Which Titanic kit?

Mr Bowcat

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Hi Guys,

My missus wants me to build a model of the Titanic, she is fascinated with the ship and the events of it's sinking.

I've had a look online and Revell do a 1/700 and a 1/400 kit. I think the latter will be too big (don't want it taking up to much room on my AFV shelf :D).

So, I was wondering if anyone had built the 1/700 kit and what they thought of it, and if anyone has any other recommendations for a decent Titanic kit?

Cheers,

Bob

Edited to add: I've also just come across the Academy kit which comes with lighting (https://www.wonderlandmodels.com/products/academy-1700-rms-titanic-led-lighting-set/. Has anyone built this? :smiling3:
 
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I would go for the led lit Academy 1\700 far better than Revell one .I am currently doing academy and not much in the way of wiring either.
 

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Thanks Peter. Is it a relatively simple kit, I've not done a floaty thing before. :D
 

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Thanks Peter. Is it a relatively simple kit, I've not done a floaty thing before. :D
I would say an intermediate kit the hull comes in two pieces prepainted in hull red the only painting will be the decks and everything that goes on the upper decks .
Also for more help with the paint colours I use this site google titanic paint and click onto the titanic-model paint web site and you will get a wealth of info for the titanic.
Or try this link http://www.titanic-model.com/paint/
 
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