11/30/2023 0 Comments Lindberg captain kidd pirate ship![]() I haven't purchased any of the "new" foreign $200.00 ship kits everyone slobbers over but they are far superior to what Lindberg offers in terms of molding, fidelity to scale, Etc. It's almost an old joke on this forum to even consider Lindberg a "player" in today's market place. Compared to Revell kits of the same period Lindbergs were crude but offered ship models no one else was making. One thing Lindbergs critics fail to consider is that the company 's products were aimed at a certain facet of the market, i.e., low end, low cost models. The ship model kits Lindberg offers are 1950's technology and are typical for that "golden" age of plastic. We've been down this road before, opinion wise. There's no point building the 'perfect' kit if you're not interested in the real ship it portrays= if you're like me, you'll never bemotivated enough to finish it! If you really want one of these vessels you will be motivated to do justice to the model, whatever the quality. In my opinion, the important factor is your own interest. ![]() If you have your heart set on this type of vessel then the alternatives will make the lindberg kits look like a bargain: If you're not bothered about what sort of model you build, there are probably better kits out there in terms of accuracy/easy of build/ value for money. Sure, there are more accurate models, but I built a couple of these when I was a teenager and I found that they dropped together very well 'out of the box'. If you are interested in the subject matter I think you can get a nice 'mantlepiece' model from any of these kits. Conversely, 1/350 or larger scale models can be very expensive. A lot of WWII vessels, particularly from the Japanese manufacturers are 1/700, which can be tricky to master. They have one thing going for them- they are big scale. 30 cals, and used a Jeep model to help cover up the cargo deck floor. On mine, I used a razor saw to remove the molded rope, replaced the guns with some aftermarket. Still with a little "applied modeling skill", you can build a decent model from the kit. The boat has a molded in rope gunwhale that I've never seen on a picture of a real boat. There is no detail in the gun turrets, and the guns themselves are a little crude. It was originally designed to be built as a motorized toy, so the cargo deck is in two pieces to give access to the battery compartment, with a hole for the on/off switch. The details are not too crisp, and somewhat over scale. It doesn't compare very well to the Italeri 1/35 scale kit, except on price. I've seen all of them in one form or another over the years, and I've built the 1/32 LCVP. To save others the hassle, he's talking about the LST, LCVP, LCT, Minesweeper, and LSD. (Not everyone has a broadband connection!) Not all of us have the time/motivation to click on 5 separate links, and wait for 5 separate pictures to load. FYI- in the future, you might get more/better responses if you put the name of the model(s) in your post.
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