"Scratchbuilt - SMS Von der Tann" Topic

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CorporalTrim	25 Feb 2011 9:30 a.m. PST
Here's something I completed recently. SMS Von der Tann. The 1/1600 scale is odd, I know. I originally go with 1/1800 with the idea of making [Great] War at Sea equivalents of the plastic collectible WW2 minis but it was easier to build slightly larger. picture picture picture Regards, Steve
Only Warlock	25 Feb 2011 9:33 a.m. PST
VERY nice, Steve! Great job!
aercdr	25 Feb 2011 9:37 a.m. PST
Great stuff. I love the German hexagonal turret arrangement. An impressive job.
Virtualscratchbuilder	25 Feb 2011 9:39 a.m. PST
A man after my own heart!
Onomarchos	25 Feb 2011 9:44 a.m. PST
Wow, well done.
jgibbons	25 Feb 2011 9:47 a.m. PST
Very very nice!!! James
Mapleleaf	25 Feb 2011 10:18 a.m. PST
Looks fantastic you deserve to be pleased – looks better than most commercially produced kits
Texas Jack	25 Feb 2011 10:22 a.m. PST
Excellent work Steve! The detail is wonderful, you must have a lot of patience.
taskforce58	25 Feb 2011 11:33 a.m. PST
Beautiful! Not counting the paint job, how long did it take you to build it?
CorporalTrim	25 Feb 2011 12:26 p.m. PST
Thanks, guys ! I didn't carefully track the build time but it took between 1-2 weeks and a couple more days to paint.
Patrick Sexton	25 Feb 2011 2:19 p.m. PST
Excellent work.
McKinstry	25 Feb 2011 2:28 p.m. PST
Great work.
TheDreadnought	25 Feb 2011 2:49 p.m. PST
Awesome.
vtsaogames	25 Feb 2011 5:57 p.m. PST
Wow!
WarpSpeed	25 Feb 2011 11:20 p.m. PST
Thats a really nice bit of work!
Charlie 12	25 Feb 2011 11:51 p.m. PST
Very nice work!
Charlie 12	25 Feb 2011 11:53 p.m. PST
Very nice work! (Sorry 'bout the dupe..)
justBill	26 Feb 2011 9:20 a.m. PST
Wonderful work! What is the main hull made from?
ptdockyard	27 Feb 2011 7:28 a.m. PST
Nice. How did you make the gun barrels with the stepped diameters?
CorporalTrim	27 Feb 2011 6:30 p.m. PST
Thanks again, gentlemen. :) Bill, The main hull is basswood, in 1/16" layers. ptdockyard, I stepped the 11" guns with paper over the brass. The real guns were stepped 3x but some compromises had to be made given the scale. Steve
Old Slow Trot	28 Feb 2011 8:42 a.m. PST
Cool.
BlackWidowPilot	03 Mar 2011 10:18 p.m. PST
Steve, just brilliant. I am envious of your skills, sir! Leland R. Erickson link