Calling all Scharnhorst and Gneisenau fans!

Post by **ModelMonkey** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:17 pm

Vlad,

To use Winston Shu's phrase,

"More!....*cracks whip*"

Vlad · Post by **Vlad** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:51 pm

thanks for the comments guys.

I deliberately put a black section of camo, and the red swastika banner, over the bow join line, to help hide it even more. Im going on holiday tomorrow but I'll give the superstructure the same paint treatment when i get back.

Jefgte · Post by **Jefgte** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:21 pm

Same paint camo for the superstructure!!!

Superb rebuilt Gneisenau to come

Jef

William J · Post by **William J** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 8:55 pm

Bravo Zulu Vlad

Bill

Post by **ModelMonkey** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:01 pm

The raised deck hatches indicate that this ship is actually Gneisenau.

And here are some photos to help get those details right.
Note the original bow.

Note in this photo, there are blast bags on Turret Anton but not Turret Bruno
and that the area under the anchor chains is planked, not steel.

Turret Caesar:

Antonio Bonomi · Post by **Antonio Bonomi** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 7:40 am

Cao Steve,

you are absolutely right

,.. that photo is of Gneisenau.

Few easy takes are :

... the 6 boxes on the main deck only Gneisenau had each side of the fwd turrets,

..... the fully coloured top turrets in red ( only GU did that initially while Scharnhorst was keeping the rangefinder hoods light grey ).....

... than the swastika banner that was a lot different between SH and GU :
Gneisenau had a larger white circle, whit a thinner black swastika painted in ( Adm Hipper had that too ),..so very easy way to realize which ship was which,....

... than if you look at the bow,..you do not see the third anchor hole that Schanhorst had and Gneisenau did not have,..... and the bow anchors are on the deck, so the atlantic bow was already fitted,.... on GU.

Ciao Antonio

Antonio Bonomi · Post by **Antonio Bonomi** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 7:30 am

Ciao all,

I think many will be interested to see Gneisenau full history and ship evolution, .. in coloured drawings.

Now the '' Terrible twins '' are complete,...even if Scharnhorst drawings needs now some modifications,..... will do it later,...

Enjoy it,....

Ciao Antonio

Antonio Bonomi · Post by **Antonio Bonomi** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 7:30 am

.....ohpss...forgot the link,...

here it is :

http://forum-marinearchiv.de/smf/index. ... 967.0.html

but here now you can find the non censored version :

http://www.kbismarck.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=451

Ciao Antonio

Antonio Bonomi · Post by **Antonio Bonomi** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:05 am

Ciao Vlad,

very nice,..BRAVO !

Ciao Antonio

Vlad · Post by **Vlad** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:22 am

thanks again for the comments, I have since masked and sprayed all of the superstructure and weapons and they are now attached to the main hull. more pics will follow shortly

Ship Model Gallery · Post by **MartinJQuinn** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:28 pm

Very nice, Vlad. Pity the German's didn't finish her rebuild, if only to add her to the "fleet in being" in Norway.

Antonio Bonomi · Post by **Antonio Bonomi** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:50 am

Ciao Martin and all,

MANY THANKS Martin, .....

..you are absolutely right,... it is a very nice Gneisenau model ..enjoy :

http://www.kbismarck.org/forum/viewtopi ... =9626#9626

Ciao Antonio

Vlad · Post by **Vlad** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:20 am

Hi again. Having spent almost 2 hours doing rigging this morning, I decided to rattle off some photos quick before i broke it again. I had a much better set-up this time. Full set of photos are on their way to the gallery along with a brief construction outline.

Ship Model Gallery · Post by **MartinJQuinn** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:09 am

Vlad wrote:I decided to rattle off some photos quick before i broke it again.

Sorry to laugh at your expense, but I found that funny! Model looks good from here - interesting subject to tackle. I see HP is considering doing one in resin.

Pity the German's didn't finish her rebuild. Regardless of her usefulness, she would have been a handsome ship.

J. Soca · Post by **J. Soca** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:14 am

Looks great VLAD,

Are you going to put some water around it?

ofrezca · Post by **ofrezca** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:40 pm

Vlad,

a great looking model!

I�ve never seen the Gneisenau modernized with the 38cm turrets. It looks really great. The ships line is much more balanced with the longer hull!

Cheers
Torben

Vlad · Post by **Vlad** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:45 pm

Thanks for the comments guys.

J. Soca wrote:Looks great VLAD, Are you going to put some water around it?

nah, i very rarely do. its a case of lack of display space to put the base. and I need dust protection for it, at the moment its sharing a flimsy case with my Kirov.

Martin, dont worry. it is quite funny in retrospect, also ment i could do the rigging better than originally.

johndon · Post by **johndon** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:40 pm

Nice work Vlad, rigging looks particularly good.

John

wim · Post by **wim** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:30 am

I am interested to buy the Scharnhorst or Gneisenau. Did both had any camouflage colors during the WWII??

Are there any website that i can download to see any details??

thanks for help

regards

Wim

Antonio Bonomi · Post by **Antonio Bonomi** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:02 am

Sure Wim,

here they are, all made by me and Andrea Toller.

Gneisenau :

http://www.kbismarck.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=451

Scharnhorst :

http://www.scharnhorst-class.dk/scharnh ... _1939.html

http://www.scharnhorst-class.dk/scharnh ... _1940.html

http://www.scharnhorst-class.dk/scharnh ... _1941.html

http://www.scharnhorst-class.dk/scharnh ... _1942.html

http://www.scharnhorst-class.dk/scharnh ... _1943.html

Enjoy,... Ciao Antonio

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