A Friend of mine asked me to post some Photos of his 1-200 Bismarck here for you to see. It was built over 2 Years from a Subsription from a Newsagent Magazine. I hope you enjoy...Cheers Mark

Nice work Mark, very impressive looking beast indeed.

Si

WOW.... very stunning... curious about how long is she and how tall... R/C or not ?

We have just had our State Modelling Expo and Comp this Weekend. My Friend Dave had a great time with this Model. It took Gold in it's Class, as well as People's Choice Award and Model of the Show...Congrats Buddy and Cheers Mark

Very Very Nice!I have heard some of these builds for planes coming from Mags in a large scale but just what all did your friend have to do? Cheers Kevin

Hi Kevin. She is plank on Frame with Wood sub assemblies for the rest. Most of the superstructure is Brass with Resin and P/E also. The decks and Barrels are all aftermarket to enhance the details. Here are some more Photos for you to enjoy......Cheers Mark

That is outstanding! I remember buying the very first edition of the magazine in question because it was only $2 or something like that. But i decided not to commit to the series any further. Now i regret it! If i remember it correctly, i believe the model was done for the magazine by Amati.

I'm going to reconsider those magazine models now.

Andrew

Just Beautiful and that deck POPS at yea.Cheers

I also built this and subscribed to the same forum (buildthebismarck.co.uk) which is still going and very nice peeps in it with lots of helpful suggestions for us lesser mortals. just one criticism which I raised with the builder, the model is superb, beautifully made, museum standard, apart from the fact that the blast bags are upside down. these were plastic mouldings on which stainless steel sleeves were fitted. (barrels) to me they stick out like sore thumbs.

vindicari,as previousley explained,the blastbags look better this way when barrels are elevated.as the barrels are not glued inside the turrets,i can pull the barrels out,turn upside down,and have the barrels at a lower elevation.

Excellent!, where do you display it? It looks like such a monster. Was this a kit or a scratchbuild?

Hi it is displayed in one of my cabinets ,the ship was the weekly magazine build the bismarck.i have done some modifications.
cheers
david

THE SHIP WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE AUSTRALIAN MODEL EXPO,HELD IN MELBOURNE IN JUNE.I WILL BE TRAVELLING 1700 KL WITH MY GOOD FRIEND SURFSUP,AND ANOTHER MATE.GOING FOR A WEEK WITH A STOP IN AT THE CANBERRA WAR MUSEUM.
CHEERS DAVID

Stunning simply stunning


How much did this set you back?

How did the subscription thing work? Did you get a monthly package or something like that?

HI STEVE,140 ISSUES @ 14.95 AN ISSUE.ARE PARTS WORKS WORTH THE MONEY,YES AND NO.YES FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF WEEKLY INSTALLMENTS,SAVING THE ONE BIG LUMP SUM BEING PAID OUT.YES IF YOU KEEP UP,AND COMPLETE EACH ISSUE AS IT COMES IN.THIS IS WHAT I DID,AS I HAVE OTHER PROJECTS TO PERSUE.
THIS IS A QUALITY PARTS WORK,UNLIKE SOME OUT THERE.
I HAVE SEEN THE COMPLETE SET SELLING ON EBAY FOR A QUARTER OF THE PRICE,AND THIS WOULD BE THE WAY TO GO..
I RECEIVED MINE WEEKLY THROUGH MY NEWSAGENT,AND NEVER MISSED A BEAT.

1-200 ? Is that a tad over 4 foot in length ? Love the close up's and such a great job done on such a large model

Mark This if that is brilliant!! You have my respects!!

Never manages to be sold in my country this publishing magazine Salvat it sold it in Argentina. All the projects of armed I never saw them finished but this one I extract all the prizes

This this one for the museum!!!

Maybe this will give us some idea of what we can expect from the rumored 1/200 Bismark supposedly coming from Revell this year! Oh, we can only hope.

Bob

I know how impressive Trumpys Arizona was. I thought it was Trumpy doing the 200 Bismarck as well. I guess eventually they will upgrade the 200 Yamato and maybe do a Mighty Mo as well.

It would appear the same company are now doing HMS Hood in the same format:

Not sure how you'd go ordering outside the UK though-maybe check the local newsagents?

http://www.buildabattleship.co.uk/collection.html