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One heck of a plastic kit release, weighing in at 7kgs, 1/200 scale (1265mm long, 181mm beam) and features a one-piece hull, so is great for R/C conversion!
This new kit features - single-piece main deck with engraved plank texture, highly detailed multi-layer superstructure, foredeck breakwaters, fully represented weapon suite (15 inch main battery, 5.9 inch secondary battery and anti-aircraft guns, 4.1 inch, 37mm and 20mm), gun directors and range finders, Arado Ar 196 seaplane, excellent ship’s boat, cranes, double-ended catapult, filigree hull and deck fittings, cable reels, life rafts, fine upper masts & yard arms, clear-molded searchlights, brass anchor chain and photo-etch parts (vertical and inclined ladders, accommodation ladders, radar antenna, search light frames, platform details, vent and skylight panels, depth charge racks, foot rails, turret and AA gun fine accents, catwalks, catapult cover plates, funnel grille, seaplane canopy frame, boat details, crane pulleys with cable, etc.) Also includes accurately reproduced 15 inch main gun turret and barbette with detailed interior and turned metal gun barrels.
The colour painting guide illustrates Baltic camouflage (port and starboard profiles with overhead plan view) and decals representing aircraft insignia, deck air recognition markings and Kriegsmarine battle flags.
Kit includes many photo-etched parts and containsover 1700 parts. RRP is £199.99 though is already being discounted at around the £175 mark
As a bonus, the kit also includes an accurately reproduced 15" main gun turret and barbette with detailed interior and turned metal gun barrels, (Its thought that this bonus will not be included in future production runs).
An upgrade set is also available, which includes aluminium gun barrels, metal propellers & anchors and also plastic gun breeches. RRP is £24.99 which is being discounted to around the £22 mark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UQ5nMT1dn4File Attachment(s): Tomick attached the following image(s):
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Now thats worth having!! 
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Does look a great kit but apparently she comes in at 1.26m in length!  Wilfy
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Wow, Is there a hood as well
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Not as yet, but who knows, a Hood may well appear in the future.
Just wait until the aftermarket get stuck into it with a heap of upgrades..
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Mr T, you're a bad influence  . I've just bought this kit on Ebay for £187 including the enhancement pack. Now all I need to do is get it into my Den without 'her' seeing it and work out where on earth I'm going to put it.
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 Hi ,I saw this kit last week when I was in Grimsby the box alone is massive that's why it caught my eye and a very impressive looking kit Andy  Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Tomick wrote:Not as yet, but who knows, a Hood may well appear in the future.
Just wait until the aftermarket get stuck into it with a heap of upgrades.. Like this you mean http://www.bnamodelworld.com/sh...ck-set-for-trumpeter-kit
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Ger C wrote:Wow,
Is there a hood as well There is a hood at 1:350 scale and is probably best Hood kit on market currently I have it and half way through build its extremely accurate as they worked with the Hood association. it also has an upgrade set for metal barrels and brass propels think the bismarck kit is going to be a must for me as my grandfather was on a destroyer with Hood when it sunk and his brother on KG5 when Bismarck sunk “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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court orchard wrote:Mr T, you're a bad influence . I've just bought this kit on Ebay for £187 including the enhancement pack. Now all I need to do is get it into my Den without 'her' seeing it and work out where on earth I'm going to put it. It looks a stunning kit and hope she thinks so too Would be great to see a diary build when you get around to it
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£179 cheepest i have found will have to check out ebay then “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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court orchard wrote:Mr T, you're a bad influence . I've just bought this kit on Ebay for £187 including the enhancement pack. Now all I need to do is get it into my Den without 'her' seeing it and work out where on earth I'm going to put it. Agreed a very bad influence “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Looks like there are going to be figures available too..http://www.freetimehobbies.com/NSA350503-2.aspx
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Great looking piece of kit  Check out the decals are the swastikas correct doesn't look complete i appreciate that the deck swastikas will have parts sat on them but the flags are not the full swastika (i think) or is this due to "political correctiveness" (but as i have picked up that the swastika is an Egyption symbol of peace) Apoligies for being pernikety as it is not cheap to buy
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budgie wrote: Great looking piece of kit Check out the decals are the swastikas correct doesn't look complete i appreciate that the deck swastikas will have parts sat on them but the flags are not the full swastika (i think) or is this due to "political correctiveness" Apoligies for being pernikety as it is not cheap to buy Yeah, I spotted that, I'm no expert on the Kreigsmarine, but I've never seen Ensigns with swastikas like that before, if it's some S.Korean PC stuff going on, then why include them . Perhaps someone can enlighten us Massive resource here on the Bismarck and other ships http://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/bismarck_menu.html
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Since 1945 the Swastika has been banned in Germany, where symbols, songs, pictures, slogans and even greetings associated with the Hitler era can earn the offender a stiff fine or even a prison term. It is also banned from other countries, France is one.
Some websites will display a model bearing such markings but by law they must edit the images to block or remove them...usually these sites are based in those places where it is illegal to display said markings.
Various manufacturers split the Swastika into two halves so they can be joined, it could also be that in this instance the Swastika has been made not to look quite like a Swastika, because ultimately certain parts of the world be prohibted from buying, such as Germany/France.
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Thanks for the info Mr T
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That would explain it, thanks Mr T. I guess this kit would be popular in Germany. I've had a look at the ones pictured as supplied with the kit and they are missing the swastikas completely. Just a bare white disc.
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Same reason why Hachette opted not to include the Swastika for the Bismarck series
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Eduard, White Ensign, Artwox, Pontos Model, Blue Ridge Models & North Star Models are all about to release enhancements. As well as the KA and GPM(Poland) sets already released. This could become very expensive. 
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