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Hi Steven, thanks.
My project is to do all the main battleship during WW2.
So next ship will start on january 2026.
It will be the Yamato

Very nice, Eduardo. I saw you completed the flags. But what's next? Another German ship?

Hi guys, the ship has left the dock!!
You can see it on the completed model section!

Link to completed model here: http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=404354

Really nice work - the model looks great!

Wow that's a good idea!! Thanks! :thumbs_up_1:

You can use the Revell brand lettering on the decal paper to create the swastikas. It has some useful capitals E and L. Maybe you have some more Revell decals to complete all flags.

There are aftermarket flags that can be purchased that have the swastika.

Just Google 1/350 Bismarck Flags and you will find them.

SteveO

Hello everyone, I'm close to the end.

Figures are placed. Rigging almost done.

Now I'm taking a look at the flags

[img]https://i.imgur.com/A0BkJor.jpeg[/img]

[img]https://i.imgur.com/1V8PaGb.jpeg[/img]

Obviously the nazi symbol misses.

how to do on the flag?

Printing on paper and gluing on it? I think it's horrible!
Drawing on it with pen and ruler? Uhm... I don't think so!

So any other suggestion??

Thanks a lot

Hi SGI, thanks for the help and the links.
Very useful.

I'm realizing figures are very difficult to paint. If I wanna put on the ship I have to paint only the basic details discarding the small details because I'm not able or I don't have the right instruments to do them.

For the yellow bottons of the officers I've tried to use a toothpick with a very thin pick, but the colour didn't remain on the right place or it was larger than the button.
By the way a disaster. So the decision to do the basic:
uniform without details, pink of the face and hands and black shoes.
No more

Stunning work Edo! :thumbs_up_1:

[quote]But about the mid rank between sailors and officers? I didn't find anything.
Advices?[/quote]
About Kriegsmarine NCOs' service uniforms there's a nice wikipedia page and an equally nice pair of pages at Uboat.net covering the subject:
[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniforms_and_insignia_of_the_Kriegsmarine#[/url].
[url]https://uboat.net/men/uniforms/unipuo.htm[/url]
[url]https://uboat.net/men/uniforms/unimum.htm#:~:text=Kriegsmarine%20Petty%20Officers%2C%20Ratings%20and,is%20worn%20over%20the%20jacket.[/url]
In particular: senior petty officers' uniforms resembled the officers' and junior petty officers uniforms resembled those of the enlisted men.

"Chief petty officers wore a uniform very similar to the officer jacket, but with shoulder epaulets instead of sleeve stripes to denote rank"

[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniforms_and_insignia_of_the_Kriegsmarine#/media/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-2105-20,_Bootsmann_eines_Hafenschutzbootes.jpg[/url]

[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniforms_and_insignia_of_the_Kriegsmarine#/media/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-M2KBK-245-29,_Frankreich,_M-Boot_im_Hafen.jpg[/url]

"For standard everyday wear on-board naval vessels, enlisted sailors wore a frock coat with limited medals and badges (typically only war badges and high combat awards) as well as a simple system of collar tabs to denote between regular seaman and petty officers (Maat). In heavy weather, a thick overcoat was also worn."

In this scale the NCOs would be very difficult to spot anyway, given the similarities between officers/senior NCO's and junior petty officers/enlisted men uniforms. So not a big problem, you got a wide degree of freedom :big_grin:. My advice is to "suggest" the presence of a senior rank/NCO through small vignettes along the ship decks in which the petty officers can stand out somehow.

Very interesting topic anyways, thanks for bringing it out

Looking forward to see the model completed, just a few steps left ! :thumbs_up_1:

Hi everybody, here an update.

As for the ship itself, it's finished! :woo_hoo:
In the meaning I don't have to add any more components to the ship.
For the extra parts miss: the boats on the sides of the funnel, the Arado with the wings spread out and the rigging.

Then there are also various options that can be added or not.
For example, there are the small paravane-laying cranes.

The kit includes 4 cranes, two at the bow and two at the stern. I was thinking of putting only 2 at the stern (those in the pictures are only placed but not glued because I wanted to ask you for an advice: one at the stern and one at the bow? all at the stern? both at the bow?) because they are objects that are not fixed even in reality and mounted when necessary.

Let'go with the pictures

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[img]https://i.imgur.com/7uDwZJB.jpeg[/img]

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Hello everyone, a little update.
The ship in its structure is almost complete.

I'm finishing the last railings along the hull. I've almost reached the bow. I'll definitely be able to post the complete photos next week.
In the meantime I'll show you some details, because we've reached that point.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/AM4r8TC.jpeg[/img]

[img]https://i.imgur.com/uO2mjRh.jpeg[/img]

Crew chapter.
I divided the men according to rank

[img]https://i.imgur.com/gl3wFOK.jpeg[/img]

For the officers it's simple. Black uniform, black cap and off you go. The buttons and ribbons will be difficult to replicate.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/RTs8uF0.jpeg[/img]

t's for the rest of the crew that I'm having trouble finding the right uniform.

The most accredited one seems to be this one on the left side with two possible uniforms.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/J1OBFHt.jpeg[/img]

But about the mid rank between sailors and officers? I didn't find anything.
Advices?

Good work on the cranes. The model is coming along quite nicely.

Here's a little update. Unfortunately, the work is going slowly, also due to that I found the cranes very difficult to make.
The crane on the right side came out quite well, while with the one on the left side I had a problem with the PE that simulates the cables and therefore appeared less taut than the other one.

[img]https://i.imgur.com/Ahp9S9g.jpeg[/img]

[img]https://i.imgur.com/3UFbY13.jpeg[/img]

The real problem that I noticed when I've assembled them is that the inclination of the arm is wrong, it is too low and does not rest on its base.
I tried to see how with the one on the right (which is better made) would look with the arm resting in its housing correctly. The base of the crane would be crooked, and appears tilted "backwards".

[img]https://i.imgur.com/RJ8vLNa.jpeg[/img]

There are two solutions at the moment:
1. I put the crane like the one on the left, therefore along the side of the ship but not too close to the superstructure otherwise there is no space for the vessel immediately below (the easiest and least dangerous option)
2. I try to force the fold of the parts that I circled with the knowledge that I could break everything. Surely the PE along the red line I traced will bend (the most difficult with the risk of losing the crane completely option)
If there were at least 2 cranes made of resin so I can order them and if I break them I replace them.

Last thing
I opened the box of the figures!!! :lol:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/VFQyrDJ.jpeg[/img]

TADAAA
[img]https://i.imgur.com/9lfgjdK.jpeg[/img]

Thanks Steven for the advice. It was very useful!!!

Thank you Steven, you gave me good advices!!!

This is easy to do, Eduardo. You either use a micro saw, a cutting disk or a milling tool. That doesn't put pressure on the crane arm.

[img]https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/f9/b8/f9b89b2de595d4da08d76acf755ee71b.jpg[/img]

The Mastertools micro saw, really handy but the tip can break or bend.

[img]https://www.modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/7f/9b/7f9b1ec5648135fe30f147bbcaf9d72b.jpg[/img]

The tool I use mostly now. The gap it creates is 0.2 mm wide.

[img]https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/37/98/3798568fb03af19dfea5620d5450ceab.jpg[/img]

This will not be useful for the entire length.

Hello everyone, here I am with an update on the situation.
Let's get to the ship.
The good thing is that I'm now starting to think about what's missing. And in fact I'm now starting to count them with one hand!!!
[img]https://i.imgur.com/Eco7a6q.jpeg[/img]

The details of the stern are now complete. The stairs in the various levels towards the stern have also been added.
I'm doing the bars on the sides of the hull. Then I have to add the cables and I'm done.

[img]https://i.imgur.com/IGdQpDB.jpeg[/img]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/FfN3hor.jpeg[/img]

I added the walkways to the sides of the bridge.
Here too I will now have to add the wiring for opening and closing these.

[img]https://i.imgur.com/X94m0cr.jpeg[/img]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/KCK0R9i.jpeg[/img]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/wOn7WBM.jpeg[/img]

Now I'm also making the cranes.
I've reached the point where according to the instructions I should erase the part in the middle of the two red lines.
It's not easy at all. If I use cutters I'll definitely deform the plastic at the edges, so I'll have to sand it. It's a really long and not easy thing.

[img]https://i.imgur.com/si2dure.jpeg[/img]

Any advice or experiences?
Thanks

Hi Steven, you had a good idea.
I've removed the catwalk with the ladder. The ship support it's hard to remove because is well glued. I think there's the risk to destroy more than the need.

[img]https://i.imgur.com/O1ZtbMJ.jpeg[/img]

Mifune I think it's gone in another dimension, like the single sock in the washing machine!!!! :twitch:

I took the opportunity to ask for the brass set since I ordered other kits from Pontos.

Hello!

I'm sure that the missing barrel still is here with us in this bizarre reality.

Funtastic looking model!
Mikko