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Phil has progressed well and sent over these pictures for you all to see .
In the first 2 is the rivet detail around the stern . With the 3rd picture showing the completion of the intakes . The remainder of the photos concentrate on the cutting out and fitting of "cast" anchor beds and stem fairlead .











Phil {Kiwi Medic}

dude at is sweet looking!!! the more i see the more i want one LOL

that bow shot is an impressive sight !

I'm not a DKM fan , for obvious reasons , but those ships were good looking ...

Regards ,

Laurent

Oh my I just can�t wait to see more. I just wonder one thing when the ship is in super detail will you still run it in water or be afraid to get it wet?
Hope not, after all a ship like this will look unbelievable on the water.

Mick
Sydney
Australia

Hey Dave, any recent progress to report?!?!? Darren

Hi All
I have not forwarded any photos to Dave recently because I had a bit of what would be best described as a disasterous occurance.
I am using cellulose paint. Unfortunately they sent me one tin of enamel by mistake. It was the boot-topping and it reacted very badly indeed with not only the paint above and below the boot-top but the undercoat as well. You just could not believe the damage it can do.
This has taken over 6 weeks to sort out. A very demoralising situation indeed.
The other day I received the replacement paints and to my amazement they were not correct as well. They were in full gloss! I contacted the paint people again.
More masking up and unmasking. I have used 8 rolls of Tamiya 10 mm tape. Each masking up takes up to 4 hours.
They sent me a whole tin of matting paste. So now I can flatten the paint down to exactly how I want it. You could not ask for more. (That took 4 days to sort out.) The boot Top is now on and looking pretty good.
I have also added plate and rivet detail just to add a little more interest.
The next photos you will see are of the hull painted and basicly complete. I am then going to get it wet to make sure all is o.k.
From there it is on to the deck and then the Superstructure.
I am unfortunately not able to be in my shed at the moment as I was called away to sort out a problem offshore. I am there now, but do not dispair as I have plenty of boat stuff to read.
Bismarck will be a floating working boat! It is the only way to have them.
When it is completed it will be what I call a sterile ship. After that it will take on more life as I add tiny detail .................. never fear though it will be in the water as much as I can get it there.
I purchased a Graupner MC22s at Dortmund as well as all the modules you can get for it, so it is "Full House". I will need this unit to operate all the things I intend it to have.
Dave Wooley and I were laughing about it as I think I will have to got to University and do a degree in Computer Sciences just to learn how to drive it.

Regards
Phil.

Ouch! I feel your pain! Glad you got it sorted out. Looking forward to seeing the next set of pics!.

Darren

My deepest commiserations, similar thing happened to me when I wiped down with what I thought was white spirit but turned out to be odourless clear parafin, turned my paint job into a glutinous mush. Horrible thing to have to go back and start again. Hope you are back on track soon.

Outstanding piece of work !!!!!!

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I love the shot of the bow

More shots of Phil's superb Bismarck. the hull painted and being made ready for her first sea trials.













Dave Wooley

Bravo!!!!! Bravo!!!!!

Your level of work & detail is simply amazing!!

i nearly died of awe!!! it is soooooo COOL!!! very nice job but it now seems that u will need to start the fun(HARD) details and superstructure. very cool(again i can't get over the fact that it is in the water!!) does it run yet?? or just float. another question the little white thingies on the rudder what are they i see them all the time but what exactly are they??

(edit) also what it the round thing on the end of the bow (u can see it in the 3rd and 4th pics in is at eh bottom the of bow)

Oh ho!

I recognise the Duthie Park boating pond!

I think I'll have to keep an eye out for this beastie's trials!!

Dave, I take it that Phil lives up here in Aberdeen?

Mike.

That Hull looks SWEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!

Awesome!! Fantastic work!

Reid,

the little squares simulate the zinc bars mounted on the real thing. Most modern ships use zinc bars with a small electric current run through them in what is called cathodic protection. The bars are sacrificial anodes and they reduce corrosion of the surrounding metal. The chemical and molecular explanations are a little long for this board, so do a google search for cathodic protection and you will find out more than you wanted to know!!

The impressive thing is that they are included on the model!! Not many modelers would include this detail!

Bravo!

Darren

This is an awesome Bismarck. Its very exciting to me as I have a 1/144th Biz.I will be looking to your Bismarck for ideas on further detailing mine. I think your props are beautiful, are they commercially available and what size are they.(im guessing about 3"-3.5"dia.)

[quote="timslocum@earthlink.net].................. I think your props are beautiful, are they commercially available and what size are they.(im guessing about 3"-3.5"dia.)[/quote]

Try http://www.loyalhannadockyard.com They are not the cheapest around but thats the only soarce I can think of right now.

TommyL.

thank you so much Admhawk very help full. it all seams to make sence now

Hi All
Thanks for the kind words on my build.
The props are just a fraction over 65mm.
They are available from G. Sitek. I have consulted with George and he supplies them in a running set also.
The rudders and the "A" frames have anodes attached to them.
these were fabricated and soldered to the rudders. The anodes were covered in molten solder and quickly wiped off to give that authentic look.
The little "round thingy" at the bottom of the bow is a cover that is opened and a long metal shaft is pushed out through this opening. Wires are attached to this shaft and the paravanes are attached to the wires and the ship can then clear it's own mines. (I do not know if they ever used it!)

The ballasting trials went very well.
The ship when ballasted needed 97.6kg of ballast to get it down to the correct waterline depth.
I was impressed with the ships turn of speed. It did take some stopping however!
The rudder steering was very good .............. which was a very nice surprise indeed.
Loading the boat in the purpose built trailer was also another exercise that was carried out successfully.
I will convert the temporary ballast into lead weight. They will sit on shelves within the ship when it is rigged up. Like the rest of the ballast 90% will be removable. When empty the ship will weigh no more than 20KG.
Once the ballasting has been sorted the top will go on and it is then onto the deck and superstructure.

I went to Ellesmere Port in the weekend and gave a presentation of bismarck to a group of modellers. They were treated to a short movie of the ballasting trials with some interesting music in the background.

I had a very good time!

Regards
Philip