Re: NöNö Bärs Shipyard (WIP: Dutch Coast Defense ship, still unnamed)

[nönöbär]

Not that the three CVEs are completed, something with lesser 3D printing.

This will be the Heavy Cruiser "Tokio" of the German Kriegsmarine.

It is based on this Hasegawa kit:


This is in the box - not so much:


And some of those parts will be used as well:



My engineer is ready to start with it.

[Old Wombat]

Your engineer looks keen to go!

[NARSES2]

Your engineer looks keen to go!

Either that or it's a case of "you want me to do what, with what ?" 

Looking forward to seeing the way this goes 

[nönöbär]

As this will be a Kriegsmarine ship, we need a Kriegsmarine-style camo.
So lets assume, the Tokio was based in Norway at one point of its career:



Several parts of the superstructure. Modifications are: Additional rangefinders and Funkmessgeräte (Radar). 10,5 cm guns. German-Style AA rangefinders (Wackeltöpfe)



Finally, the construction so far

[NARSES2]

She suits that camouflage 

[zenrat]

Is that a stargate she's carrying?

[PR19_Kit]

Is that a mini-flight deck she's got aft of the 2nd funnel?

[scooter]

Is that a mini-flight deck she's got aft of the 2nd funnel?

Scoutplane handling tracks.

[nönöbär]

Unfortunately, there will be no Stargate on the Tokio

And yes, those ships had conventional catapults for float planes, no hybrid-style flight deck.

Now more parts come together, German 10,5 cm guns and rangefinders are now added. Catapults as well. Still working on more of the smaller parts of it.

[nönöbär]

All parts of the model are now added and painted. So now, the rigging and PE fun begins...

[NARSES2]

 

[nönöbär]

A lot of real life issues prevented to build in the last weeks, even if my engineer wants to more.

However, finally, a real-life model is completed, the old Revell 1/720 USS Massachusetts.

This one is build OOB, to have the 1950/60s look&feel of scale models. The only addition are a few PE crew members, but not a lot as I am running out of stock

As the aircraft crane was missing, I had to 3D print a replacement of it.

The model was build as it looked in WW2.






Why this ship? Because i visited it in in 2007




But a new - very much what-if -  project is in the finally phases of planning.

[Old Wombat]

 

[Captain Canada]

Very nice ! Such big, beautiful ships. Of course, the addition of some crew members always brings up the level of realism, and scale ! Looking forward to the next project.

 

[NARSES2]

That's come out really well