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Since Photobucket suddenly made payable all images displayed in blogs etc, I gave up posting.
That didn't mean that I stopped working on the Prinz, and I am now finally in the final stages of the model.
Apart from the fences, the superstructure is finished
To be continued ...

Except for the main gun turrets, all the armament is also done
And the cranes
To be continued ...

At the moment I am working on the ship's boats.
I have finished the two launch vehicles
and now working on the Admiral's motor boat
All the fittings are also ready (although I am sure that I have forgotten to make one or two).

This pretty much sums up where my project is at the moment.

To make the build, I had to make detailed drawings of each part since I cannot make the parts free-hand.
Since the drawings are all made in scale 1/200 I combined them in two complete drawings; a 1/200 Starboard view and a 1/200 Top view, both in resolution 150dpi.
These two drawings will of course be made available when the build is finished and with it the drawings.

Finished all the boats:

For the past many weeks, I have been working on the rear/main mast
A bit of a puzzle, but after numerous repairs because of the flimsy parts that kept breaking, and breaking off it has finally been finished. I really do worry when the time comes to add the rigging. A lot of rigging has to be attached to these delicate parts.

Moved on to the cubicles for the target equipment on the bridge.
Here is what they looked like on the ship And my attempt on the model

Amazing work

great progress

I finally got a couple of monhs this year where I could concentrate on the Prinz. Rigging and some of the smaller parts still needs to be worked on, but the finish line is now in sight More detailed photos to follow later

PS. I promised Olaf my finished drawings of Prinz Eugen. Could someone please tell me where to email them?

I could not find any detailed plans when I started my build, so I want to make my plans available to the forum members in case anyone else would like to build 'Prinz Eugen'.
I'll ask in the "Calling All Ship Fans" section.

Here are the pics promised. First a bird's eyeview of the model

Seen from starboard side

And finnally some details from the model.
Part of the aft superstructure The hangar section and a look dowh the hangar The crane oprator's position