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Ciao Marty, Ulrich and all, YES, I think you got correctly the point. I am using a 5x ( 5 times enlargement of a negative that as Ulrich properly confirmed is 24x36 mm) so I am measuring on a 120x180 mm enlargement photos ). Since I do not have the negatives :( I had to try to recreate the photos as...

Ciao Marty and all, YES ! The base assumption we are using is that Mr. Lagemann was equipped with a camera having a lens with fixed focal lenght of 50 mm=5 cm ( standard for all the PK - Propaganda Krieg members ). One camera very similar to those Leica : http://freeweb.supereva.com/sergio7858/leica...

Ciao Pax and all, from modeler to modeler :D . You asked : My question is what color were the fields of those swastikas? Red or grey? The answer is : RED, always only red ( like the national flag colour ). The light grey colour was used to paint them over and remove the air recognition marks ( used ...

Ciao Marty and all, YES, the waterline of Bismarck on the refuelling photo is a lot more visible and you did right assuming her been 34 meters and not 33 meters of height. That was due to the fact that Bismarck was not fully loaded as she was during Op. Rheinubung. YES, our methods differs for some ...

Ciao Monitor and all, for me the answer is the same of the Official HMS Hood board of inquiry and it is very well explained into Bill Jurens superb work here in : http://www.warship.org/no21987.htm I reccomend you to read carefully all 4 parts of this very good job. Hope this helps you to create you...

Ciao Ulrich and all, Good point my friend !! I think I better explain in more details. The 300 meters we are evaluating are between Lagemann position on the Prinz Eugen 105 mm aft starboard platform and the Bismarck main tower. From Lagemann position on Prinz Eugen till Prinz Eugen stern end there s...

Ciao Marty and all, no problems for the material, it is all well known documentation I have in good enough quality and it is absolutely necessary for any study one would like to make on the subject :D No, I have never done the estimation of the shell case distance, if you need it I can try. Same I t...

Ciao Marty, Iankw and all, @ Marty, good job once again :clap: I like your methodology that now you have also improved with that angular coefficient too. YES, with that we are using basically same type of approaches and in fact the results are coming our pretty close and within acceptable tolerances...

Ciao Marty, Bill and all, first of all let me say I am very happy to work with you on this, it is very interesting and everybody is applying a lot of value add :D . Now with Bill Jurens joining back in I am sure we will have even better results pretty soon. You know Bill that when it comes to photog...

Ciao Marty, OK, I have got it :D I have sent you some material ( photos, drawings ) so your fantastic job can be hopefully easier. YES, that drawing I have sent you shows the bollards location too ( I have other drawings as well but they are always there on same position ). I have snet you also 2 ot...

Ciao all, well this post did not have a lot of attention :( Anyway, maybe adding this piece of information it can be that someone gets interested :D My current calculations below : At 05.53, beginning of action with British ships on course 300° degrees Hood fired 337 degrees while on course 300 degr...

Ciao Ulrich and all, very good point my friend, as usual :D In fact there are 3 WABOS there in the rack just like before the battle as well as after the battle, as confirmed on PG Rheinubung film at counter 09.46 during the refuel Prinz Eugen had in the ocean after the separation from Bismarck. Duri...

Ciao Marty and all, of course this can help you too. http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h69000/h69733.jpg As you can see the rack is fully loaded with 3 depth charges, so either this photo was taken before the battle or after when they re-loaded the rack that was having only one depth charge ...

Ciao all, I am back home so lets continue :D @ Ulrich, thanks for the addittional infos, YES that is exactly the photo taken after the battle as Fritz Otto Busch was properly captioning on his book. Very key is the spent cartridge ( used cartridge or shell casing ) on the higher deck ( the one Marty...