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Answer to an earlier question on turret Interior colours. All inner surfaces should be white. Floor dark grey and equipment light grey. You will need to paint the shells three different colours to reflect the 3 different types. Red - practice round, yellow - high explosive & blue - armour perching. “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Some links for research: A good general site for Bismarck. Lots of drawings pics and history. http://www.bismarck-class.dk/index.html
Supposedly the most accurate technical drawings of Bismarck available to purchase in 1:200 scale! http://www.foxcad.com.au/Drawings/Bismarck.htm
Another really good general site full of history pics of the ship and models there is also a gift ship, fancy a Bismarck stein to display with your model? http://www.kbismarck.comJ  “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Hannants in the UK now have stock of the MK1 Bismarck PE upgrade sets
http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/TU03702
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Aber have a selection of 1/200 scale ship rails ladders and crew http://www.aber.net.pl/catalog.html“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
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There is a new definitive book coming out soon on the Bismarck by John Asmussen. Allegedly, lots of new unpublished pictures etc. Publication date in the UK seems a bit vague, it was supposed to be out last Oct and is due in the US in March. A bit pricey too. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bismarc...id=1359814359&sr=1-3
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If anyone wants a cheap book about the Bismarck, lots of copies of this on Amazon for £2.81 (inc. postage). Its not a bad book, lots of photos of the Bismarck (plus the British Ships involved). A good beginners history of the building, trials and demise. Has some nice large maps of the last voyage and pursuit by the Brits. A lot of the large pictures of her on the Seabed are artwork and should be treated with caution. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/prod...f=oh_details_o06_s00_i00
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GPM Models do a PE set + Barrels, Railings etc, this is for their 1/200 Paper  model of the Bismarck, but would be OK for this one. http://www.gpm.pl/eng/index.php...ja=produkt&edycja=70
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this is quite a good watch for a bit of background history http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIyvin_KnFk“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
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Now thinking about lighting my Bismarck. I have to be honest now i have only ever done one model with lighting and that was the melenium falcon in 1978 No idear how to go about it or the kit i will need or even how i would switch it on and off  any help and advice most greatly appreciated  “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
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jase wrote:Now thinking about lighting my Bismarck. I have to be honest now i have only ever done one model with lighting and that was the melenium falcon in 1978 No idear how to go about it or the kit i will need or even how i would switch it on and off any help and advice most greatly appreciated I have very mixed feelings about lighting models, it's very difficult to get right and can often look really naff. I did think about the spotlights on this one, though.
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G-Factor Cast Brass Props arrived today from AAA Models in the States. 
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court orchard wrote:jase wrote:Now thinking about lighting my Bismarck. I have to be honest now i have only ever done one model with lighting and that was the melenium falcon in 1978 No idear how to go about it or the kit i will need or even how i would switch it on and off any help and advice most greatly appreciated I have very mixed feelings about lighting models, it's very difficult to get right and can often look really naff. I did think about the spotlights on this one, though. I know what you mean , just at this scale easy to drill out the skuttles and the bridge can be iluminated. of course In Bismarcks life time they were on war time running which was lights off!! I asked my grandfather how he felt when he herad the news the war was over and he said "my first thought was great we can put the blessed lights on now"  “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
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jase wrote:court orchard wrote:jase wrote:Now thinking about lighting my Bismarck. I have to be honest now i have only ever done one model with lighting and that was the melenium falcon in 1978 No idear how to go about it or the kit i will need or even how i would switch it on and off any help and advice most greatly appreciated I have very mixed feelings about lighting models, it's very difficult to get right and can often look really naff. I did think about the spotlights on this one, though. I know what you mean , just at this scale easy to drill out the skuttles and the bridge can be iluminated. of course In Bismarcks life time they were on war time running which was lights off!! I asked my grandfather how he felt when he herad the news the war was over and he said "my first thought was great we can put the blessed lights on now" My Grandad was a real life 'Warden Hodges'. So it was his job to go around saying 'put that light out'. He was exempt War Service as during the day he was building Minesweepers.
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[quote=jase]this is quite a good watch for a bit of background history http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIyvin_KnFk[/quote] Some nice Bismarck footage towards the end of this Swordfish clip which in itself is a fitting tribute..http://www.youtube.com/w...ure=related&hl=en-GB
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[quote=Tomick][quote=jase]this is quite a good watch for a bit of background history http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIyvin_KnFk[/quote] Some nice Bismarck footage towards the end of this Swordfish clip which in itself is a fitting tribute..http://www.youtube.com/w...re=related&hl=en-GB[/quote] That's brill I love the sinister music when Bismarck appears  “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
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court orchard wrote:G-Factor Cast Brass Props arrived today from AAA Models in the States. they look good you should have 2 left handed and 1 right handed (not sure how i would know though!!!! “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
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jase wrote:court orchard wrote:G-Factor Cast Brass Props arrived today from AAA Models in the States. they look good you should have 2 left handed and 1 right handed (not sure how i would know though!!!! I didn't check, but you're right there are 2 left and 1 right.
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