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- Thu Jan 11, 2007 2:38 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck: Scuttled or Sunk?
- Replies: 206
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Hello everyone, It seems pretty clear that the Germans built very tough ships capable of absorbing tremendous punishment - look at their BC's at Jutland: Seydlitz limping into harbour in shambles with her bow almost under water - though Lutzow was not so lucky. Look at the Graf Zeppelin - an aircraf...
- Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:03 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: The Bridge Officers
- Replies: 27
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Hi RF & Terje, I think the encounter you are discussing actually involved the Ramillies not the Malaya - athough later the "Twins" did encounter convoys escorted by Malaya and Rodney respectively from which they also withdrew. Lutjens, I think, was following his strict orders not to engage an enemy ...
- Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:22 pm
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Denmarck Straits: Hood´s gunnery fault?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8247
Happy New Year once again... Karl, my friend, I cannot agree with you in your contrasting of the two hits. :negative: You are correct in that the Bismarck's salvo was aimed with precision gained through months of exercises with excellent equipment - BUT Schneider certainly could not have been aiming...
- Mon Jan 01, 2007 1:28 am
- Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
- Topic: Bismarck: Scuttled or Sunk?
- Replies: 206
- Views: 74554
Happy New Year to all... Here I am spending new year's eve in the Bismarck forum! (Maybe I should get a life... :think: ) But I can't resist putting in a word... I believe reason behind the whole scuttling argument is to underline the myth of the "unsinkable" Bismarck. The British could not get her ...
- Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:32 pm
- Forum: Ship Models, Plans and Drawings
- Topic: Bismarck Wreck model help.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6465
Hi Bob, The only place I've seen images (artist's reproduction) of the Bismarck wreck from various angles are in Robert Ballard's book on his 1989 expedition "The Discovery of the Bismarck". If you haven't seen them yet, they could be helpful to you. '(Of course, later expeditions would have obtaine...
- Sun Jul 30, 2006 2:07 pm
- Forum: Ship Models, Plans and Drawings
- Topic: Tamiya vs. Minihobby Scharnhorst/Gneisenau - which is better
- Replies: 4
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- Wed Jul 19, 2006 1:09 am
- Forum: Ship Models, Plans and Drawings
- Topic: Tamiya vs. Minihobby Scharnhorst/Gneisenau - which is better
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3282
Tamiya vs. Minihobby Scharnhorst/Gneisenau - which is better
Hello All, This is my first post in the Bismarck Forum. A question for the experts from a very basic out-of-the-box (+ paint of course!) modeller: I am generally very pleased with the quality of the Tamiya waterline 1/700 series. I'm currently on the Scharnhorst. How does the Mini Hobby version comp...