Deutschland class Battleship conversion to 1908 layout
Dry fit of the kit to work out what needs changing
My scratch and cast funnels together with the two from the Trumpeter kit
Creating a mould of the funnel from Blue Stuff
A Blue Stuff mould of the kits funnel halves
Using Tamiya UV reactive putty as a moulding medium
Pressing the cured putty out of my Blue Stuff mould
The cast funnel halves cleaned up and ready for cementing
Casting extra funnels from a Blue Stuff moulding
Scratching a funnel
My scratch funnel dry fit for comparison
The 1908 deck kit part showing what needs to be cut away from the 1935 superstructure
All my funnels for evaluation
Getting ready to cut down the superstructure
Deck removal in progress
Superstructure cut away from aft plus 1935 deck cut down and reshaped to fit as lower aft deck for 1908 version.
Test fit of new scratch deck from the underside of the superstructure
Deck fits well into cut down superstructure
Clamping and gluing supports ready for new deck part
Final cut down superstructure with 1935 upper deck used to make a 1908 lower aft deck.
Dry fit with funnels to see how all scratch parts look together with newly added gun shields.
Comentários
12 23 February 2022, 20:47
Harry HoudiniThanks… was a challenge but less expensive than buying the kit I wanted after I got this one for half price.
7 March 2022, 00:14
Sy BarLoving your builds, great mix of types and not the run of mill subjects.
Regards to Bask too
7 March 2022, 09:39
Harry HoudiniThanks Guys… more soon but right now I am dealing with the mess after the unprecedented floods in Brisbane. We had a metre of rain in less than a week and the river rose up to 4m flooding a lot of the city.
7 March 2022, 20:01
Sy BarSounds like you need to build 1:1 scale ships!
Hope you and yours are ok and damage is minimal
7 March 2022, 22:52
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I am taking my Trumpeter Schleswig-Holstein 1935 kit and converting it to the Deutschland 1908 version using the spare parts already in the kit plus some scratch building.
