1/350 Battleship Bismarck -- fair/good price?

Hartmann352 · July 29, 2009, 8:37am

The new RoG Battleship Bismarck.

$87.00 a fair price?

Is RVL05040 the new one that is attaining the good/great reviews?

Thanks for the assistance/advice.

[#toast], Dave.

keilau · July 29, 2009, 11:53am

Very good price for a new kit with great reviews. Check Tom Foti’s in the March 2009 FSM.

Another built review: http://www.bismarck-class.dk/shipmodels/german_models/bismarckbeisheim2.html

big_ears · July 29, 2009, 3:36pm

Hobbynuts.com has the ship made by Tamiya for 64 dollars. there phone is 1-888-255-4050 Give them a try.

kermit · July 29, 2009, 4:16pm

The revell 1:570 scale bismarck is the older one. The 1:350 scale is the newer one. On the dutch forums it has very good reviews sofar. The mold is new and fairly accurate, fitting (for revell standards) is excellent. The only real downside i have read about is the thickness of the railings so you might want to get aftermarket ones.

The Tamiya version is still good but considered becoming a tad dated. The revell issue is supposed to be better. For the price you pay for it you get a fine model, worth lots of hours of modeling fun.

I have it in a box here in my room and started it about a year ago but never finished. Personally i am very positive sofar about the kit. Bottom line: if it is within your budget, go for it.

keilau · July 29, 2009, 7:39pm

What do you think of the recent Revell 1:350 scale Bismarck and Tirpitz? They sound like wonderful kits for the very reasonable price.

The new Revell Bismarck is an excellent kit, light years ahead of the old Tamiya one (which is still a pretty decent kit). It includes loads of surface detail on the deck, superstructure bulkheads, etc. which you’d need several expensive PE sets to add to the Tamiya kit, and the smaller parts and fittings are all very finely moulded (the Arado seaplane even has a clear cockpit canopy with some basic interior detail). The deck is also a single-piece moulding.

I’m sure there are still some accuracy issues, and some areas lacking in detail (and the plastic rails, though better than the old Heller 1/400 ones, still aren’t much good compared to PE) but overall it’s a huge improvement over the old kit especially considering its very reasonable price.

Haven’t seen in the box of the Tirpitz kit but since it shares many parts with the Bismarck it’ll presumably be of the same high quality. In fact the Bismarck kit actually includes quite a few unused extra parts, such as AA guns, presumably intended for the Tirpitz (they might come in handy for detailing or converting the new 1/350 Prinz Eugen and Graf Spee out later this year)

Hartmann352 · July 30, 2009, 3:34pm

Thanks for the input all.

Saved up for it—it’s on it’s way.

if there are others out there with input, those of you that might be building this now, or have built it, please post.

[#toast], Dave.