1:72 Scale German WW2 Heavy Battle Cruiser K.M.S. Scharnhorst 1943

Proset Pawl! Impressive work

Thanks Guys,

Hi Ray, - How are you doing - Hope to see you soon at the club.

Cheers.

Prosit Paul! Keep it going steady

Paul Salomone wrote:Thanks Guys,

Hi Ray, - How are you doing - Hope to see you soon at the club.

Cheers.

Hi Paul,

Getting better, but still not fit for driving or work. I'm missing you all at the club immensely

Thanks

Ray

RayCaruana wrote:

Paul Salomone wrote:Thanks Guys,

Hi Ray, - How are you doing - Hope to see you soon at the club.

Cheers.

Hi Paul,

Getting better, but still not fit for driving or work. I'm missing you all at the club immensely

Thanks

Ray

get better Ray....just don't overdo it if you feel u r getting better...I know...I've been there.....Valencia OceanPark was awesome ....
in nannu

impressive work paul good job

Good morning brothers,

Last weekend I workd on the nonslip flooring of the armoured observation/measuring post.
I tried to buy ready made non slip flooring sheets, but can only be found in 1:100 and 1:150 scale, so I decided to make my own. Hope you like it.

speechless !!!!!!!!!!!!
prosit Paul..
in nannu

You know what I think of this already !!!
You also know what I think Of you too

Steve

Hello Louis, Thanks habib.

Hello Steve, Thanks for looking in. Yes - following yesterday's conversation, I think that we can go hand in hand and book a room at Monte Carmeli.

Cheers - see you next Monday for the next update.

WOW Paul, amazing, well done, what a brilliant effect, the ultimate exercise in patience and accuracy.

Paul,

After seeing this in the 'flesh' I can safely say that you are walking on the very fine line between genius and madness. Hats off for taking on this mid boggling endeavor and for its execution.

Loving every piece of it mate.

Good morning all,

FINALLY, THE RADAR INSTALLATION IS READY - HURRAH.

Now for the final countdown to calculate the number of pices used to assemble the radar installation.

1) FuMO 27 radar: 244 pieces.
2) FuMB 4 SAMOS rarar: 307 pieces.
3) Radars bracket structure: 20 pieces.
Round headed bolts for above: 36 pieces.
4) Radar pneumatic stabilizers: 40 pieces.
5) Radar surge arreesters: 24 pieces.
6) 12mtr Range finder: 179 pieces.
Round headed bolts for above: 70 pieces.
7) Closed observation post: 19 pieces.
Open observation post: 72 pieces.
9) Communications equipment: 20 pieces.
10) Lockers x 4 in No. 52 pieces.
11) Lockers x 2 in No. 38 pieces.
12) Armoured post.
a) Cardboard structure: 9 pieces.
b) Windows: 42 pieces.
c) Electrical light fittings: 12 pieces.
d) Electrical conduit: 23 pieces.
e) Access ladder: 7 pieces.
f) Access door: 20 pieces.
g) Ventilator: 20 pieces.
h) Non slip flooring: 212 pieces.
i) Base for range finder: 3 pieces.
j) Round headed bolts for above: 51 pieces.
13) Armoured perescopes x 3: 135 pieces.

Total number of pieces amount to 1655.

Now for the last set of pictures.

A rear view of the armoured observation post, including the access ladder, access door, electrical conduit and light fitting plus the ventilator duct cowling.


A side elevation, showing the conduit, junction bix and the external light fitting. Note also the flexible wire connection.


The same on the other side.


A font elevational veiw.


Another rear view.


The armoured perescope including the round headed locking bolt heads.


The three perescopes ready for the final finishing.


The start of works on the platform on which the armoured observation post is sited.


The primer works on the tower.



See you next week for another set of update pictures.

tal genn Paul !!!!!! viva IL MARINE SECTION !!!
iN NANNU

Tal gen Pawl ..tal gen..

Ray wrote:

in nannu pec wrote:tal genn Paul !!!!!! viva IL MARINE SECTION !!!
iN NANNU

IXXALA Pawl

Makes me wanna try my hand at scratch building something!

Great work as always and greater commitment in doing this mountain of a task!

Dottore

PS I believe there is anti slip PE plate and ??3D transfers dont know about scale though...might have saved you some work and time though...

Thanks guys,

Dottore, thanks for your kind interest. As a matter of fact, non slip plates do exist, but in 1:100 scale and in diamond shape, which were used mainly by the US navy and the IJN navy.
The germans had a design of thier own for everything.

Now for some more progress pics. Not much but am posting them non the less.

This is not the first time that I am applying timber planking on my models, but it's the first time that am doing it the right way. That is how it really was.


The open type foretop observation platform, made from styrene sheets. The outer ring demarks the rain water gutter, while the inner ring is the socket in which the armoured observation post shall finally be fitted in.


Starting off with the ring planking. The width is double of that of a normal plank, but you will see why shortly.


The border planking around the inner ring, ready to accomodate the platformplanking.


The rear planking well under way. Note how the planking is fitted in place, especially at the rounded edges.


The planking on the left side.


The planking on the left side, is well under way.


Shall be able to post more pictures next Monday. I should have the planking ready and primed, and the parapet shin as well.


Cheers.

Paul You're doing a great job.

I can't let it go by even at the cost of sounding intrusive.

to my knowledge in deck planking planks are not cut off squarely when touching the border teak at an angled edge but mitred at an angle of 45 deg and then 1/3 of the plank width is squared off. Also they should have every fifth plank on the same axis (German Pattern).



David

Hi David,

You are right. If you see the planking at the left hand side, that is how it is. The plank is tapering down and then squared off. The rear part planking is squared off, as I am following the David McGregor scale plans; and that is how the plans shows it. I do not wish to muck about planking methods, if I don't have a true picture of what type was really used for small lengths.

The German pattern of having the fifth plank on the same axis is known to me as well, but the platform balcony is so small, that there is no way you can fit in five different aixis of planking. That method shall obviously be used for the main deck and for planking on the first deck.

The picture below shows exactly how I shall be planking the main deck.




Cheers.

Ok then that's great

D

Beautiful work Paul, a lesson in planking.

Great work!

How do you get to make the black line between the planks?

Noel