Reviews : Trumpeter HMS Hood Battleship

This is the best model of the Bismarck that I have had the the pleasure to build. The Tamiya model, while quite good, is still beaten by this kit. It is very highly detailed with very nice molds, leaving little flash or extra plastic. What really puts it over the top for me, however, is the inclusion of rails to the kit. Now, while they are not photo-etch rails like you would see in a third-party detail kit, they are still really nice plastic railings that add an extra level of detail and realism to the kit (even with the railings being slightly large for their scale). Now, if you are planning to buy a photo-etch kit for this model they are irrelevent, but the rest of the model is still very nice. I would recommend this kit to any modeler who wants a nice, while also challenging, kit to work on. I would recommend some experience, however.

Trumpeter products have a reputation of varying in quality, with some Trumpeter kits being better quality than others. However, Trumpeter have apparently put a lot of effort into the HMS Hood. Working with the HMS Hood Association, Trumpeter has created an accurate, easy to build model that depicts the HMS Hood as sunk on May 24, 1941. Parts fit is excellent, though there are a few small errors, but those are virtually unnoticeable to those who do not know the ship well. It is one of the best plastic 1:350 Hoods, but would still benefit from an aftermarket photoetch set.

I bought this kit and the wooden deck kit plus white ensigns photo etch for the hood, turned out beatiful, the photo etch really kicked it up a notch, even building the ship without the photo etch , looks excellent. Parts went together very good and the instructions was simple to follow. I will say tho, that if you get the white ensign photo etch for the hood there is a tremendous amount of it, take your time, chances are it'll take a couple months or more to build it with all the photo etch.

I throughly enjoyed working on this model. There are a lot of small parts but manageable. So if you don't like working with small parts, I do not recommend this model. I only ran into a couple of parts not fitting. The instruction was confusing at times, so I strongly recommend reviewing the instruction throughly. This is a large model almost 30, so you need a stand or shelve capable of holding a model of this size.

very well done, i painted her for about 1929 mostly white, very good model, maybe to good, I found it to be very little challenge. then had nowhere to put it. Just to big, I went back to 1/700 scale, more challenging and smaller and cheaper. if you have room or some one to give it to It is very impressive. even the photo etch worked well.

Looks good no damage. I do not see any flashing or injector pin marks that are going to be visible. The center line on the bottom of the hull will need to be sanded but that is normal. This ship will take some time to finish.

Quite a large model. It will be a great compliment to my building Operation Rheinübung collection (Bismarck, Prinz Eugen, King George V and the Hood). Looking forward to the build. Great service, as always, from Hobbylinc.