Mr de Havilland Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Hello ship buliders i want to start ship buliding but i want a starter ship kit the first ship i bulid was really old bismack kit lets just say i think it looks better in real life than my model i found it was very a comlicated kit so i dont want a crazy detailed kit or big for that matter i just want a starter any suggestions? thank Dillon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 If you found Bismark a bit difficult why not try a smaller model.Airfix's HMS Fearless builds nicely and you'll still find examples of it around. Hopefully they'll be releasing more of the smaller ship models soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr de Havilland Posted July 9, 2018 Author Share Posted July 9, 2018 If you found Bismark a bit difficult why not try a smaller model.Airfix's HMS Fearless builds nicely and you'll still find examples of it around. Hopefully they'll be releasing more of the smaller ship models soon!Thanks i will look for one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailorman Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 There was an article about building the Fearless in the October 2014 issue of Airfix Model World. It would be a good reference to start off with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Paul B Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 You could also look at Ark Royal as it has a small superstructure or a smaller ship like Belfast, Campbeltown or Graf Spee. If you want to go for something very basic look for the series 1 kits like Great Western. You will need to hunt the model shows for some of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth ONeill Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 If it can still be had for a "modeler price" rather than a "collector price", the Airfix Type 21 frigate (quite possibly sold as the class name vessel HMS Amazon), picked as being smaller overall hence smaller hull pieces, and relatively recent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr de Havilland Posted July 12, 2018 Author Share Posted July 12, 2018 If it can still be had for a "modeler price" rather than a "collector price", the Airfix Type 21 frigate (quite possibly sold as the class name vessel HMS Amazon), picked as being smaller overall hence smaller hull pieces, and relatively recent.Yes i have noticed a trend of ships being priced very high or is it just me as I have to date never paid full price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 The prices of the Vintage Classics are good, lower that current e-bay BINs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jopres57 Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 I agree with other contributors that modern warship models can be simpler to construct because of the more streamlined design of the original. I managed to obtain from e-bay a reasonably priced HMS Devonshire recently, a possible good starter kit because it's a reasonable size and easy build. The same could be said of the Rommel, which I would like to see again after all these years. One kit which would certainly fit the bill is the Moskva, which I unfortunately missed back in the day. I often wonder what happened to some of the old Airfix moulds; if they have been lost would it not be possible in this day and age to reverse engineer a new one? i.e. find an old kit and build a new mould from the existing sprues. In any event it would be good to see some long lost ship kits re-appear in the 'Classics' range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Airfix still have the Moskva mould Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Symmons Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Airfix still have the Moskva mould Hopefully they can find it.Remember we do this for fun John the Pom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr de Havilland Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 so i was in a model shop and got a Z38 by revell for 50p so far i love it not to hard rater small and fidley but all round good frun way better than the bizmark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ1707821018 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 so i was in a model shop and got a Z38 by revell for 50p so far i love it not to hard rater small and fidley but all round good frun way better than the bizmark I believe this is a rebox of the Matchbox kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth ONeill Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Probably; it may take a bit of finding, but Airfit also did a Z class, in 1/600 scale, in a similar period to the Revbox 1/700 tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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