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regia-marina · Post by **regia-marina** » Sat Feb 06, 2016 10:31 am

SKeeM wrote:
Begemot wrote:Just recently completed the Shokaku and the Graf Spee.

Shokaku:

The deck markings are all cut and paste from white 1 mm line decals.

Graf Spee:

Graf Spee is based on the final scheme she wore at the end of her career as shown in Asmussen & Leon's "German Naval Camouflage, Volume 1".
Very clean looking ships. good job!

Your Shokaku and Graf Spee are beautiful. My compliments!

Begemot · Post by **Begemot** » Wed Feb 10, 2016 4:15 am

Regia-Marina - Glad you liked them. Thanks for the compliment.

Begemot · Post by **Begemot** » Tue Mar 08, 2016 5:34 am

I've just completed the Yamato. A few pictures for your consideration.

pmskaar · Post by **pmskaar** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 3:35 am

Begemot

That is really excellent work on the Yamato. Very good shading and highlighting and the "blast bags" look really good as well. Thanks for sharing!

Pete

dragon6 · Post by **dragon6** » Mon Apr 25, 2016 6:05 am

Has GHQ told us which, IJN-56 Kagero class, comes out Next month?
Late or early?

Donald M. Scheef · Post by **Donald M. Scheef** » Mon Apr 25, 2016 10:59 pm

I haven't had any information on this. I think we'll just have to wait for the full release announcement.
Don S,

Donald M. Scheef · Post by **Donald M. Scheef** » Mon Apr 25, 2016 10:59 pm

It's an early-war version.
Don S,

dougeagle · Post by **dougeagle** » Wed Apr 27, 2016 9:20 am

I have some British warships for the Mediterranean. Wondering where I might find what colours they were painted at the time. 1941 or so.

traveller · Post by **traveller** » Wed Apr 27, 2016 11:28 am

Try theses two, British and Commonwealth Warship Camouflage of WW II Vol 1 Destroyers, Frigates, Sloops, Escorts, Minesweepers, Submarines, Coastal Forces and Auxiliaries and
Vol 2 Battleships & Aircraft Carriers.. Awaiting Vol 3 Cruisers. All rather pricey but are comprehensive and cover all theaters, not only the Med

traveller · Post by **traveller** » Wed Jun 01, 2016 4:29 am

Vol 3 British and Commonwealth Warship Camouflage of WW II will cover cruisers and minelayers, Due to be published 30 July 2016

regia-marina · Post by **regia-marina** » Sat Aug 06, 2016 4:41 am

Has anyone modified a KM Scharnhorst into a Gneisenau? I'm getting ready to start work on one but if anyone has any advice or photos I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

battlewagon · Post by **battlewagon** » Mon Aug 08, 2016 4:19 am

Aside from the placement of the mainmast, I am hard pressed to find any significant differences between the two ships in the 1941 - 1942 timeframe. there may be a difference in the size of the hanger amidships but I can't prove it. I have gone through a fair amount of my reference library looking for differences (...yes, I have considered modifying a Scharnhorst kit myself) If I find anything useful in the next couple of days I will pass it along. I hope this helps.

StarCruiser · Post by **StarCruiser** » Mon Aug 08, 2016 7:38 am

The differences are minor - mostly.

I haven't seen anything that clearly shows everything but, if you look the two up in Wikipedia (I know, I know...) they have a couple of decent illustrations of the sisters (or should it be "brothers") that do show that the Gneisenau's hanger area had a raised platform where the Scharnhorst's mainmast would be...

Scharnhorst - 1943:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_ba ... st1943.png

Gneisenau - 1942:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_ba ... au1942.png

regia-marina · Post by **regia-marina** » Mon Aug 08, 2016 7:31 pm

Thank you gentlemen for your help. I appreciate it! I think I am going to just tackle the new mainmast. I have built masts and antennas from plastic sprues that I have heated up and shaped before. Have either of you StarCruiser or battlewagen actually done a modification? Thanks again to both of you for your reply!

StarCruiser · Post by **StarCruiser** » Mon Aug 08, 2016 9:48 pm

I haven't tried something like that myself...

Not sure my hands would be steady enough, or my eyes sharp enough to handle that!

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