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Are You still looking for plans of Bismark ?

I have been doing allot of research and have come up with about 10 plans for Z plan ships that were never built. I have also been saving money and waiting for summer weather to show up as to finish building my shop. I apologize for getting stuck in the middle of the project, and promise to post more...

something I've been tooling with lately. a 1/350 scale Spahkreuzer.

In the 1938 Z plan it was planed to build 12 of the Panzership P design, with 2 to 3 per year and was noted as a replacement for the 3 Admiral Scheer's. The SchlacktKruiser O was planed for 4 and was noted to be replacements for the 2 Sharnhorsts. Like the other ships they would have been light in t...

I have also been researching the Mine ship plans for the Z plan and the Panzerschiffe P class, and the SchlacktKruiser O class ship designes.

Picture 212.jpg Picture 211.jpg Picture 209.jpg Sorry I haven't posted in a bit, I have been doing allot of research, and learning Auto CAD and learning about 3d printers to use for producing ship parts. I did do some resin cast experiments on the turrets. they didn't come out as planed but for a f...

Picture 172.jpg Picture 173.jpg Picture 179.jpg Sorry I haven't made any further progress at the moment< I have been working on cleaning My yard/ building a porch-model workshop/ and repairing 2 1972 Mustangs that I have. I hope to get back to the Ship real soon though. I have been saving some conc...

Picture 189.jpg Picture 190.jpg Picture 191.jpg Ty again. After sanding down the first layer of foil tape I didn't quite like the pattern so I started adding a second layer with a new line pattern. It fixed where I had to repair the height issue, and came out looking smoother. I think on the next o...

I somehow measured the hull wrong and the top deck is 5 foot 3 inches in scale feet so I am adding more deck board to heighten it to about 7 feet which is about where it should be.

Ty for the comments. No resin, I will scuff sand the tape with 400 or 600 grit sandpaper and paint it almost like doing auto body on a car. but first I am going to make a latex rubber mold and a mold set with concrete. the silicone will be for resin casting , and or fiberglass. the concrete will be ...

I should have took more time on the body filler time, as now I'm spot puttying the little area's that I should have finished then.