Bismarck by Dan Vadas - FINISHED - GPM - 1:200 - CARD and PE

[gjdale]

Looks fantastic Danny - well done!

[cog]

It is fascinating to see how they could stash so much in so little space ... marvelous

[druxey]

I don't normally follow kit build threads, but your work on this card model is amazing, Dan!

[herask]

incredible work, Dan. this reminds me a lot of papercraft technique which can also be detailed as hell. 10 years ago I have spent 6 months building Yamaha paper model: https://global.yamaha-motor.com/showroom/papercraft/ultra/ (MT-01). but your Bismarck is several lengths ahead. can't wait to see it finished...

[CDW]

39 minutes ago, herask said:

incredible work, Dan. this reminds me a lot of papercraft technique which can also be detailed as hell. 10 years ago I have spent 6 months building Yamaha paper model: https://global.yamaha-motor.com/showroom/papercraft/ultra/ (MT-01). but your Bismarck is several lengths ahead. can't wait to see it finished...

Nice link to motorcycle models. Thanks!

 

[amateur]

Hi Denis,

 

A bit off-topic, but can you show a pic of that Yamaha? I know the templates, but never saw one done.

 

Jan

[herask]

Jan, without going further off topic I'll send you a PM this evening, or if it's OK with Dan I can post here.  

Edited February 15, 2018 by herask

[Dan Vadas]

Crikey, that was some reaction . Thanks for all the nice comments guys.

 

6 hours ago, druxey said:

I don't normally follow kit build threads, but your work on this card model is amazing, Dan!

Thanks David, I consider it an honour to have you view my humble work .

 

6 hours ago, herask said:

10 years ago I have spent 6 months building Yamaha paper model

Denis - I downloaded the card model Yamaha in your link to see what it was like. WOW . The assembly instructions are "out of this world" - by far the best I've ever seen. A pity that you weren't involved with the artwork for this model - I'd have loved to see how it would have turned out if you had. The Rendering on your CAD "HMS Pegasus" is absolute magic , and would have made a huge difference to the Yammy.

 

3 hours ago, herask said:

if it's OK with Dan I can post here

By all means - I'd love to see it .

 

Such a pity I ordered (and paid for) the Halinski HMS Hood only two days ago, and it's already on it's way from Poland. One of the Yamahas would have been a nice diversion as my next model .

 

  Danny

[popeye the sailor]

great job on the plane s and rigging Dan..........if you order one of those...post it in Shore leave!  I'd love to see you build one   

[Dan Vadas]

59 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

great job on the plane s and rigging Dan..........if you order one of those...post it in Shore leave!  I'd love to see you build one   

Thanks Popeye. The Yamaha (and 5 others) is a free download which I've already done . If I decide to build one I certainly will post it in Shore Leave .

 

  Danny

[herask]

here you go. sadly, it's the only photo I have:

 

 

I remember, the worst thing while building it was cutting all of the gluing flaps. there were thousands of little triangles to be cut out. it was such a mind numbing job, I could actually watch a movie while doing it on auto pilot. something like treenailing a 3d model...  and yes, front mudflap is turned backwards...

Edited February 15, 2018 by herask

[Landlocked123]

One word Danny,  WOW!!!!!!   You’re just too good.⚡️💥⚡️💥⚡️💥.  Best, John

 

[Dan Vadas]

4 hours ago, herask said:

I remember, the worst thing while building it was cutting all of the gluing flaps.

That was the first thing I thought about the kit too . I reckon maybe a pack of 100 scalpel blades might do it .

 

That's a really nice model Denis, congratulations.

 

  Danny

[herask]

nah, I spent only 3 replacement blades and made one pair of scissors completely blunt, but could have used 100 more hands... :-) thank you, Dan!

[Dan Vadas]

Bismarck has six 150mm Guns as the 2nd Battery. Construction of these was fairly easy, but I had to add extra card to the few laser-cut pieces in the kit. I modified the bases to enable them to be swivelled :

 The finished turrets. The bases still need to be glued to them :

 

I've primed the barrels, but I need to get another can of dark grey spray paint to topcoat them :

 

  Danny

[Dan Vadas]

The last two 150mm guns were a little different to the other four as they were fitted with Rangefinders, so I made them separately to avoid confusing the parts. Here are the parts for them in various stages of assembly :

 

The two guns ready for the barrels :

 

  Danny

[Dan Vadas]

Barrels are painted (mid grey) and fitted. I made some Boots for the barrels from manilla folder. It took a couple of tries to get the right shape :

 

Fitted to the barrels. I'm happy :

 

I painted them a shade of olive brown :

 

Ready to fit to the deck :

 

  Danny

[BANYAN]

Nice adaption with the boots Danny; the guns look good.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Jim Lad]

It just gets better and better, Danny!

 

John

[Dan Vadas]

Thank you again Pat and John .

 

The 150mm guns are fitted to the deck :

 

  Danny

[cog]

 she looks like she can "bite" your head off. enough teeth to do so. Still more guns to come?

[amateur]

Ah you won't fool me: photoshopping your cutting mat into pics of the real ship

 

Jan

[Dan Vadas]

3 hours ago, cog said:

Still more guns to come?

Four little 20mm singles, and the four big 380mm Main Batteries (aka "Anton", "Bruno", "Caesar" and "Dora").

 

The turrets on Bismarck weighed 1,056 metric tons each . The barrels alone each weighed 100 tons. They fired a shell that was 1.7m long and weighed 800kg, and had a range of over 35km.

 

3 hours ago, amateur said:

Ah you won't fool me: photoshopping your cutting mat into pics of the real ship

I wish I'd have thought of that, it would have saved me a lot of work .

 

  Danny

[Jim Lad]

She just looks better and better, Danny.  Any idea why two of those turrets had the 'things' sticking out the side and the others didn't?

 

John

[Walter Biles]

Jim, I think some of those turrets might be selectively independently ranged and trained in stead of being run by the main directors.

Edited February 19, 2018 by Walter Biles

[cog]

Quote

The turrets on Bismarck weighed 1,056 metric tons each . The barrels alone each weighed 100 tons. They fired a shell that was 1.7m long and weighed 800kg, and had a range of over 35km.

Don't think those will fit your build though, neither will it bear the weight of those monsters

[Dan Vadas]

53 minutes ago, Walter Biles said:

Jim, I think some of those turrets might be selectively independently ranged and trained in stead of being run by the main directors.

From what I've read on a Bismarck site that would be correct . The "things" sticking out are indeed Rangefinders.

 

  Danny

[Jim Lad]

Aha!  Thanks for that.

 

John

[BANYAN]

Further on those 150mm guns, the independent fire control is the most likely reason, but rather than selective, I note the turrets ere the two central ones.  Perhaps they could 'slave' the other 150mm guns on that side to the central one also?

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Dan Vadas]

9 hours ago, BANYAN said:

Further on those 150mm guns, the independent fire control is the most likely reason, but rather than selective, I note the turrets ere the two central ones.  Perhaps they could 'slave' the other 150mm guns on that side to the central one also?

 

cheers

 

Pat

I was thinking the same thing Pat .

 

  Danny