1/350 KMS Bismarck (Revell)

This is my depiction of the battleship Bismarck, as she appeared in Operation Rheinübung, at the time she  was entering Korstfjord on May 21st, 1941. I opted to follow the camouflage patterns as provided by John Asmussen, with Baltic stripes on the hull only and dark turret tops.

For my build, I used the Big Ed Bismarck set from Eduard, an old WEM Bismarck (for Tamiya) set I had lying around, BMK and Master brass barrels ranging from 15 inch to 20mm AA, Orange Hobby Kriegsmarine rafts, a Ka (Mk I) wooden deck, the wonderful new Veteran Models Kriegsmarine fittings and various other scrap bits and pieces. I chose to use the Lifecolor Kriegsmarine acrylic paints set.

The build has been documented on the ShipModels.info Forum.

As references I used the "Anatomy of the Ship: The Battleship Bismarck" by Jack Brower, "Schlachtschiff Bismarck: Das Original" by Josef Kaiser, and "Warship Pictorial 19: Kriegsmarine Bismarck. They were all useful, but, as it happens only too often, they also contained some conflicting information (on minor details, to be fair), and I confess that i am not that good in extrapolating information from grainy 40's pictures. In addition, I made use of this site's "Calling All Bismarck fans" forum (indispensable!), John Asmussen's website, and the K Bismarck website.
 
 

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