Kriegsmarine Schlachtkreuzer O project

[nönöbär]

This model of the German Schlachtkreuzer O project was made around 1988/1989.

The ship:


The battlecruiser Schlachtkreuzer O was a projected design of the German Z plan. Altough none of the three ships were started to build, shipyards were already assigned to the htree ships. Ment as a replacement for the exiting Panzerschiffe, those ships were build for commerce warfare. Therefore they had a mixed propulsion system of diesel engines and steam turbines to ensure range and speed when required.


More about the O-class can be found here:
https://www.german-navy.de/kriegsmarine/zplan/battlecruisers/schlachtkreuzero/index.html


The model:
I started this ship after the completion of the Schlachtschiff H. As I still have two hulls left, I chooose the Airfix 1/600 scale Bismarck as a starting point. The main deck and many parts of the superstructure were made from plastic sheets, while the main guns, command turret and several detail were taken from the Airfix kit and the remaining parts of the two Revell Tirpitz.

As none of the O-class battlecruisers were started, no names were assigned to them. The name "Schneidheim" - which I choose for it - was the result of a not too serieus email discussion. I don't remember all the details, but as far as I remember, Schniedheim was this famous Gestapo officer who fell from a destroyer during Operation Weserübung and was never seen again. Or something like this.... 

The pics:

[Joe C-P]

Good work, Sir M.

Have you a copy of Dulin and Garzke's book series on Battleships of WW2?

Joe

[nönöbär]

Good work, Sir M.

Have you a copy of Dulin and Garzke's book series on Battleships of WW2?

Joe

I have volume II - "Axis and Neutral Battleships of WW2" due to a common friend in NJ, but I only got it after I had build the model of the O-class.

[NARSES2]

Good looking ship and model