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by paulcadogan
Sun May 22, 2022 9:15 pm
Forum: Ship Models, Plans and Drawings
Topic: Bismarck Action ships in 1/700
Replies: 32
Views: 47620

Re: Bismarck Action ships in 1/700

"Hood in action" Diorama - depicted as just having been straddled by Bismarck's 3rd salvo having taken a hit to her spotting top (the small splash behind her being the dud shell that went through). She is already on fire on the aft port side of her boat deck from the hit from Prinz Eugen's...
by paulcadogan
Sun May 22, 2022 9:08 pm
Forum: Ship Models, Plans and Drawings
Topic: Bismarck Action ships in 1/700
Replies: 32
Views: 47620

Re: Bismarck Action ships in 1/700

The Denmark Strait - all those present: Bismarck & Prinz Eugen vs. Hood & Prince of Wales, Norfolk (foregound), Suffolk (background) plus 2 Sunderland Flying Boats one of which observed the action and the second was fired on by Prinz Eugen in the aftermath then wnt on to confuse Suffolk's ra...
by paulcadogan
Sun May 22, 2022 9:01 pm
Forum: Ship Models, Plans and Drawings
Topic: Bismarck Action ships in 1/700
Replies: 32
Views: 47620

Re: Bismarck Action ships in 1/700

Hood and PoW
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by paulcadogan
Sun May 22, 2022 8:54 pm
Forum: Ship Models, Plans and Drawings
Topic: Bismarck Action ships in 1/700
Replies: 32
Views: 47620

Re: Bismarck Action ships in 1/700

Flyhawk & Trumpeter Hood Comparison Having done my customary waterline model for Flyhawk, I added the lower hull to the Trumpeter version (had kept it all these years). Note that Hood's lower hull was not antifouling red, but anti-fouling grey - another recent discovery. Trumpteter vs Flyhawk Ho...
by paulcadogan
Sun May 22, 2022 8:18 pm
Forum: Ship Models, Plans and Drawings
Topic: Bismarck Action ships in 1/700
Replies: 32
Views: 47620

Re: Bismarck Action ships in 1/700

The Flyhawk Hood Painted in Sovereign Colourcoats 507A Home Fleet Grey 13%. Wood decks : Sovereign Colourcoats Teak with a Model Masters Wood wash to give a better wooden effect. According to the latest info, Hoods steel decks on the shelter and bridge decks that were formerly though to be either pa...
by paulcadogan
Sun May 22, 2022 7:29 pm
Forum: Ship Models, Plans and Drawings
Topic: Bismarck Action ships in 1/700
Replies: 32
Views: 47620

Re: Bismarck Action ships in 1/700

1) Escort to Norway - Bismarck and Prinz Eugen models are of course, not in their Baltic stripe camo as the ships would have been at this stage. Destroyers - from front to back: Hans Lody (Z-10), Z-23 and Friedrich Eckoldt (Z-16). The Lody and Eckoldt and built from the Trumpeter Hermann Schoemann (...
by paulcadogan
Sun May 22, 2022 7:03 pm
Forum: Ship Models, Plans and Drawings
Topic: Bismarck Action ships in 1/700
Replies: 32
Views: 47620

Re: Bismarck Action ships in 1/700

Hello all! As we are in the 81st Anniversary week of the Bismarck action, I thought it fitting to update my model photo series with the new models I've added over the past several months, and more. To follow will be photos that will include the following: 1) New "Norway leg" photo to inclu...
by paulcadogan
Thu May 19, 2022 5:21 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Results of Cru Div 5, Main Force & attendants handiwork, 1 March 1942
Replies: 14
Views: 2571

Re: Results of Cru Div 5, Main Force & attendants handiwork, 1 March 1942

Hi Kevin, Many thanks and congrats to you and your partners in bringing this to us all. A really moving tribute indeed and for me, I really appreciate being able to see how the wreck appeared as a whole. Absolutely amazing work. Of course, a great job begets expectations for more, but we can underst...
by paulcadogan
Mon Apr 11, 2022 12:27 am
Forum: Ship Models, Plans and Drawings
Topic: Flyhawk 1/200 Bismarck
Replies: 1
Views: 1120

Re: Flyhawk 1/200 Bismarck

Hi Jose',

You need to fix the title of the thread to 1/2000!

Paul
by paulcadogan
Wed Apr 06, 2022 1:57 pm
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Victorious vs Bismarck
Replies: 11
Views: 2776

Re: Victorious vs Bismarck

I think images of Victorious navigation were from "archive" because (AFAIK) weather was not so bad on May 24 as it is shown here (e.g. minute 26 & 27). Narrative from HMS Victorious estimates wind from 20 to 24 knots, not a full storm. Hi all, The footage in question of Victorious in ...
by paulcadogan
Thu Dec 16, 2021 4:59 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: 80 Years for Force Z
Replies: 13
Views: 3213

Re: 80 Years for Force Z

The bit that makes me wonder is the Admiralty's lack of foresight in all this They questioned the validity of sending just the two ships (Prince of Wales & Repulse) as a deterrent, never really feeling the Japanese would buy it, but at the same time failed to assemble a supporting cast for the ...
by paulcadogan
Sat Dec 11, 2021 1:22 pm
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: 80 Years for Force Z
Replies: 13
Views: 3213

Re: 80 Years for Force Z

No doubt, with more, better equipped ships there might have been more of a fighting chance, but with the waves of Japanese bombers, without airborne opposition, could still have gotten through as they did at Midway (Yorktown - with 2 cruisers and 6 destroyers around her, plus her CAP) for example. I...
by paulcadogan
Sat Dec 11, 2021 3:33 am
Forum: Bismarck General Discussion
Topic: Why didn't Lutjens go all out to destroy Norfolk and Suffolk?
Replies: 17
Views: 2899

Re: Why didn't Lutjens go all out to destroy Norfolk and Suffolk?

Hi guys, They might have been able to catch Norfolk in a trap but not Suffolk. Recall Suffolk being on her toes before and during the DS battle making two complete loops at the mere hint that the Germans had reversed course - once during the initial interception by BC1 causing her to fall more behin...
by paulcadogan
Fri Dec 10, 2021 2:04 pm
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: 80 Years for Force Z
Replies: 13
Views: 3213

80 Years for Force Z

Friends, Today, December 10, 2021 marks 80 years since Prince of Wales & Repulse met their end in the South China Sea at the hands of Japanese aircraft. Here's to the memory of all those who were there, those who died, those who survived and of course the two great ships whose remains are being ...
by paulcadogan
Sat Sep 11, 2021 7:43 pm
Forum: Ship Models, Plans and Drawings
Topic: Bismarck Action ships in 1/700
Replies: 32
Views: 47620

Re: Bismarck Action ships in 1/700

I have the Sunderland! I had meant to include it and realized just after I posted the pictures. I'm going to do a DS group photo and include it - actually include 2, as there were 2 of them involved. However.....if anyone can find kits of those other ships Jose' and would like to donate them (LOL! :...