Ratch Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 The Panzerschiffe consisted of the Deutschland, Admiral Scheer and Admiral Graf Spee. They were fitted with the 28cm gun mounted in triple-gun turrets (Anton and Bruno) as were the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. Their secondary armament was 15cm; roughly equivalent to the 6-inch gun carried by British light cruisers. As originally constructed, all three featured twin 8.8cm flak guns; an older version of this gun was fitted for some time on the Deutschland. Before the outbreak of war the 8.8s were upgraded to 10.5cm flak guns. The secondary flak armament (as on most large German warships) was the 3.7cm flak gun. The Deuschland was originally finished in light grey with teak decks. Other horizontal surfaces were coated with a dark grey anti-slip surface. Her aircraft catapult was fitted between the forward superstructure and the funnel. The funnel dates this fit to after 1937 (searchlights fitted) while the bow pre-dates the 1940 ‘clipper bow’ refit when Deutschland was renamed Lützow (November 1939). Here is my rather crude conversion of the ancient Airfix 04211 Graf Spee. No PE was used in its construction (me and PE don't mix) and most things were guesswork. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyPG Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Nice one. I reckon I probably built a couple of these as a boy in the '70's. Inspires me to re-live the experience. Very neat and thanks for sharing. Andy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 Thank-you Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Wasley Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 So this is what you get up to when not building other kit,very impressive,Cheers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted March 2, 2018 Author Share Posted March 2, 2018 Cheers Jim, yes I build all sorts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Lovely job Ratch,is there anything you don't build or paint.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 Cheers Vince, I haven't done a spacecraft for a long while 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 On 04/03/2018 at 1:02 PM, Ratch said: Cheers Vince, I haven't done a spacecraft for a long while I'll keep an eye on the Sci-Fi section then... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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