1/100 SCRATCH BUILT BISMARCK
By Bernd Willmer, Stuttgart, Germany.
Last year (2002) I started a 1/100 scale model of the German WWII Battleship Bismarck.
I acquired a set of scale drawings made by Mr. Gally from Germany using wartime material. Besides this plan, I am using photographs from books and archives (never enough pictures at hand, of course!).
I decided to build most of the upper structures from styrene. Although the finished model will be large (overall length 250.5 cm), but the 1/100 scale offers a challenge for making all the fine details.
I started with the After Command Post. This was an armored post and carried the rear 10.5 m range finder on its top. The brass "rivets" have a head diameter of 0.35 mm. I also used thin zink foil for small details.
Thanks to Uwe Fauer for taking the pictures and to Markus van Beek for his hints and tips.
After command post in progress
(photos taken by Uwe Fauer)
 
 
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