Finished Revell 1/1200 Bismarck

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Hi all!

My oldest son, John (who turned 6 in November) got really interested in the Bismarck after seeing the History Channel Dogfights episode on the hunt for the Bismarck. So this summer I picked up the Revell 1:1200 Bismarck for us to work on together.

We worked on it in mostly in October. John did almost all the work on the assembly. I just cut the parts off the sprue and dabbed glue in the right places. This kit goes together beautifully!

We didn’t paint it, but I did put on the decals.

The base is made from painted aluminum foil under several heavy coats of Mod Podge. Again, John did the bulk of the work on the base, but I did the spray painting and some of the work with the Mod Podge – just because it looked like fun. :slight_smile:

Here are the photos:

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Regards,

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Drew thats awesome to see ,John did a great job on the build you must be one proud Dad!

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Thats awesome, you guys have done a bang up job. Next on the list the Prinz Eugen?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Prinz_Eugen

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Yup! He got the Airfix “Sink the Bismarck” 1/1200 scale seven ship set for his birthday. :slight_smile:

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That is so awesome. You guys should enter the Airfix Group Build with them. I want that set now lol.

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You know what they say…

'Small hands…

…are good for handling small parts!’

Excellent job for a Jr. modeler! Looking forward to seeing the Airfix set built.[Y]

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Very nice ![Y]

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Good to see more young kids building models. Nicely done.

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Lovely little build, he is off to a great start. Is he eyeing up the 1/350 version yet.

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I love to see our hobby enjoyed by kids.Nice job on the father and son project.

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VERY nice work! I started when I was about his age. That was a LONG time ago.

We expect to see a WIP on that set! [;)]

Gene Beaird,
Pearland, Texas

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He is well on his way, and that is one good-looking build in that scale [Y] 1/700 is as low as I can go, and that for not much longer … all it needs is some 1/1200 people to finish it off! (No, seriously, I remember seeing some 1/1200 PE people recently, and thinking, Yeah, like THAT’s ever gonna’ happen on one of my builds …)