getting some recognition for their role in America's wars. I'd really like to see a 1156-class LST, but fear that'll never happen. Maybe more Brown Water Navy vessels, eh?

 

My father served on AKA-91 USS-Whitley,I would love to see a 1/350 or a1/200 of that one,even though he is long gone.