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Hi guys! After a long time I'm finally back!
This is my new project, the Ocean liner SS Bremen in 1939-40 with a very interesting dazzle camouflage.
I start the construction from the Sche�ver & Struver paper plan and I have to thanks my friend Piedade of Kartonbau.de for the complete hull lines draw sent me.
The camouflage you see in the pictures is the first coat of the dazzle camo and also the upper structures are temporary applyed over the hull in order to well refine all the dazzle lines.

Sorry the title was incorrect..

Thanks for the title correction,
For the first time I used the ArtWox vooden deks.. I hope that their glue will provide a strong and durable locking...
The other two picture showing some upper structures

Nice! Looking forward to watching this.

Very nice job !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Those windows and repetitive shapes are some difficult things. Did you use a jig or shaped cutter to do those?

Great results so far, love the use of those wooden decks as well.

welcome back Bento!!

Remarkable project !!! being built in your usual beautifully sharp manner!!

I shall look forward to seeing this progress!

Jim Baumann

Has this all been done in styrene sheet?

Bento great model

Hi guys! Thanks for the warm welcome!
The model is built all in plastic sheets, I built the hull using the paper plans I quoted previously and I add the missing under work part cutting the hull lines from a plastic card. All the hull has been covered with slats like is usual for thr wooden model ships. I obtained the windows in two ways, for the large upper structure I carved the windows using the shape you can see in the picture, for the thin upper structure I used a transparent plastic card and I placed on it the frames obtained with brass wire rolled around the metal tool you show in the picture. In a second time also the large upper structure will receive a brass frame in order to refine an detail the part.

some details on bow deck

This looks great!

slowly the work go on

Winches and other smoll details...

A view of the port side, note the different camo than the starboard side

Hi guys! I wish for all you a good 2015!
Here belw you can see my little progress in building the Bremen.. the stern wiew with some little details.
I will add other details in a second time in order to avoid crashes during the handling of this big model.

very very sharp


commendable accuracy of alignment of the interdeck stanchions

BRAVO !!!


Jim Baumann

Thanks Jim!!
You Always are very kind with me!
I hope to be able to take some other professional pictures soon,
the picture above is taken over the ironing board of my wife....

Superb work ! I look forward to seeing more of your progress on this beautiful ship.

Beautiful work..looking forward to more..

paul