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PostPosted: Wed May 08, 2019 10:31 am 
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Very useful all that info DavidP,thanks a lot . :thumbs_up_1:

I am also doing that conversion ,but using the Trumpeter Graf Spee in 1/350 scale and the DiStefan pieces (bridge ,funnel and directors)so far the main issues for me are :

1) The bow
2) the main belt need to be raised up to the middle level windows
3) the stern anchor is backwards(in the Trump model)

But same as Bill ,I can not find any good info about the crane ,because AFAIK ,the Adm Scheer after her modernization carried only one crane in port side.

So far I corrected the bow and the stern anchor,need to work on the belt,but I believe is a nice conversion,my favorite Panzerschiff is the Scheer

BTW I did some surgery to the printed bridge to set the telemeter traversal instead of along side as it comes from Shapeways and was a pain in the butt


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Miguel, what did you use to buildup the bow to correct shape?

maxim, are you certain on the bow as a lot easier to extend the bow to almost a point then to take some of the hull plating & decks off to bend the frames then have to replace all removed hull plating & decks due to dimension changes that occurred?


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DavidP wrote:
Miguel, what did you use to buildup the bow to correct shape?


I cutted the tip of the vow and attached a triangle of styrene of .080 thickness and used .005" strips of styrene in layers to cover and give volume then shape with wetsand paper,finished with primer and more sanding,but my main tool were my eyeballs.

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maxim, are you certain on the bow as a lot easier to extend the bow to almost a point then to take some of the hull plating & decks off to bend the frames then have to replace all removed hull plating & decks due to dimension changes that occurred?


No, I am not certain. This change is mentioned in many publications ("Spantenausfall" in German). The refit was more extensive than the one of Lützow.

It looks different if seen from forward - but I do not find fitting photo in the internet.

I have the same impression after comparing the drawings in German Camouflage Volume One 1939-1941 by John Asmussen and Eric Leon - but the drawings are not to scale and I did not scan them to scale them.

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Miguel, that is what I do somewhat in my Arizona OBB kitbash thread I posted on the previous page except I sandwich 1mm thick pieces of plastic, let cure then carve\sand to shape. when done that way I do not need any putty to fill any holes\seams.


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Miguel wrote:
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Miguel, what did you use to buildup the bow to correct shape?


I cutted the tip of the vow and attached a triangle of styrene of .080 thickness and used .005" strips of styrene in layers to cover and give volume then shape with wetsand paper,finished with primer and more sanding,but my main tool were my eyeballs.

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Nice job Miguel :thumbs_up_1:


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Ok, from "German Pocket Battleships" by Roger Chesneau.

Refit Summary: Admiral Scheer:
1935-1936 Catapult and aircraft handling crane added, aircraft embalked
1939 Wilhelmshaven Handling crane abrest funnel replaced
01 Feb - 31 Jul 1940 Wilhelmshaven Bows lengthened by 1.9 meters and remodeled to incorporate a raked stem, Handling crane renewed.

Looking at a color plate of her in 1940, she has only 1 crane port side, and a derrick for the ships boats, however, this is not supplied in the fujimi kit.


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Bill Clarke wrote:

Nice job Miguel :thumbs_up_1:


Thanks Bill much appreciated

and found a good picture of the Scheer crane maybe using part of the Di Stefan Hipper crane and bashing the kit crane can work to set that issue


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here's two of the color plates from Chesneau's book, note the boat boom/derrick


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Miguel wrote:
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Nice job Miguel :thumbs_up_1:


Thanks Bill much appreciated

and found a good picture of the Scheer crane maybe using part of the Di Stefan Hipper crane and bashing the kit crane can work to set that issue



Thanks Miguel, I might also have to kit bash the catapult to look like this.


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For those building Admiral Scheer after the conversion: I would recommend to do more research on the conversion of the bow - as written above. At least, it would be good to clarify, if really only the extreme bow was modified - or if the modification was more extreme as described in most books. I had bought because of the description a kit designed to depict Admiral Scheer after the conversion (HP Models).

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maxim wrote:
For those building Admiral Scheer after the conversion: I would recommend to do more research on the conversion of the bow - as written above. At least, it would be good to clarify, if really only the extreme bow was modified - or if the modification was more extreme as described in most books. I had bought because of the description a kit designed to depict Admiral Scheer after the conversion (HP Models).


Thanks Lars for the suggestion ,but I don't see too much trouble on the Bow,I think I have enough material
The first photo is already after the conversion and the second is final fit ,you can see the difference in the position of the anchors.


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Yes, but the question is not only them stem and the anchors, but the shape of the forward part of the hull above water including the shape of the deck. Most publications write that hull sides were converted to bend more outward ("größerer Spantenausfall" in German). That would also enlarge the deck area. Your first photo indicates exactly that.

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I have already notice that ,will try to depict as the image below ,which the Scheer is the middle one


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Bill Clarke wrote:
, note the boat boom/derrick


Good catch Bill :thumbs_up_1:

Since the starboard crane was removed ,they added an starboard derrick


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Miguel wrote:
I have already notice that ,will try to depict as the image below ,which the Scheer is the middle one

But they did not had the same length, better scale them to the width.

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maxim wrote:
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I have already notice that ,will try to depict as the image below ,which the Scheer is the middle one

But they did not had the same length, better scale them to the width.


You are right Lars..but the truth ,nobody will notice that ,so I will keep the things simple and make the best in my capacity,even I have a couple of books , I can't find an exact profile of the bow and about your case even I won't trust those guys from HP Models as reference, so man, is just a hobby ,let's enjoy.

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I mention the HP Models kit not as a reference, but what I had bought as starting point for future model. My guess is that many people know that Admiral Scheer's conversion was more extensive than Lützow's - but the question is, if it is visible in case of a model. I also do not know any better drawings than the one already mentioned - and those provide only indications.

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Yes, but the question is not only them stem and the anchors, but the shape of the forward part of the hull above water including the shape of the deck. Most publications write that hull sides were converted to bend more outward ("größerer Spantenausfall" in German). That would also enlarge the deck area. Your first photo indicates exactly that.



Well, that blows it for me, I'm not going to be able to do that kind of surgery to the kit, and, widen the bow insert too.


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Bill Clarke wrote:
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Yes, but the question is not only them stem and the anchors, but the shape of the forward part of the hull above water including the shape of the deck. Most publications write that hull sides were converted to bend more outward ("größerer Spantenausfall" in German). That would also enlarge the deck area. Your first photo indicates exactly that.



Well, that blows it for me, I'm not going to be able to do that kind of surgery to the kit, and, widen the bow insert too.


I am looking at the photo I posted earlier and IMO ,the deck is not wider,is the same profile as the Lutzow,just the stem is very thin ,so the trick here is to sand the excess of material to make the stem much narrower.


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