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Ref...Battleships...... Bismarck, & Tirpitz.....

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Greetings Naval Modelers;


I will atempt to cover the German Battleships
Bismarck, and the Tripitz.


Anatomy of the Ship
The Battleship Bismarck ....
Jack Brower ................
Conway Maritime Press . 2005

Battleship Bismarck
A Survivor's Story
Baron Burkard Von
Mullenheim Rechberg
Translated by Jack Sweetman
Pub ........ unkown .......


German Battleships 1939-1945
Gordon Williamson & Ian Palmer
Osprey Pub. Ltd.......... 2003


German Battleships of World War Two
in Action
Robert C Stern, Don Greer, David
Gebhardt, and Darren Glenn.
Squadron/Signal Pub.


The Battleships
Ian Johnston, & Rob McAuluy
Channel 4 Books
Macmillan Pub. Ltd.... 2000


Marine-Arsenal Band 15
Schlschtschiff Bismarck
Siegfried Breyer
Podzun-Pallas-Verlag .. 1991







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More later .... :pilot ...
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Re: Battleships...... Bismarck, & Tirpitz.....

I need to suck in my gut and build a quality ship, my 1/426 Arizona doesn't count- I'll need a 40 buck detail set to bring that old kit out from the 50's. saw- saw- saw- saw- saw- saw- saw ad infinium = no fun.
 
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Greetings ship builders;


eerrrrrrrrr Moon Puppy...... remember going across the equator
the first time........... :woohoo:



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It's sad that most of these King Battleships now rest at the bottom of the sea. Been on the North Carolina in Wilmington- that's a nice sized ship that's still floating!
 
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Greetings Guys, and Girls;




The Battleship Tirpitz





























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mikec said:
moon puppy said:
mikec said:
eerrrrrrrrr Moon Puppy...... remember going across the equator
the first time........... :woohoo:
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No. :huh:
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I guess you where not in the navy.
We had to craw through a bunch of slop. The we had to kiss Neptune's belly

............. :woohoo:


Mike
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I was in the USAF for about 4 years. Sounds like I missed some fun... :D
 
Re: Battleships...... Bismarck, & Tirpitz.....

Thanks for posting this Mike. I have a question though. Do you have any information on the color call-outs. Especially for the Bismarck during her final days. My understanding is that the hull was a darker gray than the super structure and that the all horizontal surfaces that were not wood were even darker than the hull.

Thanks,

Joe
 
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Found this documentry on You Tube.Interesting stuff!

Seems the British made a big effort to knock-out the Tirpitz!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=2_dThvSizVk

[thought it would fit right in with your great reference,Mike] (y)


I might even try to do a model on one of these ships,....someday.

Greetings,Ron.
 
Re: Battleships...... Bismarck, & Tirpitz.....

Leopard2 said:
Thanks for posting this Mike. I have a question though. Do you have any information on the color call-outs. Especially for the Bismarck during her final days. My understanding is that the hull was a darker gray than the super structure and that the all horizontal surfaces that were not wood were even darker than the hull.

Thanks,

Joe
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Greetings Joe;


The Bismarck wore several different paint schemes is her incredible, but
short life span.

When the Bismarck & the Prinz Eugen did there work-up in the Baltic sea,
Spring 1941 she wore a striped paint scheme.



Bismarck in the Spring of 1941.


























Bismarck's last North Atlantic Operation.

The Bismarck and Prinz Eugen were repainted in what looks like Dark Sea Gray hull
and a med. gray superstructure. It appears the large Nazi flags on the
bow, and stern where repainted gray and white/possibly black, and white.

*** Note... Historions have been argueing about the final colors of the Bismarck
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Thanks Mike. I had the same impression that historians still fight over the right paint scheme at the end of her career. So I can paint the Bismarck any color I want, as long as it is gray :D

Joe
 
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Greetings Joe;


..... May want to use the German WW-II Naval colors. Other
than that, You should be ok..... :mpup


Good luck, and keep us informed on your progress.

eeerrrrrr, by the way which kit, and scale do you plan
on using ...... ?


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Re: Battleships...... Bismarck, & Tirpitz.....

Leopard2 said:
Thanks Mike. I had the same impression that historians still fight over the right paint scheme at the end of her career. So I can paint the Bismarck any color I want, as long as it is gray :D

Joe
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There are so many different accounts about Bismarck's final color scheme. The reference I have from Model Warship Publishing even states that it was almost impossible to get a consensus from the survivors. The very men who had that ship shot out from under them couldn't even agree...

Thanks for sharing all of this. I actually dug out my Revell 1/350 Bismarck and was getting ready to start a thread.
 
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..... Thanks Guys..... I am glad I could help........ :)


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No problemo. I can't think of another ship that had more color/camo scheme changes in such a short service life. It's like every time they got pierside, they changed it up again.
 
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Greetings Gals, & Guys;



The Battleship Bismarck..... 1940-1941






































The Tirpitz








More Later,


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