Hello all!, not sure if some of the old guys like modelcrazy and them are still around. But he, and many other helped me out a lot when I first started this hobby several years ago. I ended up buying my dream home, getting promoted, and a few other curve balls that life threw my way. But I have finally in the last month or two began to sit down and start modeling again!
I have picked back up on where I left off on the new tooled (few years back) trumpeter 1/350 Bismarck. Still have quite a bit to do with her but the superstructure is starting to take shape! I will share pictures once I have some time to take some decent ones!
Have a few models on my rack to start after I complete the bismarck, I just purchased the trumpeter italian heavy cruiser Zara for one of my next builds. I will create new threads for each new build as I start them. But I will update this one with bismarck pics as I complete the kit.
Thanks! Glad to see some of you guys are still here, to include Steve. Looking forward to finishing this bismarck, I bought the zara today with the upgraded wooden deck and anchor chain from artwox. Be my first time doing a wooden deck on a model. So I am excited to see how that turns out!
Thanks for the warm welcome back everyone! I put a couple of hours in on the Bismarck last night. I forgot how many frets of PE came with this model. But it is starting to come together. I bought some EZ line stuff to attempt rigging for the first time. Might mess around with one of my early models that are… well not the best of my work haha! Just to see how to use it and run it.
Not sure if I will attempt to add rigging to the Bismarck yet or not. But I plan on doing it to the Zara once I finish her. I will be starting on that model next I believe. I bought the Trumpeter 1/350 version of it. I have had a lot of luck with the trumpeter kits and they seem to be one of the best. So I will start the Zara Italian heavy cruiser, which comes with PE railings and other frets of PE with the kit. I am adding the artwox wooden deck and doing the rigging (attempting it anyway) with that model.
Should have some progress pics of the bismarck up soon!
Looking forward to the pictures when you get a chance to post them. I recently tried EZ Line for the first time, on one of my older productions, and learned “they” are correct - the EZ Line will curl if it comes into contact with CA glue where you don’t want it to.