Tomcat Alley Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 So there is now a magazine and kit building set for HMS Hood from Hachette partworks. 1st edition as per normal is the bargain price of 50p, followed by edition 2 and 3 for £3.99 and then the next 137 editions for £5.99 each. a mere £825 in the end. The magazine for edition 1 covers construction of the balsa parts supplied, 6 pages on the building of hood and then 4 pages on modern naval warfare. Edition 1 is certainly worth 50p!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Jiff Kenobi Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 The Mighty 'Ood in 1/200? Ooh, sweet. a mere £825 in the end. Not sure I can convince Mrs Obi-Jiff this is a good idea, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Reeder Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I wonder if this will persuade Trumpeter to do a 200th scale Hood to go with their Arizona?? I`d be tempted if they did! Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I wonder if this will persuade Trumpeter to do a 200th scale Hood to go with their Arizona?? I`d be tempted if they did! Phil Now that would be nice. The Arizona is great so if they could do Hood as well, if not better then that would definitely be on my to buy list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrvr6 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 iv got the 200 scale bismark not actually finished it though lol £825 is a HELL of alot of money but £5 per week isnt and you do get an absolute mass of imformation 5-6 folders full going off my (crap) memory is it worth it?? maybe it is a mightily impressive model sat on the shelf and you do get lots with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cynicaljohnny Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I wonder if this will persuade Trumpeter to do a 200th scale Hood to go with their Arizona?? I`d be tempted if they did! Phil Out of curiousity, as a comparison, how much was the Arizona model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjames68 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Out of curiousity, as a comparison, how much was the Arizona model? The Arizona is around 150 quid Thing is with SOME of the partworks ( the Bismarck in particular) it is a lot for the kit (750 ish) but i have to say, its a superb kit, 90 %of the superstructure and detail parts are etched brass and really well thought out There are plenty of model boats for sale as kits from varying suppliers ( Deansmarine, Mountfleet- both very very nice kits) that retail at around 750 and the Bismarck is easily in the same league. The only downside is a plank on frame hull ( not a problem but puts people off like the word vacform) but thats a necessary of the style of selling. My advise, if u can afford it ( fiver or so a week) give it a chance ,stick with it and save all building till u have all issues, you will, i think be pleasantly surprised at the quality Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Séan Pádraig Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Ted Taylor brought up his 1/32 lancaster which is a partwork that is about 80% delivered and it is massively impressive... as with all these when you see how it can be done it beomes very tempting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyP Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 didnt DeAgostini also do a HMS Hood in 1/200? found the site but cant subscribe to it in any event im gonna end up getting one of them hehe, will make a nice centerpiece model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Millman Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 What was the wing loading on HMS Hood btw? I've heard she never actually flew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamwalker Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 What was the wing loading on HMS Hood btw? I've heard she never actually flew. No but she went down like a stone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Ok I cocked up on a move, on a learning curve here guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 At a fiver a week it doesn't sound all that much....better still if you have a poor memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrvr6 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 What was the wing loading on HMS Hood btw? I've heard she never actually flew. until the yamato explosion (later eclipsed by the a bomb) the hood was the largest man made explosion in history so id hazard a guess that quite alot of it did indeed fly and possibly quite a long way! the more i think about it the more i want it is part 1 in news agents yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worm Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Jokes aside, don't forget the 1,415 crew that died with her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrvr6 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Jokes aside, don't forget the 1,415 crew that died with her. nope i never have only 3 survivors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killingholme Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 nope i never have only 3 survivors! I remember reading that after studying the wreck, the head of the search team said he no longer wondered why 1415 crew were lost, but instead was astounded that 3 survived. Anyone interested in a partwork might find this forum useful. http://www.partworkmodels.co.uk/phpBB3/ind...10d69d5c15fc1d9 Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomcat Alley Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 At a fiver a week it doesn't sound all that much....better still if you have a poor memory. At nearly 3 years to collect, it will test your memory. For me I thought about taking it out but 3 years is a long time to wait and also, am I going to get any more information than what I already have from the Hood books, I have in the collection. Must admit Id join the call for a larger version from Trumpeter and as they shrunk it to 1/700, surely than can expand it to 1/200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radpoe Spitfire Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 The model may sound pricey, but how many of these magazine kits ever get finished? Play your cards right & do a good job so if you do decide to sell it potentially pay a fair dividend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Jokes aside, don't forget the 1,415 crew that died with her. Never have done and doubt I ever will....I've got two of the rare prints below (signed by Ted Briggs), one is still in the cardboard tube it came in and the other belonged to my late father and had been hung on a wall for a number of years. http://www.military-art.com/mall/more.php?ProdID=16029 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 nope i never have only 3 survivors! 4, actually; a Hood crewman, living locally to me, was hospitalised just before she sailed. Until the day he died, he utterly refused to talk about the ship. Edgar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomcat Alley Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 (edited) I did a bit of digging on the deagostini website but the Hood has gone. I did find this though: AKAGI And this: Yamato Edited August 25, 2011 by Tomcat Alley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrvr6 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 iv been to asda and a local newsagents not found it i might try whsmiths saturday my wifes gonna kill me i havnt anything like finished bismark yet lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrvr6 Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 got issue 1 from local shop iv been through the bismark stuff and im some missing how do i sort that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeenyus Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 got issue 1 from local shopiv been through the bismark stuff and im some missing how do i sort that? If you contact the publishers they may have some spare issues laying around, but don't bet on it! After a while they may have only a reference copy for themselves, and unfortunately no spares for punters like you to snaffle up!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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