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Trumpy 1/700 USS Maryland

seabee1526

Joined: September 14, 2007
KitMaker: 185 posts
Model Shipwrights: 26 posts

Posted: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - 05:50 AM UTC
Does anyone have the 1/700 Maryland from Trumpeter?  What are your impressions?  How does the PE cage mast behave?  Any issues?

casailor
Joined: June 22, 2007
KitMaker: 165 posts
Model Shipwrights: 11 posts
KitMaker: 165 posts
Model Shipwrights: 11 posts

Posted: Friday, March 29, 2013 - 02:14 AM UTC
I just got my kit.  There is no guide for forming the cage masts.  I anticipate at least a little frustration trying to get them round.

goldenpony

Joined: July 03, 2007
KitMaker: 3,529 posts
Model Shipwrights: 2,419 posts

Posted: Friday, March 29, 2013 - 03:34 AM UTC
When I saw that kit coming out with PE masts I said not for me. I can bend PE, but rolling it is different. I guess with care it probably wont be too difficult.


blaster76

Joined: September 15, 2002
KitMaker: 8,985 posts
Model Shipwrights: 3,509 posts

Posted: Saturday, March 30, 2013 - 06:14 AM UTC
find an object that is the diameter and roll it around that   like a pencil or piece of sprue,  I am hoping that they will eventualy release this kit in 350 scale

casailor
Joined: June 22, 2007
KitMaker: 165 posts
Model Shipwrights: 11 posts
KitMaker: 165 posts
Model Shipwrights: 11 posts

Posted: Thursday, June 20, 2013 - 09:15 AM UTC
Update:  I was pleasantly surprised, the photoetch is very soft and easy to form.   I rolled them approximately round and after the superglue dried used the tapered end of a mechanical pencil to get a final round shape.  They came out very nice with litle frustration.  I was impressed.
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