Trumpeter 1/350 Bismarck brand new kit review plus bonus building the 1/1 Tiger Shell

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[@wolfmanjack3451]

Okay,My dad has a 1/350 Prinz Eugan the Bismarcks escort, he'll enjoy this looks like a nice quality kit. Now I know what to give him for his birthday,Thank you.

[@burntbybrighteyes]

Love the Prinz Eugen. What an amazing ship. I have the 1/700 Prinz Eugen from Trumpeter which is a really nice kit as well.

[@gabrielm.942]

I’ll be impressed when you do a 1/1 bismarck shell.

[@Musketeer009]

I'll be impressed when Andy does a 1:1 Bismarck.

[@Jakubescu]

@@Musketeer009 LOL!

[@bearded-clam]

Hell yea

[@michaelnaven213]

My wife hates it when I watch your videos. You show some great kits and I got to have them. Keep up the good work!

[@TBone-bz9mp]

But Andy, and this is the critical question, does it come with a Swedish Heavy metal band on a fishing boat?

[@justarandomguy37]

Pride of a nation, beast made of steel (Hope this is satisfying)

[@BattleshipOrion]

Even tickets would be nice.

[@pongo1342]

Glad to see your still kickin with all the new KZbin rules, Andy! Love your videos! Big fan from Seattle!

[@madedharmadetta3797]

Those close-up shots are really, really helpful Andy! Definitely picking this one up over the previous models

[@Niak38240]

It's now time to make a wood crate for those shells !

[@AndysHobbyHeadquarters]

yes

[@shoe2241]

i always look forward to your videos. i just bought the trumpeter 1/200 bismarck kit. its a whopper!!!

[@krisf6313]

I always love watching your videos, Andy! Keep it up!

[@73north]

wonderful review of the Trumpeter Bismarck 1/350 I am certain this kit will sell well , as the Revell Bismarck is just okay , and the Tamiya Bismarck although it fits together well shows its age now coming from 1986 - many thanks for your hard work

[@davidwallace6811]

Bismarck was my first model ship kit, love it.

[@davepearce6359]

Loved building military ships when I was young, they would always accompany me when it was bath time.😉👍🏻

[@stephenharrington528]

Wow 2 videos and fantastic kits thanks Andy Steve 🇬🇧

[@burntbybrighteyes]

The Bismarck was the first Model I ever build as a kid with my dad. A very, very old Revell kit. Glad to see a beautiful new kit coming out. Might re-built it.

[@garfieldsmith332]

My first kit was a motorized USS Rudderow from Lindberg. My first Bismark kit was the very, very, very old totally inaccurate Lindbergh kit; also motorized. Back then as kids we new very little about accuracy and details, but we had lots of fun building them.

[@burntbybrighteyes]

Garfield Smith absolutely! Beautiful Memories. I don’t remember a lot of things I did as a 10 year old kit but I remember model building with my dad.

[@Captain-Nostromo]

I remember back in the Early seventies, I built the Lindberg line Tirpist, big model with an electric motor. 😎

[@props-model-shop]

Looks just like the 1/200 scale Bismarck. Trumpeter does fine work.

[@PiedPiperPythons]

Can't wait till you get more of those 88mms. I've got to have one or three.

[@danielgibson9706]

Pride of a nation, a beast made of steel. Bismarck in motion King of the ocean, he was made to rule the waves across the seven seas!!!!!!! Yeah I want one!!!

[@ravensoulmetal8466]

I know that reference, 🤘😀🤘.

[@henryschmitt7577]

Awesome Andy. May have to do a road trip from Las Vegas. Your videos are always awesome 😎! Henry from Vegas

[@andyrichardsvideovlogs8835]

The Bismarck looks a better kit than Titanic. I think you can actually get "too big" with ship kits. 👍

[@GenDercius]

I'm definitely liking how more and more often these days modern ship kits are able to put out single-piece hulls. Trying to fill seams on some of the older 1/350 kits, like the Dragon Scharnhorst waterline seam, is a right ass, so not having to worry about that at all is going to be quite lovely.

[@torokun]

the shell kit is way too expensive for the quality of the plastic.

[@FitzAF]

Now that is some awesome-looking stuff right there! But I have a suggestion though. I haven't seen a lot of 1/72 tank builds from you. Given your skill, I'd love to see more!

[@tommycooker3996]

Getting that brass as real as possible is the real model builders challenge of that kit...

[@SOU4355]

Andy that shell looks crazy real... You might need to register it with the ATF 😂🤣

[@funstuff2006]

Maybe it's just the lighting/camera, but to me it just looks like a plastic replica.

[@markelalagoz8481]

Thank you for anyone who can help

[@crazyrussianbot8012]

that 8.8 Tiger shell is epic. I wants it :)

[@Lt.Mingus69]

That Tiger shell is not optional, it’s a must have...I’ll be waiting.

[@HonestBlake]

Looks Really Cool!

[@551taylor]

WRT the shell painting, you appear to have coloured the two copper driving bands black, instead of making them bare copper coloured. I would also ballast the cartridge to improve its balance and heft. You should also note that later (in the war) German ammo mainly used steel cartridges as brass was in short supply. Fuzes are made of brass, and generally don’t get painted. WRT to the shell’s colour, it was painted to show what type of shell it was, so that is worth researching. For example, British shells might be golden yellow for HE, black for solid shot or AP, pale blue for practice, etc., and it would have the type stencilled on too. Modern combat shells might be NATO green, but with coloured bands to show the contents. Sometimes they might have several different bands for composite construction.

[@johnomelan2068]

Hey Andy ! That Bismarck looks great - do you have any of the self adhesive wood decking for it ? Thanks !

[@kimandersendk]

great looking kit, i just finish Rewel Bismarck on livestreams on Twitch.And working on video serie for KZbin. Take care Andy and thx for all the great video you make.

[@ThePiratonmayor]

Excellent Tiger shell yessssss

[@Duececoupe]

The sooner you get the international shipping sorted the better, one does have to support one's favourite styrene dealer! 😎😉 Hope to see you review the 1/200 USS Yorktown CV-5....(nudge, nudge, hint, hint!) 😉 What you need now Andy, is a 16 inch shell, like one used by USS West Virginia BB-48! 😉😆😂

[@matthewezell1911]

If it were me, I would put a couple of small bags of sand in the bottom of that shell for weight and stability. Great work on that.

[@daniktihonovich3648]

is there a large set of photo-etching and metal tools for bismarck from the trumpeter?

[@goldcard60]

Hi Andy, nice to see a kit of a 88mm shell as the real deactivated ones (propellant, explosives, fuse and primer removed) are expensive - I have recently seen advertised for sale, by a dealer of a rare 88mm Flak 41 shell and casing with most of its original paint and stencils for £1,200 ($1,480). I would be interested to see if you could show modellers how to add extra weight (probably by gluing something solid inside the bottom of the cartridge casing) to give it a more authentic 'feel'. For information there is a paperback book you can buy on Amazon called ' HANDBOOK OF ENEMY AMMUNITION: War Office pamphlet No.15; German Ammunition, markings and Nomenclature. It's a reprint of a 64 page document originally written in 1945. Another point of interest, is that I have seen a picture of a post-war 88mm shell with an additional stamp of a lion on the casing (this was a symbol used by the Czech military) I don't no any details, but it appears that some of the Warsaw pact countries might have used captured 88's post war.

[@shallteargf5974]

How can i know when the tiger shell comes in again? Is there a way to have some sort of notification?

[@erikkunkle9574]

Did you do a review of the 1/200 Yorktown you have on your site?

[@MrJapie234]

@andy what kind of primer did you use on the panzer shell?

[@jamiebone3107]

Hi andy what brand of paint did you use to paint the brass section of the tiger shell

[@finlayfraser9952]

Andy, how about a filler to give the 88 shell and cartridge the same weight and "FEEL" as the real thing?

[@reconranger1370]

It looks great Andy!! Joe

[@chrisjordan4210]

When I saw the start of this I thought Wow! that Andy has been working-out he picked up that 88 shell like it was air, it used to take two German soldiers to load them into a tank! The Bismarck model looks fantastic I remember making an Airfix one as a kid, 1:700 scale I think, it would be great to make the much more detailed one. Funny how the Nazi insignia seems to be taboo everywhere after all of these years, I know Airfix didn't include it and it came as a bit of a shock to see old photo's of the real ship as a youngster with it clearly painted on the decks. I hope they make a 1:350 model of HMS King George V being the RN battleship that finally silenced Bismarck - all seems such a huge tragedy now though.

[@chrisjordan4210]

Ah, the Fairy Swordfish - I had read that they were too slow for the targeting systems of the Bismarck's AA guns to track properly - there must be a model of one!

[@Aur0ra145]

How did you go about masking the tip of the Tiger shell?

[@kdhughes4407]

Any idea if there tank shells will be back?

[@vernebeck8108]

Andy: two questions how long is the hull, and what is the price of that monster?

[@pavelos3848]

What camera do you have on recording?

[@LEXHOBBYSTORECOLECIONAVEIS]

Nice model !

[@robertcolbourne386]

I find it a funny that the old Monogram Bismarck kit also had the lower pert of the bow as a sperate piece. To this day i have no idea why much less on this new kit . The only thing i have thought over the years is if the Tripitz had a different bow shape. Lol

[@73north]

probably as the bulbous lower bow would be more accurate and easier to mould and then produce in injected plastic - even with slide moulding - as a 2 part insert . Hasegawa did this technique with a insert a lot to produced a different variant - and cut down costs and expensive metal moulds .

[@johngalt6929]

What exact brand and type of "dull coat" are we talking about?

[@anthonyeagleton4126]

I saw Trumpeter were going to release a 1/350 Szent Istvan or a Viribus Unitis. Is there any info on those?

[@donfrandsen7778]

Amazing Andy!!!😃😄🤪🤪 Outstanding ! Andy your a modeling machine !! These vids are great! Interesting choices! Unique subjects. Really cool Just crazy Andy lol 88mm shells is a blast. The 1/350 bismark would look cool in a diorama with a 1/350 th U-boat Andy thank you again for the video Choice!!!!

[@mtgdragon5633]

I don't see the Bismarck anywhere on your site. Not in pre-orders or new releases.

[@AFV85]

How much does the shell retail for I'd love one for the wall with my replica mouserand who makes the shell?

[@raymondgower9862]

Would love to see a build of this if you have any time

[@Tankslayer109]

In all reality it wouldn’t be hard to make a plaster mold out of the projectile and cast it out of aluminum then use a lathe to turn down your own shell casing. Matter of fact I think I’ll give it a go

[@vindicari]

Andy are they stencils or decals?

[@baguettewithcheese3880]

Is the Shell anti tank or High explosive?

[@philliprhodes2299]

Has anyone thought of filling the 88mm shell with either resin or plaster to add weight and more realism! Weathering?

[@naturalobserver6130]

So how much is the tank shell?

[@xcynn3rx]

Hopefully we see it in another video I missbout

[@Jakubescu]

I am waiting for Tiger 1:1...:-)

[@Toppervision1]

So I'm thinking that the Tiger shell would make a great model rocket conversion, even though that's completely wrong. lol. I wonder how well it would fly without fins...

[@GaryED44]

if you do a build on the titanic or bismark you could later do a diorama of either ships wreck as it looks today

[@highdarktemplar]

maybe you can fill the shell of that 88 with something to add a little bit of weight to it... not propellant or gunpowder that is. That Bismarck looks nice but I'm sure you'll need aftermarket PE set .

[@joeshmoe9978]

The Bismark kit should include some 1/350 fairey swordfish. 😜

[@daveshick9376]

I checked the web site, and I don't see a pre-order ability. I really want that Bismarck.

[@BC-sr3gg]

Is this kit better than the revell kit？

[@CharlesConover]

are you going to undertake that bismark? hell of a build by the looks of it!

[@sydneymartin952]

After watching your Bismark review I noticed you said it was highly detailed and yet when you showed the sprues there were only 2 propellers, Bismark had 3 so was there another sprue with the 3rd propeller. I really want to get this model but if it only comes with 2 propellers its not accurate, in the video it is at 7:41 you show the sprue

[@rapscallion3506]

Are the shells "blow" molded versus injection molded? It kind of looks like those Estes plastic, hollow rocket shapes which are very light.

[@lesliestephenson1298]

Where are the copper driving bands.

[@emilbt7588]

Nice!

[@TheFlatlander440]

I think you'll sell out of those 88mm shells faster than you can get them in stock.

[@zetaopress2389]

This is far more better and detailed then Tamiya's 1/350 scale Bismarck. no disrespect to Tamiya there's is still good but i love this one!

[@steveg3981]

What about adding some weight inside the shell?

[@raphanunu6912]

@@stevenblack7928 : Black powder ?

[@joshuariddensdale2126]

I just finished building the 1:700 Trumpeter Bismarck. And any update as to if you've gotten any Halifax bomber models in?

[@Raikkonen73106]

very impressive but can you do a 1:1 bismarck

[@gladstream8262]

Ohh men, I want every model that appear in you Chanel but I don’t have the money :( And. Good review!

[@frazergreen6786]

I want one.

[@charlespalavros6952]

Nice boat the shell big red flag at a airport , I’m sure some knuckle head will try to transport ...

[@LinecookThorJamiethaxton]

What is the skill level on it

[@markelalagoz8481]

Hello there everyone and fellow modelers. If anyone knows please send me a link on someone building a 1/72 scale IAR-80 model by MPM

[@RMZFILMS59]

@andy i can't find the ship on your site to pre-order?

[@RMZFILMS59]

anyone?

[@KentuckyAk101guy]

They need to make a Tiger II 88mm shell

[@evilfingers4302]

I have the 1/350 scale Bismarck from Academy that I bought more than 10 years ago from a local hobby store, but it's not as detailed as Trumpeter's.

[@73north]

I think the Academy Kit was a direct copy from the old 1978 Tamiya Bismarck Kit . I also built back in 1991 the Tamiya Bismarck - and back then wasn't impressed with it - the Tamiya Prince of Wales , I felt was a better kit ( moulded in 1986 )

[@juuliuscaesar5366]

Hi Andy

[@hevendor958]

*HOLY LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT TIGER SHELL* now i like that it looks like an actual Tiger shell

[@GlassTopRX7]

That's just a L56 shell like used in the Tiger I, The L71 is nearly twice is large.

[@hevendor958]

oh wow

[@GlassTopRX7]

@@hevendor958 Google a picture of a side by side, both 88mm but the L71 used on the King Tiger has a much much larger shell casing.

[@kiowhatta1]

At last a 1:1 scale piece! I wonder how many different pieces will be allowed. My ideal 1:1 piece would be an MG42, which I know living in Australia will never happen. What would be your ideal 1:1 scale piece?

[@DavidSmith-ss1cg]

You used to be able to get a kit to turn a Ruger 10-22 into an MG-34. There was a bipod scaled to fit it and it fired regular 22LR bullets and didn't require any special paperwork to own one. You may still be able to find one but I can't remember where I saw it.

[@baguettewithcheese3880]

A 1:1 tiger :D

[@HO-bndk]

Apollo Saturn V in 1:1 scale

[@PanzerBuyer]

Could fill the shell with a casting resin apoxy to simulate the actual weight.

[@AndysHobbyHeadquarters]

yes i thought abut sand to give it some weight

[@n5syr01]

I thought about weight and balance matching the propellant in the case and filler in the projectile.

[@PanzerBuyer]

@@AndysHobbyHeadquarters That would be cheaper ;-)

[@ralhmcc47]

would the heat from the resin curing warp the shell itself?

[@ralhmcc47]

would the resin curing warp the shell ?? Ralph

[@ME262MKI]

I would fill that 88 shell with sand or something to give it some weight

[@j3v167]

Andy, find out what the real shell weighed and then try to add as much lead to get the model to weigh the same. That would really be awesome.

[@DavidSmith-ss1cg]

The shell would be 22 1/2 lbs. 10 Kilos. That's kinda heavy to keep on one of those glass countertops. The Germans anti-tank guns used large propellant charges to squeeze a shell out of a tapered bore, giving it tremendously high energy and velocity. It was designed to loft a timed fuse shell to 5 or 6 miles in the air where the Allied bombers were, and proved wonderfully capable of going through tank armor. 22 pounds on the counter top, where a careless customer could knock it over, and smash into the counter - which looks like it's made of glass - or else land on them(lawsuit time). I think that Andy mentioned that it was cool BECAUSE it was light in weight.

[@heinzguderian9980]

Do you know what happened to the trumpeter-models website?

[@AndysHobbyHeadquarters]

no im sorry i don't

[@73north]

Its due to the Corona Virus - the Factory is shot down for now

[@AndysHobbyHeadquarters]

73north yes

[@aras667]

Damn, that 88 shell looks so tempting but price seems really steep if you think about what you get. Few plastic parts, most important parts are empty so no weight to them, big ass seam to fill in, in a 4 part 80 dollar kit, and a piece of paper that you have to cut yourself for easier use. Great idea but bad execution.

[@gerdogstenc2534]

Could add some weights during assembly for even more realism.

[@drhank2020]

i was thinking of adding some sand in ziplock bags?

[@philshearer6712]

May I share a trick that Im sure everyone knows: SloZap and Talcum Powder at 50/50 makes a truly excellent filler

[@Marc_S2801]

Looks for me as they just downsized there 1/200 Bismarck :D

[@the_lost_navigator]

And I wonder if it has the same stern issues, too...

[@anthonyalvear6599]

The best kit of the Bismarck in 1/350 scale ... beating Revell.

[@AceHardy]

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