tamiya's Bismarck

[jimpman120]

Well ive been on this site for a while now and i am always learning one thing that i thought i would never do is a ship a friend of my fathers was having a garage sale and he had some models reluctantly out for sale. my father asked him if he was a modeler and he said that he always wanted to but never found the time but over the years he collected some kits that were of interest to him. one was the Bismarck. so long story short i am put in charge of finishing the ship, thankfully from scratch. This has been quite a challenge for me because im am not familiar with ships in general or modeling. so hours were spent in reasearch of the ship and tips to assembling ships. so here is my progress thuss far. i still have alot of work to do dry brushing and stuff.

One question i have is on the rigging of the wires that were strung from the many masts. i know how to streach sprue but i dont know what to do to keep them tight as well as im having a hard time getting good pictures of the rigging. i have original pics of the ship but there is alot of wires.... so if i could get some guidence on how to get them tight as well as the type of glue to use that would be great i like to think about ten steps ahead and even then i mess up.

























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[Guest]

Jimpman, Nice looking work you've got going there.

I've not used stretched styrene for rigging, but think super glue would be best, as just a little glue is very strong.

I seem to recall someone using a hot screw driver blade held close to the styrene to tighten it up, after it was installed.

Something I have used though is fly tying line. The #12 ought is very small in diameter, it's nylon so is compatible with glues used on model kits.

Rigging for Bismarck or any ship of this size will have: the wireless aerials running for and aft, usually they will be as high as possible for range.

There would also be a guy wire or two, to support the blocks for the flag halyards( which there would be many).

You may want to ask the guys here SteelNavy (formerly Warship): The Web's Best Ship Modeling Site for specifics on Bismarck

[jimpman120]

thanks on the fly line tip i thought that some on would have a better way of doing that. the rigging is goin to take some patience for me but i want to see it!

[jimpman120]

here is some more progress ive made. i want to put more rigging yet but the look is coming together.

































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[Guest]

That really does look good.

One question though, what did you use to get the wood effect on the deck?

[Guest]

Jimpman, That's some fantastic detail their. Can I ask which Kit and Scale? Keep up the good work. Derek

[Ian M]

For some one that says they have little experiance with ships and modeling, you are doing a great job.

Riging wise it looks like you got that down quite well to!

I was going to tell you about that stretched sprue.

Super glue. perfect. dries very quick and only the tiniest drop is more than enough. Regarding getting them tight. Joss sticks! insence call it what you will. Burn very slowly, give off just the right amount of warmth and smell nice!

remember t tighten in pairs, then you wont go pulling masts and lanyards all over the place!

Having seen youre pictures, this advice is a bit redundent!!!

Ian M

[Guest]

very nice............. I don't know if you've already seen this but this is the link to the Blohm & Voss / Bismarck site............... Lods of infor and photos for reference.

Bismarck - Birth Place - Blohm + Voss GmbH Shipyard, Hamburg, Germany

Cheers to All

Peter

[tr1ckey66]

Hi James

That's an impressive model of the Bismarck you have there. The detail is quite outstanding.

Congrats so far and best of luck with the rest of the build. Quality stuff!

:biggthumpup:

Paul

[Guest]

Probably one of my favourite kits this one and you are making a very nice job of it. I've never seen such a process with the deck before but it has come out looking very effective. Could you explain how you did it?