tamiya 1/350 ships

rjwood_uk · 22-03-2006

does any one have any experience with the tamiya 1/350 ships? eg. the Musashi

i have only just noticed these models in my model shop and they look amazing!not too bad a price either.

just wondering if anyone has any experience with these and what they are like to build, detail...etc

**Bunkerbarge** · 22-03-2006

If you can find the thread sometime last year regarding the workshop competition that Nigel put on I posted a couple of pictures in which you can see my Tamiya Bismark.

For that size range they are unbeatable. Lovely fit, nice detail, usual Tamiya quality. There are also plenty of PE accessories available, look at White Ensign models, to get the detail up to whatever standard you want.

They are a lot better than anything else plastic I can think of but you do pay that bit more for them.

rjwood_uk · 23-03-2006

can you remember what it was called? because i cant find it, and there are alot in the archive. i looked in the general boat section, maybe its not in there.

maybe if nigel could remember?....

Nigel.D · 23-03-2006

It was in the workbench thread
i am still building the tamiya 1/350 enterprise i have the gmm etched detail set plus the extra planes it is an awsome kit and huge i reckon to finish it in about 2 years

rjwood_uk · 23-03-2006

it also cost £100!

**Bunkerbarge** · 23-03-2006

These are the pictures I was thinking about.

rjwood_uk · 23-03-2006

nice, thanks alot, do you remember how much it cost you? i think the ones i saw were 30 odd, sound about right?

**Bunkerbarge** · 23-03-2006

The Enterprise is about 70.00 but the Bismarck, Tirpitz, KGV, etc are around the 30-40 pounds mark.

rjwood_uk · 26-03-2006

i have just found a model of a 1/72 H.M.S Cossack

http://psships.com/page70.html

its amazing. what a great ship! does anyone know of a tamiya Cossack kit? and does anyone know who makes a large scale one? not quite 1/72 because that would be ruddy expencive, but bigger than 1/350

**Bunkerbarge** · 26-03-2006

Richard,

That is actually a Deans Marine Cossack in 1/96th scale. If you look in my gallery you will see some shots of my model on the water.

It is a Fibre Glass hull with plasticard superstructure and white metal and resin details. Things like the funnels and boats are vac formed to keep it light. Hand rails are PE but the modeller in your link has added better railings and a bit more detail.

It can be made as a purely static model but most people make it into an RC kit.

Deans also make some smaller models if you fancy something a bit bigger but non of them are particularly cheap. The Cossack is about 275.00 pounds now but they do a WW1 destroyer which is a bit smaller.