SMS Derfflinger by king derelict - Flyhawk- 1/700 - PLASTIC

[king derelict]

Another Flyhawk adventure kicks off. This time the Imperial German Navy of WW1, SMS Derfflinger. No tiny biplanes, no fiddly secondary armament what could be easier? Well, it has belatedly occurred to me - the torpedo nets. I'm not sure what to do with those but anything but stowed will be a serious exercise at 1/700 - at least for me.

I haven't found any upgrade sets for this apart from a wooden deck set and I think I am going to paint the decks this time.

This Flyhawk kit is a little different to others I have worked on. The plastic is softer and detail is less well defined. Still quite a lot of small parts but only a small fret of PE, mostly railings and the cranes. So I think this will be built as per the box of bits. Instructions are the usual Flyhawk folding pages (that get all over the place as you try to read them.

For Flyhawk the bxs is not as stuffed as usual

Its a waterline kit so the two hull halves were fitted to the base plate with no problems. Everything fits nicely.

 

The main deck well on without the need for violence.

As noted earlier the detail is a bit soft by Flyhawk standards. I think I may try to drill out the portholes, something I don't usually do for 1/700 scale.

And then everything goes off for a coat of Mig Ammo One Shot black primer.

 

Thanks for looking in. I hope this will be interesting.

 

Alan

 

Edited yesterday at 01:45 AM by ccoyle
corrected log title

[vossiewulf]

As I recall the nets were only carried the first couple years of the war. Just say it's 1918, no nets

 

[Old Collingwood]

Ive  taken a  seat again  looking forward to this.

 

OC.

[king derelict]

6 minutes ago, vossiewulf said:

As I recall the nets were only carried the first couple years of the war. Just say it's 1918, no nets

 

Good point! The kit has something that might be rolled nets so I can defer the decision for a while. The crazed part of me is contemplating a small diorama / vignette with the nets down.

alan

[king derelict]

4 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

Ive  taken a  seat again  looking forward to this.

 

OC.

Welcome OC, glad to have you along. This one might be a bit curious 

alan

[ccoyle]

53 minutes ago, king derelict said:

I hope this will be interesting.

 

I think it will be!

[vossiewulf]

7 hours ago, king derelict said:

The crazed part of me is contemplating a small diorama / vignette with the nets down.

alan

Don't listen to the crazed part  Short of going with very translucent water it's going to be nearly impossible at 1/700 scale for the average viewer to have any idea what those booms are doing around the ship. At least I think it would be a considerable amount of fiddly work that may not be fully appreciated by your audience. At least any audience outside MSW, we know all about torpedo nets.

[Canute]

RGL did a German battlecruiser a while back, in 1/350 scale. Another of his masterful jobs.

[GrandpaPhil]

Very cool subject!

Looking forward to this build!

[king derelict]

15 hours ago, vossiewulf said:

Don't listen to the crazed part  Short of going with very translucent water it's going to be nearly impossible at 1/700 scale for the average viewer to have any idea what those booms are doing around the ship. At least I think it would be a considerable amount of fiddly work that may not be fully appreciated by your audience. At least any audience outside MSW, we know all about torpedo nets.

Sober reflection says you are right, especially as my rigging skills are less than stellar and I think deployed nets would need a cat’s cradle of cables. I think I can find other ways to embarrass myself 

Alan

[king derelict]

12 hours ago, Canute said:

RGL did a German battlecruiser a while back, in 1/350 scale. Another of his masterful jobs.

I think it was the beautiful job RGL did with Seydlitz ( I think) that made me think about deploying the nets so I’ve been planning to read his log again as I work through Derfflinger but I do recall some seriously complicated rigging for the nets and I think he was working in 1/350

i have a Takom Derfflinger / Luetzow kit on the shelf so I can always revisit the thought.

alan

[king derelict]

10 hours ago, GrandpaPhil said:

Very cool subject!

Looking forward to this build!

Thank you Phil 

I hope I can make it an enjoyable read 

alan

[Jack12477]

I'm lurking in the shadows, Alan, looking forward to following this one

[AJohnson]

I will follow this one with interest, love dreadnaught and ww1 era vessels   

Edited 9 hours ago by AJohnson

[king derelict]

12 hours ago, Jack12477 said:

I'm lurking in the shadows, Alan, looking forward to following this one

Welcome Jack, glad you are there. Hope you are having a great Christmas period 

alan

[king derelict]

3 hours ago, AJohnson said:

I will follow this one with interest, love dreadnaught and ww1 era vessels   

Welcome Andrew. The hull has lovely lines. I have the Iron Duke for WW1 RN. I’ll be interested to see how it builds up.

alan

[Jack12477]

1 hour ago, king derelict said:

Welcome Jack, glad you are there. Hope you are having a great Christmas period 

alan

Thanks! Yes Christmas has been good 👍 health still okay. Just hoping for some ice for sailing. And getting my ambition back so I can get to work on finishing the Constellation build finally. 

[Landlubber Mike]

Great subject Alan!  I have the Flyhawk Lutzsow set that also includes the torpedo nets.  The torpedo nets were the big draw for me - a very unique feature for the model!  

 

Just to let you know, for my Lutzsow, I don't think the kit included a wooden deck.  I ended up buying an aftermarket wooden deck which - plenty of manufacturers like Hunter and Shipyardworks that you can find on eBay.