Main deck and hull joined. This needed a lot of scraping, sanding, filing and cutting to make it fit and it is still not perfect. Hopefully the paint will cover up the remaining imperfections.
And done. I went with a paint scheme based on what can be found at kbismarck.com/drawings.html for how she looked like on 21 Mai 1941. I feel it is the most colourful version without being too difficult. Earlier patterns would have required to draw the black and white stripes along the superstructure and I realley didn't feel like I could accomplish that.
I removed the rangefinder of Anton-turret to get closer to historical accuracy, however, as can be seen I chose to omit a certain symbol. Doesn't have to be too accurate.