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Hello

I am new to building ships, and I am starting off with building a 1:720 Revell Cruiser Blucher. (I think, however, that the response I'll receive to this question could possibly apply to most kits...)

I would love to complete as detailed and accurate rigging as I can. I am familiar with the techniques, but my problem is reference...

Where can I find source material, that will show me how and where to add my little strings of thread and sprue? (While we're at it, a detailed painting reference would also be excellent...)

I think this is a general question, because this won't be my last war ship, and I will always want source material... Where do you all go?

Thanks in advance.

Frikkie

I gather for the the technical side of rigging, there is quite an amount of advice on this forum.

As far as references is concerned, this is more difficult, particularly for German ships. Much of the archival material has been lost during WWII due to war action and in the months that followed its end due to pillaging. Serious modellers sometimes spend years collecting reference material on a particular ship (and once the model is completed find additional material that contradicts the material available during building ).

Are you talking about the Großer Kreuzer SMS BLÜCHER (1908) or the Schwerer Kreuzer BLÜCHER (1937) ? I would use the respective keywords to 'google' for reference material including books on the subject. Most of the reference material will be in German though.

wefalck

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Eberhard

Former chairman Arbeitskreis historischer Schiffbau e.V. (German Association for Shipbuilding History)

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Wow that is very interesting. I didn't realize that people dig that deep. Its something to work towards.

I am doing the Schwerer Kreuzer BLÜCHER (1937). I found a website called www.the-blueprints.com that had some drawings of it, with that I think is adequate rigging. (I'm not a purist - yet )

I suppose I thought that there was kind of a 'go-to' place for modelers, but I know better now. It looks like it comes down to search search search. At the same time, I suppose its worth asking, in case someone else stumbled upon something that they could share...

I am not an expert (and not really interested) in the (German) post-1918 navy. There is a German forum on the pre-1918 navy with many knowledeable people. There may be something for the post-1918 navy too.

Keep going, you are mentally on the right track

wefalck

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Eberhard

Former chairman Arbeitskreis historischer Schiffbau e.V. (German Association for Shipbuilding History)

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a good site for the blucher
http://www.admiral-hipper-class.dk/blue ... _1940.html
ciao peppe

and one more
http://www.forum-marinearchiv.de/smf/in ... 305.0.html
ciao peppe
ps is a forum, may be you have to register

This book is also nice:
http://www.modellmarine.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2543:john-h-ostby-bluecher-eine-dokumentation-in-bildern&catid=157

But: I would try to convert Trumpeter's Admiral Hipper to Blücher - the Revell kit is very old, not detailed at all etc.

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Thanks fella's!