by CLASSIC WARSHIPS » Sun May 20, 2007 12:22 pm
As someone who is an avid fan of the early battles of the Great War, the Huff plans are a must have. I collect plan sets of WW1 subjects and these are amongst, if not the very best of them all. They are also the only correct Emden drawings available. I have compared them to many photos, most of which are in the book by the same author and they are without mistakes. It does not matter if the book is in German, as there are many, many photos of Emden in it, which makes it indispensable if you are building a model of that warship.
Speaking of models of the Emden, you can buy a kit in 1/100 scale from Modellbau Zinnecker in Germany. check out their web site;
http://www.mz-modellbau.net/core/
They have the best, most accurate products in 1/100 scale. I believe they used to have an Emden kit, but if not, you could purchase all the fittings, ship's boats and weapons from them for an Emden project.
As to other ships in von Spee's "Kreuzergeschwader," you can find drawings of Scharnhorst by Lother Wischmeyer, which, like the Emden drawings are the only correct set available. For Nurnberg, a set of really good plans by John Roberts of the UK were done on her sistership Stettin. Stettin had 4 shafts, while Nurnberg only had two like Emden. The hull shape for that class was very similar to Emden, so use this info to make the change to two shafts. I do not have anything on Leipzig, but am looking. She was a modified Bremen class, with less rake to the funnels and similar to Danzig, also in the Bremen class. For Dresden, you could probably use the Emden drawings, and modify her to have 4 shafts, like Stettin.
Modellbau Zinnecker in Germany is the best place to start, so try writing them in short English sentences to make things easier for them to understand. Again their work is simply the best!
Good luck, and if you find some drawings of Leipzig, let me know!
Steve Wiper
SteveWiper@aol.com
http://www.classicwarships.comAs someone who is an avid fan of the early battles of the Great War, the Huff plans are a must have. I collect plan sets of WW1 subjects and these are amongst, if not the very best of them all. They are also the only correct Emden drawings available. I have compared them to many photos, most of which are in the book by the same author and they are without mistakes. It does not matter if the book is in German, as there are many, many photos of Emden in it, which makes it indispensable if you are building a model of that warship.
Speaking of models of the Emden, you can buy a kit in 1/100 scale from Modellbau Zinnecker in Germany. check out their web site;
http://www.mz-modellbau.net/core/
They have the best, most accurate products in 1/100 scale. I believe they used to have an Emden kit, but if not, you could purchase all the fittings, ship's boats and weapons from them for an Emden project.
As to other ships in von Spee's "Kreuzergeschwader," you can find drawings of Scharnhorst by Lother Wischmeyer, which, like the Emden drawings are the only correct set available. For Nurnberg, a set of really good plans by John Roberts of the UK were done on her sistership Stettin. Stettin had 4 shafts, while Nurnberg only had two like Emden. The hull shape for that class was very similar to Emden, so use this info to make the change to two shafts. I do not have anything on Leipzig, but am looking. She was a modified Bremen class, with less rake to the funnels and similar to Danzig, also in the Bremen class. For Dresden, you could probably use the Emden drawings, and modify her to have 4 shafts, like Stettin.
Modellbau Zinnecker in Germany is the best place to start, so try writing them in short English sentences to make things easier for them to understand. Again their work is simply the best!
Good luck, and if you find some drawings of Leipzig, let me know!
Steve Wiper
SteveWiper@aol.com
http://www.classicwarships.com