Kriegsmarine Scharnhorst Paderborn [Trumpeter 1/200°] de javlin

I decided to get this one started seeing this is the site that has the best build yet I have seen on the net.My build will be no where as complete but I do believe in the long run it will be better than most.The book "The Anatomy of a ship Scharnhorst " is a must I just wish I would of paid a little bit closer attention.

A pic of the hull the decks are not glued in as of yet and I am leaving the stringers on the deck many people complain about flexing it seems to help.I hope you can see the handrails up and down the bridge and on the stern.

It's been slow going mainly building the double 40's(?) from Veteran Models they are very time consuming I have more coming from Bunker Studios will pick the best out of the litter let's say.I noticed another inaccuracy the wall behind the R/double ended up in the wrong spot had to remove the ammo box build the wall to that area and fold it...it's close. Then, I noticed that a box existed in front in between the doubles between the ammo boxes it's a ventilation chamber for the lower deck. I fabricated something to scale and added two louver vents.The range finders are just in place ATTM nice fit.

You did an amazing work.
And the color of the wooden desk goes very well with that of the ship.
Congrat!

with pasta a écrit:

You did an amazing work.
And the color of the wooden desk goes very well with that of the ship.
Congrat!

Thank You!The one part of the ship I could not fix hence the using my resources better was that deck of the bridge ...the lookout post..I will have to leave well enough alone.I need to add it really is quite aggravating that the engineers @Trumpeter could of not manufactured another piece for this kit to make it compliant.Paduka will be the base used it on my 1/72 S-100.

 

A little over an hours worth of effort making the grab bars and installing.This is not 100% in scale the width is roughly 16" about right the step distance is 11" I'm figuring more like 12/14"?The book shows four bars in a section I have five but they are there.I also added a hatch not represented and a portal.The tricky part if it can be pulled off is making the crows nest on the outside of level two with wire.

Nice to see another Scharnhorst build!
Nice fits, nice paint... This will be an amazing build for sure

Beautifull.
Dan.

The desk is a mess but the Bridge continues to grow.The nest have been added quite easy to make rearrangement to Trumpter's idea compasses outside and three set of binoculars two lights still left to add.I find the only way to move forward is spend 1/3 hours 3/4 days a week or one would never finish Life is just to short if to many post just mention it will compact them.

The Bridge is getting close to completion maybe 2/3 more weeks as you can see I have grafted on some brass rod off the upper part of the SS seeing how much rigging will be involved.The next part I reworked was the main radar platform cutting off the molded C38's and placing the aftermarket I will rework those not smooth or flat for my liking.Pics #4/5 show the new mast again made out of telescoping hollow rods to support the vast amount of rigging I will encounter later this was a first for me.I noticed from the instructions that the box behind the radar was filled with boxes and 2X binoculars when in reality for 1943 only for post not attached to the floor with hand wheels attached??I know not what for but had some 1/72 external gunsights I used for the wheels and some plastic rod semi-rounded off.Tanks for looking.

Nice work

Merci

Beau travail!

Thanks Iceman I'm thinking of painting the wheels in the upper structure black grey make stand out a bit and will do more pics when finished with the SS esp the Veterns searchlight much improved over the kit.

I had one day out of my Holiday I could/felt like working in the shop.The three main turrets are just about complete really worked on the color to match the book and it does the flash lightens the color a few shades.The search light was a finicky little piece to build I say about 15/20 pieces maybe from Veteran Models.I built up some of their 3.7cm guns what a PITA they were have some on order from Bunker Studios should be here next week the two you see are VM's.
A turret has already gotten another coat of paint

Looking good!
I quite like the colored turret tops the Kriegsmarine used on several occasions (red, blue, yellow)...

Nice work!

Thanks Iskor I continue to try and bring forth a decent representation forward minus the lookout deck which I caught to late.The secondary turrets needed a bit of add-ons to the simplified Trumpter version I had to add pole supports the Flakvierling platform,rails side of the turrets,used Tamy tape for the shielding to the outside,modified the flakvierling(correct version en-route) and added a 20mm poles to the outside of the Flak station.I tried four times today to make ladders the crew used to scale the ammo boxes into the flak station to none my liking so ordered some from Poland universal.The Flakvierling that went on top of the secondary turrets were of a different nature/design  hence the reason some new ones are en-route.I am really trying with not letting finances get to much in the way to make here as accurate as possible.

The build now moves to the aft structure of the ship funnel/hanger.I added some pluming(brass rod) to the front of the funnel and some holders(brass again) for the out-riggers coming off the side of the funnel attaching to the underside of the gun deck.The biggest pain thus far was molding that one continuous pieces of railing for the gun deck 

I now have the correct style Flakerling atop the turret.

Je découvre,c'est du beau,très beau 

pelican a écrit:

I discover, it's beautiful, very beautiful 

Thank You Sir I am working the motor launches a bit with some brass wire....live'n them up a bit.Thanks for the compliment and looking in.God Bless Kevin

That's a great job

But too big for me, I'll return to my 700ths

Yuth a écrit:

That's a great job

But too big for me, I'll return to my 700ths

Thanks I would do 1/700 but for the same reason I gave up detailing 1/72 A/C my eyes just were not there anymore.

A nice build! thanks for sharing some pics with us