Trumpeter 1/200 Titanic

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Hi

It’s been over a year since Trumpeter announced a 1/200 Titanic. Last summer there was some box art seen on the internet, after that nothing.

Anyone hear anything on the possible release date of this kit?

I’m always glad to see the release of any new cruise ship, especially in this scale, sure hope it don’t vanish from the Trumpeter catalog.

Jim

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I’d put more stock in any prototypes shown at model shows, and I haven’t seen that yet.

The “box art” may very well be fan-created, not uncommon.

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Remember how long it was when news that Trumpeter was coming out with the A-6 Intruder and when it actually hit the shelves.

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We’re going to be in deep kimchee if Trumpeter ever starts into a 1/200 Nimitz class!! 5 1/2 feet!!!

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Yeah , But :

Do we really need another TITANIC ? What about the Normandie/Lafayette ? Or the various Queens or the S.S.United States /the last great liner to take and keep the " Blue Riband "?

I am sorry guys but I am so sad at seeing so many of her .Here’s one or two as mentioned starting with the first two .The U.S.S.Cyclops .Or a nicely detailed Victory Class Ship .They carried the Merchant Flag for the U.S til newer types came along . How about the smaller American liners and such that did duty as Troop Ships ?

Or those that started what we now know as the " Cruise Industry ?" Or for something different , How about the first generation American Box ( Container ) ships ? T.B.

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TB - I agree wholeheartedly, but the name itself sells, along with “bigger is better”

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There are so many gorgeous liners they could kit. I agree that the Titanic name sells. I wonder how many, though. If it doesn’t have big guns on it, most modelers don’t want it.

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Or how about the ships that really won the war in the pacific, an updated model of an attack transport (APA) or an attack cargo ship (AKA).

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Seriously, Gator Boy.

I have fallen in love with the other ships that won the war. The light cruisers.

Imagine a 1/200 or (my preference a 1/192) Cleveland Class.

Or Gambier Bay.

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That would be awesome!

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Hey " G "

All I can say to that is " Ditto " !

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You do realize that their only question would be in how to box it, yes? [:)]

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Amen.

I might make a note to include the vastly neglected CL(AA)s. If only for Juneau. And, once you kit out one, really, all of them are possible by only adding or subtracting a spue or two. Also, as “super destroyers” they have all sorts of “bits,” even paravanes.

Mind, Neosho wouldn’t hurt, or a generic Fleet Oiler.

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With some conversion you can get 3 ships out of one Titanic. The other 2 ships have a really varied and interesting color scheme. An RMS Olymipic in war paint, or a RMS Britanic in hospital colors.

I’m the first person to be happy with the possible release of a famous cruise ship in 1/200 scale. The way things are looking now we may end up with nothing.

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The Captain expresses a line of interest that takes a sailor I think to call.

I don’t want to jack this thread, but it doesn’t have much future since a 1/200 Trumpeter Titanic isn’t reality. So here goes.

Working back to front, my suggestion of a 1/200 ish CL model comes from a recent interest in same.

  1. Getting older suggests larger details, easier to see.

  2. Owning a home for a long time constrains available shelf space.

  3. I model as an excuse to do research, or rather I model when I find things in my reading that encourage a model.

  4. Recently there was a thread about the CA Indianapolis that got me looking at Navsource and Mare Island photos.

  5. In the background of the photos was a light cruiser, USS Vincennes.

  6. Looking at available plastic, there’ve been a very scant few models of light cruisers.

  7. Lindberg sold a 1/600 Cleveland for a while. It’s what you’d expect, pretty basic but ok. It is the earlier round bridge version.

  8. Resin models will not be a discussion here at this time.

  9. Pit Road Skywave sold Atlanta class, Oakland class and Cleveland class full hull ships on 1/700.

  10. The wiki pages are most useful for their footnotes. One book:

Norman Friedman, U.S. Cruisers, An Illustrated Design History p. 479. 1984 ISBN 978-0-87021-718-0

  1. I’ll be modeling light cruisers for a while now, and a bigger scale one would be grand. In the meantime, a couple of smaller Skywave models will do.
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Hi

This kit was announced in their 2018 catalog along with a photo. It’s definitely their decision to go ahead and produce the kit; I’ve still got my fingers crossed. The lack of any follow up news leaves me in a great deal of doubt.

From a 1/200 Titanic you have 3 possible ships. All with really varied color schemes. An RMS Britannic in hospital ship colors would be neat, or an Olympic in war time paint.

I know there are differences between the 3 ships; some of the differences may be harder to overcome. The double hull update to the 2 sister ships of Titanic might present a hard solution to correct, cross that bridge if it ever comes. As you said, the way things are looking the kit is never going to be reality. Too bad!!!

Jim

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You never know with Trumpeter, but the 1/200 Yorktown that was announced with the Titanic is now on it’s way. They are also showing a new 1/200 Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in their new catalog.

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More lifeboats!

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Looks as though Trumpeters 1/200 Titanic may sink as well

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Have patience - and she was an ocean liner, not a cruise ship.