BossMark builds the Bismarck

[BossMark]

Got this absolute awesome model there is weeks probably months of work here
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/353_zpsb6e717a0.jpg

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/354_zpsc81d78a4.jpg
Can anyone give me any advice on the easiest way to mark the waterline?
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/355_zps92179cca.jpg

More pictures to come when I start painting and building :yep:

[ajrimmer42]

Ooh can't wait for this :)

When I did my Corvette I found the easiest way to do the waterline was to just simply get a looong piece of thin tamiya tape and just sort of go for it lol, stick it where you think you want it and it tends to be about right, but using a single length of thin stuff makes it easier to adjust the position once it's down, but also actually makes it easier to get a straight line in the first place.

[Sailor Steve]

Awesome indeed! Have fun with it. :yeah:

[BossMark]

Just got the prima on and waiting for the MK 1 design kit with the wooden deck to arrive from a model shop in the USA (Georgia) which was sent out to me a week ago.

[Sailor Steve]

Wow! Going whole-hog, eh? I've found that the greatest asset for building is patience. Take your time and you'll end up with a display piece you can really be proud of. :sunny:

[Herr-Berbunch]

No! Glue it all together tonight, don't wait for other bits. Then paint it tomorrow - all of it. What could go wrong? :D

I expect regular progress reports, and good luck. :salute:

PS - once it's built - don't try heading for Brest too soon.

[BossMark]

So this where I am now rudder and screw shaft mounts fitted and another coat of primer (this stuff takes 24 bloody hours to dry)

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/001_zpsc7b46f97.jpg
Tomorrow will be the fitting of the deck and masking out the waterline and painting.

[STEED]

That's going to cut into your drinking time, pubs around you may go out of business. :03::haha:

[BossMark]

Now with waterline masked out and sprayed with Tamiya xf 69
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/219_zpsba138e27.jpg
Now I will have to wait for my life colour 606 to arrive to paint the bottom part of the hull, and then for my MK1 design kit to arrive from the states

[BossMark]

Does anyone know if Bismarck had those black and white camouflage stripes during the battle of the Denmark straight ?
I think that they had been removed but I want to be 100% sure.

[Sailor Steve]

This guy says they were not, and uses photographs to back himself up.

Me, I like the stripes. :sunny:
http://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/paint_schemes/paintbism1941rheinubung.html

[BossMark]

This guy says they were not, and uses photographs to back himself up.

Me, I like the stripes. :sunny:
Thanks for the link Steve and I too like the stripes but I was going to paint her as to how she looked after leaving Norway but Ive changed my mind and I will go with the stripes as soon as my paint comes I will continue, hopefully in the morning.

[Jimbuna]

Be more daring and go for something a little more unusual.

http://s29.postimg.org/edyuvkscn/image.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

[em2nought]

What scale is that? Needs some of these appropriated scaled to go with it http://www.freetimehobbies.com/WEMAS7013/ :D

[Sailor Steve]

Be more daring and go for something a little more unusual.
Don't listen to Jim. He's just upset because somebody threw up all over his model. :O:

[Jimbuna]

What scale is that? Needs some of these appropriated scaled to go with it http://www.freetimehobbies.com/WEMAS7013/ :D

Ship is 1/350 so those 1/700 Swordfish would actually look a little odd :)

[BossMark]

What scale is that? Needs some of these appropriated scaled to go with it http://www.freetimehobbies.com/WEMAS7013/ :D
If your asking what scale the model I am building then it is, !\200 and that's the model shop I am waiting for a delivery from :yep:

[Sailor Steve]

:o :o :o

1/200!? That's a big 'un! :sunny:

[BossMark]

^^
It sure is, just short of 50 inches from bow to stern :D

[Jimbuna]

If your asking what scale the model I am building then it is, !\200 and that's the model shop I am waiting for a delivery from :yep:

^^
It sure is, just short of 50 inches from bow to stern :D

That would make it the Trumpeter kit then...here is a review that should you. There are links below the review to build, 3D maps etc.

http://forum.model-space.co.uk/default.aspx?g=posts&t=5908

[BossMark]

Thanks Jim and yes it is a really truly awesome kit, just painted the lower hull waiting for dry then to fix the main deck (pictures to follow)

[Jimbuna]

Divvun ferget, masking tape for waterlines etc. :03:

[BossMark]

Now with waterline and lower hull painted
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/003_zpscd673b14.jpg

[em2nought]

If your asking what scale the model I am building then it is, !\200 :yep:

Not a huge amount of stuff out there in 1/200. There are some at http://www.shapeways.com/model/1556333/1-200-fairey-swordfish-quot-torp-armed-quot.html?li=gmerchant&ca=gp&ct=pla&cr=catchall&gclid=CNri-dfehcICFeLm7Aod7wcAuQ

That is big, thought maybe it was the old Lindbergh model.

[BossMark]

With the main deck in place, I am now waiting for the wooden deck to arrive which I hope tomorrow or Friday.
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/006_zpsa4362933.jpg

[BossMark]

Now with the screws and rudder, screws painted in mixture of Tamyia x12 and x20a
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/002_zpsde8aaed9.jpg

[danasan]

Not a huge amount of stuff out there in 1/200. There are some at http://www.shapeways.com/model/1556333/1-200-fairey-swordfish-quot-torp-armed-quot.html?li=gmerchant&ca=gp&ct=pla&cr=catchall&gclid=CNri-dfehcICFeLm7Aod7wcAuQ

That is big, thought maybe it was the old Lindbergh model.

There is a guy selling all the parts in 1:100, but that would cost a furtune. The hull alone is 289,- EURO

http://www.modellbau-lassek.de/index.php?force_sid=9a102696383237f31d1e71f4f62fca f2&listorderby=oxvarminprice&listorder=desc&?force_sid=9a102696383237f31d1e71f4f62fcaf2&cl=alist&searchparam=&cnid=ef8224de41562ed3553b2414953860a0

[Sailor Steve]

Now with waterline and lower hull painted

Now with the screws and rudder, screws painted in mixture of Tamyia x12 and x20a
Lookin' mighty fine so far! :rock:

There is a guy selling all the parts in 1:100
Nice, but if I was going to go that far I'd want to take it all the way to 1/72. Park it alongside your u-boat. :D

[BossMark]

Just received the MK1 design kit the wood is really thin :yep: so I will have to very careful when fitting this

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/043_zps29daae05.jpg

[Aktungbby]

Quote:
Originally Posted by STEED http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/smartdark/viewpost.gif (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2263307#post2263307)
Bossmark got badly badly drunk on this day. :03:

Bossmark: Not nearly as much as I got drunk last April........:haha: http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/003_zpscd673b14.jpgWell you shuuuure sobered up for that straight paint job!:woot:NICE!

[Jimbuna]

Coming along nicely Mark, the brass etch work will be pivotal in the appearance so at that scale you should be onto a winner :cool:

[BossMark]

Painted the false bow and wave but will have to make a slight alteration as misjudged as to how far the false bow came out
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/060_zpsfd7080ac.jpg

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/059_zps472f42fe.jpg

[BossMark]

Masking and painting the black and white camouflage stripes on the hull, pictures to follow.

[BossMark]

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/014_zps14f780e0.jpg
After a few minor tweaks on the painting, next will be the fitting of thw wooden deck

[BossMark]

Wooden deck in place, with the recognition markings painted apart from swastika (As yet)
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/002_zps15561b0b.jpg

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/001_zps7805f6e0.jpg

[BossMark]

All I have been able to do today is fix the lower part of the superstructure, due to it being very dark all day (no light through the windows been a very poop day in Leeds) And I dont like working in artificial light.

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/002_zps33a3e8cc.jpg

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/001_zpsd672f0e7.jpg

[BossMark]

Slow work but hopefully more pictures later on tomorrow.

[BossMark]

Slow indeed and losing the anchor chains didnt help.
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/rothwellwhite1009/105_zps3e34773a.jpg

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/rothwellwhite1009/104_zps742f0549.jpg
Anchor chains in place along with most of intake and ventilation shafts, a bit of tweaking here and there is needed.

[Aktungbby]

That's a lot of 'bleeding' in the $$ deck wood from the swastika-what's the solution? :up: Quite a deceptively complicated paint job http://www.navweaps.com/index_inro/GERbb08_Bismarck-LDclr.jpg NICE!

[em2nought]

That's a lot of 'bleeding' in the $$ deck wood from the swastika-what's the solution?

Maybe a coat of satin polyurethane beforehand? Unfortunately won't help now. Those decks really are a beautiful addition though. Maybe just expand it out as little as possible, and make it a tad oversize. Maybe a port to starboard line of some kind of sealer before expanding the red area.

[Sailor Steve]

Spray on very light coats which dry almost instantly. For the swastika itself use a decal.

[BossMark]

Bismarck went a bit tits up I somehow managed to lose a number of very crucial parts :wah::wah: so now I looking as to where I can find these. But in the meantime I have purchased Trumpeters 1\200 HMS Nelson which I have just started I will post some pics tomorrow or the day after when I am on my days off.

[Jimbuna]

Been that long I thought I saw your Bismarck on Antiques Roadshow :hmm2:

[BossMark]

Yes I can just about believe that Jim, but the truth is having lost the part, I turned my house upside down looking for them , I got a bit fed with modelling and left it alone for about 8 months but now I have started again.

[Sailor Steve]

Good to hear. A hobby like this should always be fun. That, I think, is the real reason I keep taking longer and longer breaks. When it starts to feel like a job it stops being worth it.

[Aktungbby]

Bismarck went a bit tits up .

The (Bismark) ship was laid down at the Blohm & Voss (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blohm_%26_Voss) shipyard in Hamburg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg) in July 1936 and launched in February 1939...your well within the authentic time limits!:D

[STEED]

Drink more beer problem sorted.

[BossMark]

Two quick pics of my 1\200 HMS Nelson, better ones to follow after I have fitted the wooden deck :yep:
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/bossmarks%20pictures/20151020_154717_zps7q8vinzu.jpg

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/bossmarks%20pictures/20151020_154642_zpsjt7xdbe1.jpg

[BossMark]

Nelson now with the wooden deck fitted

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/bossmarks%20pictures/20151021_163207_zpsjoqa3bh3.jpg
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/bossmarks%20pictures/20151021_163151_zpswa3wut0v.jpg
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/bossmarks%20pictures/20151021_110337_zpshdy9i3nd.jpg
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/bossmarks%20pictures/20151021_110333_zpseouu0luq.jpg

[BossMark]

Now with bow of Nelson just about finished.
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/bossmarks%20pictures/20151103_143529_zpsylfeinpc.jpg
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/rothwellwhite1/bossmarks%20pictures/20151103_142737_zps6wjw7t3c.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Coming along nicely :cool: