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Good time of day. I want to present a model of the most famous "pocket battleship" Germany Admiral Graf Spee in scale 1/350 of the Academy. Set contrary to expectations is quite oak, but the geometry is better than the alternative from Trumpeter. Sets used: - A set of photo-etched parts from Eduard - Deck from Artwox - Barrels 28, 15 and 10,5cm from the Master model - The barrels of the 3,7 and 2.0cm from the Aber set for destroyers type 1936В - Thread for rigging from AMO MIG - Decal from Begemot The model represents rather a collective image of the ship at the beginning of the war. Modifications: - All portholes are drilled out and after colouring are filled in with liquid glass. - 20mm guns taken from the couple sets of destroyers and complemented by etched and metall barrels. - The deadwood shafts and their brackets are made anew. The shafts of the nails under the brass, of suitable diameter, mounting brackets from sheet plastic. Replaced the screws, the screws from the Japanese cruisers from the kit from Aoshima battleship Kongo. - Jack-staff and a ensign staff made of wire. - Stands-taken from the academic Bismarck, processed and painted with gold Valejo, and the top is covered with a thick layer of glossy varnish Akan. - Sharpened the bow near the waterline, because of the box he is more suited to the tanker. - Windlass-a combination of sprues, etching and parts of the windlass set. - Deck-plastic deck turned over and lowered below that would be "wooden" deck sat flush with the Board. Looks good. But, the more I am on such experiments probably will not be resolved. As a whole on Assembly it is possible to tell that it was necessary to adjust practically all details. On the right side of the armored car missed one slot, it must be added yourself. Photo came out not simple at all. The model is not small and the current box just did not fit, so I had in some places not to remove the white background. Sorry for my english😇 25 photo in to spoiler- 7 replies
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On the photo of Graf Spee's stern there are four cylindrical tanks. Two are right at the stern and the other two are port and starboard behind the torpedo tubes. Does anyone know what these were used for? In the US Navy, I would have said fuel storage for the scout planes, but they hardly seem big enough to keep the plane in the air for more than a couple of flights, Any other ideas?
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Here's a back-burner project of mine I've been tinkering with recently. I was given the Trumpeter kit for Christmas by my mother-in-law the year before last and recently made a start on it. Graf Spee was well known to have been disguised and re-camouflaged at sea during its commerce raiding cruise in late 1939, which as most will know culminated in the Battle of the River Plate off the east coast of South America. Admiral Graf Spee is slightly unusual in that it is very well documented in photographs (against the Nazi regime's will) in December 1939 when it fled HMS Ajax, Achilles and Exeter and showed up in Montevideo harbour. My model is thus a representation of its final colour scheme. Typical Trumpeter surface detail, after having drilled out all the portholes (I don't like relief portholes) Using Kagero's book and plans as an easy reference (I check with photographs whenever there is a discrepancy between these and the kit, and there are quite a few so far), one can see typical German porthole shutters. Unfortunately, I went mad, and decided to use photo etched brass porthole shutters and doors everywhere. These are from White Ensign Models set PE3579. My experience of Trumpeter 1/350 kits is that they seem to keep costs down by trying to keep superstructure parts fairly 2 dimensional. This tends to mean a rectangular box comes as 4 sides and a top, and usually they need filling, although so far Graf Spee needs less filler than my copy of HMS Hood has needed. Perhaps obviously, all paints are Colourcoats Kriegsmarine colours. A small modification - the Kagero book and plans are backed up by photographs which show symmetrical wings added to the superstructure with doors on in December 1939. These are represented by neither Trumpeter nor Academy. They may have been modifications at some point - I don't know - but they're not on the kit and they were there in real life in the time period concerned. I fashioned these from balsa and plasticard. That's as far as I have got, as of last night.
