Stein Gildberg

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So, my Seydlitz is finished- more or less. A had great inspiration in your posting and used the original photos a lot in my work. The main difference from my model to yours is perhaps the rigging of the nets. Luckilly, a lot of original photos excist-from Seydlitz as well as from other German ships of the period, so I was able to figure out a rigging that is, at least to my understanding, workable, and may be also reflects the original rigging 🙂 A full set of Infini PE was used as well as part from my parts bin etc. Rigging is elastic rigging thread of different thickness. Lanterns are made from stretched, clear sprue. Loop antenna made from 0.2mm copper thread rings and elastc thread set up in a self made rig. The wooden deck was tinted a thad with a mix of paint heavily diluted in white spirit. Net rigging attachments to the deck are made from sprue and brass 0.3mm shaped to rings. Paint used is mainly from Lifecolor suplemented by Vallejo and Revell paints.

Hi guys! Greetings from Norway! First, I must say I am really impressed with your work! I am trying to build my own SMS Seydlitz using the Infini Detail Up Set. So far I have found that parts BS 10 are both missing as well as part BS 12 (only 1 in the bag). The drawings are not user friendly comparted to the 1:200 Pontos Detail Up Sets for Bismarck and Hood (yes, I have built them both). My main challenge so far has been the system for the torpedo nets. I did not understand how this was supposed to work, so I spent a lot of time trying to find out: It seems to me, from studying pictures in your build as well as some other pictures from Internet that Infini has not understood the system either. 1) The side showing the booms in upper position, were the nets are supposed to rest on the shelf, have 1 each cable support from the boom itself (ca 70% out) to the hull, attached directly above the boom. The boom can then swivel from storage position to deployed position attached to one point from each attachment positioned directly above each other. So, to me it seems that: From the point where the single cable meets the boom, it is extended down to the bottom of the nets allowing the nets to be lowered/raised ( see picture page 9, dated Jan 20.) The small “davits” hanging over the deck edge are used to pull the net up and over the booms. The number of cable supports provided by Infini are enough to cover both sides of the ship, although the “cables”(parts 290/291 etc) are too short (they must be extended as the nets are deployed), and can be substituted on the model by using (for example) the attached 0.15mm brass. 2) The side no. 4 in Infinis instructions show the booms in lowered position/nets deployed do NOT show any of the any cable support (parts 290/291 etc) at all. Rather, it seems the booms are supported by the anchoring points (parts no 60). Well, this does not make sense as the booms will not be able to swing sideways in any direction if they are attached to TWO points each positioned NOT above the boom itself! Further, no detailed, original picture shows any such no 60 attachment points (part no 60)!! (At least I have not been able to spot any). So, I hate to be a possible “showstopper”, especially to this impressive project. Still, I wanted to point this out in order to have your comments whether I am right or wrong. Please study available pictures ang give your comments! Best regards Stein Gildberg