BISMARCK 1:50!

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BISMARCK 1:50!

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There was an update about this superlarge model on the Marine Forum:

http://forum-marinearchiv.de/smf/index.php?topic=3865
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BISMARCK 1:50

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Update on the Bismarck 1:50 work of art model: Searchlights with movable cowl hoods
http://forum-marinearchiv.de/smf/index.php?topic=3865
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This maxi-model is absolutely incredible. More updates of the 1:50 Bismarck have been posted.
http://forum-marinearchiv.de/smf/index. ... icseen#new
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This is a magnificent model but......

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Check out the admiral's bridge windows. The front looks good but the sides should have 4 windows, not three.

I can't speak or write German so someone who can should let this guy know.

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"Bismarck, massive and elegant, with the high flare of her bows and majestic sweep of her lines, her ease and arrogance in the water, was then the most graceful, most powerful warship yet built."
-Ludovic Kennedy in his book: Pursuit
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BISMARCK 1:50

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Well, I'm pretty sure they all speak a bit of English :cool:
"Ich lasse mir doch mein Schiff nicht unter dem Arsch wegschiessen. Feuererlaubnis !"

George "tango-echo" Roumbos, Hellas

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Bismarck 1:50 after 726 days!

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After 726 days a 1:50 Bismarck has been finished. Follow the construction sequence here: http://forum-marinearchiv.de/smf/index. ... icseen#new

The builder states the following in last posting:


Finally. On Sunday the Bismarck leaves my workshop as the last commissioned model order [ever? UR]. Unfortunately my camera broke during Christmas, but the fellow who is picking the model up will do that.

It was a very demanding model and I am happy that the giant will soon be gone.
It required a lot of patience and sometimes grief and almost destroyed my marriage, but all was successfully endured.

Here are the dimensions once more:

Length 5.04 m
Width: 0.72 m
Height 1.15 m
Weight ca 200 kg

Functional parts:
Lights, smoke, fog horn [apparently some planned functions were omitted: sirene, turning turrets and screws. UR]

Material: wood, aluminum, brass, plastic,

Composition: 2 hull halves, complete superstructure.

Total construction time: 726 Tage
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Re: Bismarck 1:50 after 726 days!

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Wow. Unfortunately (for me) I can't read German and it isn't obvious to me where the photos are. Maybe I just didn't look hard enough?
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Re: Bismarck 1:50 after 726 days!

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I apologize. I think you have to register as a user. The usual thing routine: a user name, email, password...repeat password.
http://forum-marinearchiv.de/smf/index. ... n=register
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Re: Bismarck 1:50 after 726 days!

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Final photos at delivery to the person who commissioned the model: http://forum-marinearchiv.de/smf/index. ... icseen#new

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