thebunkerparodie wrote:
Is the Flugzeugträger B from trumpeter accurate? For me it's seem more like a what if modernised Flugzeugträger B because some of the element of the model seem to be for a after 1942 graf zeppelin and originaly the Flugzeugträger B was very similar to the graf zeppelin:
There is much about the Flugzeugträger B kit that is "what if". One of the considerations in the actual construction of the ship was that the finished carrier would incorporate all of the modifications and upgrades worked into Graf Zeppelin during her construction and work-up. With that in mind, having the upgrades for the 1942 revision, "Atlantic bow", blisters, funnel cap, heavier masts and increased AA, could be considered "accurate" for carrier B. That said, the Trumpy kit includes some changes in armament that are more "what if". The elimination of the 5.9" guns, while not an unreasonable mod, was not a part of the '42 redesign. The part of the kit I really question is the reduction in AA capability - fewer 4.1" guns and AA directors as seen in the box art, and any reductions in light AA that might be harder to see in the artwork. If I were to build a "Peter Strasser" (name also speculative, but not unreasonable), I would probably do her to the '42 redesign and do Graf Zeppelin to the earlier 1940 rig, which she would have completed in had she not been put on hold. But since neither ship ever commissioned, you can do almost anything you want to them and not be proven "wrong".