I started my Bismarck about a month ago and am working on the photo etch now on the decks before I put them together. I’ll post pics soon when I figure out how to do it…lol.
I got the hull done along with the lifeboats and the cranes. The PE part of it is very tedious and will take some time to finish it. I have the wood deck laid down and of course, Pontos did another great job with that. One thing I did notice was the numbering of the port hole covers. On the instruction sheet, it is numbered #1358 and on the sprue, it’s #741, #744 and #745. I guess they’ll still work…ha ha. Why they put an extension on the nose of the bow I’ll never know. But the glue lines weren’t hard to hide. A little bit of flash here and there but all in all, not too bad. But I do like the one piece hull and main deck.
I recently saw this kit at Valleycon,Chicopee,Ma. for what I thought was a steal (<200.00) and almost screwed myself up to bring it home.Couldn’t pull the trigger but anxious to see you knock it out.
If it was $200, then that was a steal. Mine was $264 and I thought that was a good price. It’s a massive model but very impressive. The model comes with 13 sheets of photo etch and a free main gun that’s clear and see through turret and metal guns. I think I figured out how to post pictures so I will do that pretty soon.
OH YEAH!! [Y] Not only a ship but a bigin. My buddy in our IPMS club received the 1/200 Rodney and another has the 1/200 Yamato but none of us has the 1/200 der Bismarck.
The plastic parts aren’t that small actually. The 200 scale parts are easier to handle. There won’t be any camo paint on my Bismarck. A lot of plastic parts are replaced by PE parts. Maybe the Carriers are the ones with the camo on them.