Wanted to call to the attention of all GZ fans - and those anticipating the forthcomming kit - that the newest issue of Warship International (the magazine of the International Naval Research Organization) has two articles dedicated to the design and history of the GZ.
The first article, which includes several pages of plans and profiles of the GZ as well as plans for the proposed CV conversions of Europa, Potsdam, Seydlitz and Gneisnau (the liner Not the Battlecruiser) conversions.
The second article is translated from Taifun, a russian language publication, and covers the history of the GZ after the war while she was in Soviet hands. This article lays to rest once and for all the myths surrounding her sinking. It was not a case of storm or incompetence, nor was she loaded with trainlcars and other war booty - but she was deliberately expended to test the effects of bombs and shells...finally scuttled by destroyer torpedos. There are photographs of various tests and two of the GZ going down.
Throughout the issue there are numerous photographs that will be of interest to the modeler...including one of the GZ in drydock that gives an excellent impression of the bulges that had been added in 1942-43. The back cover has the only known color photograph of the GZ.
The next issue of Warship International will have additional material on the GZ.
You can find information about Warship International at their website at
http://www.warship.orgNat