KMS Bismarck Model Ship Pristine as in her launch-a-day

Bismarck Model Ship

KMS Bismarck Model Ship Diorama (aged as in her work-a-day)

The KMS Bismarck class was a pair of fast battleships built for Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine shortly before the outbreak of World War II.

About the KMS Bismarck Scale Model Ship

The KMS Bismarck model ship was custom built from the following information:

• Copies of the Body Plan and General Arrangement drawings of the Bismarck drawings drawn by Mark Mortisen.
• Copies of the General Arrangement drawings of the Tirpitz by Mark Mortisen.
• The book : The Battleship Bismarck from the Anatomy of the ship series authored by Stefan Draminski and Janusz Stulski
• Photographs obtained from the Imperial War Museum.

About the construction of the KMS Bismarck Model Ship

• The hull is built using the Plank-on-Bulkhead construction method
• The bulkheads and keel are cut from marine grade pine plywood
• The first layer of planking is done plank by plank using Mahogany planks
• The hull is then sheathed in fiberglass
• The decks are made of Anagre timber strips
• The superstructure is build from polystyrene.
• The guns are built from laser cut parts and castings
• The model is painted with acrylic paint

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