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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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

Thanks....
Scharnhorst's done, 1943 scheme, looks great. Gneisenau (Tamiya of course!) on the way.

Paul

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...