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by Bluemill
Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:27 am
Forum: Ship Models, Plans and Drawings
Topic: Monogram 1/615 Bismarck from 1977
Replies: 2
Views: 22438

Monogram Bismarck 1/615th kit from 1977

I just completed a restoration of a very old model that was gathering dust in my basement for thirty years. I have been intrigued with trying to make the old model look like the line drawings (from this site) of 24 May 1941 for a while, but never could find the time. The new Testor "ACRYL"...
by Bluemill
Sun Jan 06, 2008 3:59 am
Forum: Ship Models, Plans and Drawings
Topic: Monogram 1/615 Bismarck from 1977
Replies: 2
Views: 22438

Monogram 1/615 Bismarck from 1977

I just completed a restoration of a 30 year old model that I built years ago. I have the new premium Dragon 1/700th, and before I started that I wanted to experiment with colors, schemes, and reworking pieces to make them more authentic. It's the 1977 Monogram (not the Revell-Monogram 1/570 of the 6...
by Bluemill
Sun Jan 06, 2008 3:22 am
Forum: Ship Models, Plans and Drawings
Topic: Rigging Scame for Bismarck
Replies: 1
Views: 3905

Rigging

I've got nine books on the Bismarck and I found that I got the best ideas for rigging looking at the jacket painting for Battleship Bismarck - a survivor's story, by the Baron Von Mulenheim-Rechburg. My edition was one of the earlier ones, from the US Naval Institute Press. Also the new book, well f...