HotelWiskeyMike

Thank you Baker and Chris, I will have a look at the linked topic. Semi scratch seems the most fitting I think.

Thanks all for the welcome, interest and linkes 🙂

Thank you all for the warm welcoming!

I think you guys convinced me to start a build log in the near future, but first I have to wrap my head around the question if this is scratch or kind of a kit bash build 🤔

Hello MSW,

as it is tradition and good etiquette, here is my Member Introduction. Even if I'm not posting or commenting a lot on the internet, I really enjoy reading the fine buildlogs and discussion on this side which is really helpful for my own endeavor and in general.

I'm from central Germany and build shipmodels together with my father in my younger days but that eventually ended with puberty if I recall correctly. In the last years I got the "itch" again but was never in the position time and money wise to get back into the hobby. This changed and last year I started a semi scratch build of German destroyer Z-20 "Karls Galster" in 1/200 with the aid of a epoxy hull from "Modellbau Lassek" from Germany (For those interested: http://www.modellbau-lassek.de/Neuheiten/Neuheiten-2019/GfK-Rumpf-Karl-Galster-1-200.html) and really old plans from Loefs Verlag.

Here is a photo of the hull with the aft superstructures from styrene:

For fittings I use various parts from Aeronaut, GPM and Veteran Models. Some needed extensive overhauling, e.g. the torpedoes:

And here with some color (background is only basic colors, front with wash and highlight:

And some lighting scratch build with GPM photo etch:

And with color:

I hope this is sufficient as a member introduction 🙂

Thank you for looking and happy modelbuilding!