Bismarck 1/400 Papermodel

[Scrach]

Still amazing work!

 

[Papermodder]

Thank you Scrach.

Jim

 

[Quaralane]

Jim, you're doing some amazing work on this.
I still have a hard time believing it's card stock

 

[Papermodder]

Thank you Patrick.
You like scratch building, you should try one sometime.

Jim

 

[Papermodder]

More work today on the Mizzen Decks.
The Officers Quarters has now been installed along with the Aft Artillery Control Rm., HA Rangefinder Deck and the Signals Platform. The railings around the 2 aft AA positions on the 1st Mizzen Deck have also now been installed.







An Aft on view of the ship.



There is a 7.5m Rangefinder to build that installs onto the Aft Artillery Control Rm. and 2 HA Rangefinder units, before we can start some more small details ( AA guns and Searchlights etc.).

This is where I am at tonight.
Thank you for following
Questions and comments welcome.

Jim

 

[Quaralane]

You're going to have this thing seaworthy before I can get Columbia in the air at this rate

 

[Papermodder]

Hi Patrick.
There is still a lot of building to do yet.

Jim

 

[TRM]

Some amazing progress on this one Jim!! She's really taking shape nicely now!!

 

[Papermodder]

Thank you Todd.
She's moving along faster than I thought it would. At first I thought it may be too ambitious a build for the contest.
Am happy myself with the progress.

Jim

 

[CTspeedshop]

Looking Great!!!

 

[Papermodder]

Thank you CT.

Jim

 

[Papermodder]

Good day.
Finished off the last 3 rangefinders, the 7.5m and the 2 HA units.



So this is how she looks as of this morning.







This finishes off the last of the rangefinders.
Next up are the 7 Searchlights.



Each light consists of 9 pieces.

Thank you for following.
Questions and comments welcome.

Jim

 

[CTspeedshop]

Wow! Those lights look complicated.

 

[Papermodder]

Hi CT.
I think they look worse than they actually are.

Jim

 

[CTspeedshop]

I'll take your word for it Jim. Lol.

 

[Papermodder]

I built one!



It really wasn't that hard to build. Just the waiting for glue to dry between stages, is what takes time.
I did one mod., the back of the light was too flat, so using a 2mm embossing tool, gave the back panel, the more rounded shape I would expect, with these.

Jim

 

[Quaralane]

Crikey.....

 

[Tailor]

Loving it!

 

[Papermodder]

Thank you Guido.

Jim

 

[Papermodder]

Time for an update on the Bismarck build.
Though it may not look like much, 6 of the 7 searchlights are now built and installed.







Hopefully the other small parts will not take the time that these have.

Thank you for following.
Comments and questions welcome.

Jim