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| Introduction to the Project The Actual Deutschland class Battleships Part I. Hull Construction Part II. Hull Finishing & Painting Part III. Casting & Moulding Funnels Part IV. Superstructure Construction Part V. Decks Part VI: Ship's Guns Part VII: Hull Completion *NEW!* Superstructure Detailing & Masts (coming) Ship's Boats (coming) References & Resources Back to the Bunker  |
Updated December 2008 Part VII of "How to Build a Battleship Model from Scratch; The SMS Pommern" covering the completion and detailing of the hull IS NOW OPEN!. My sincere appreciation goes out to everyone who has written to comment on this project. Comments such as yours are what motivates me to continue working on the ship and updating the site. Thank you for sharing my agony. Wish me luck! Tony  Quick Introduction for New Visitors Due to the lack of straight-forward instructions for the beginner ship modeler on how to take a set of plans and turn them into a large scale model, I decided to chronicle my effort and this web site is the result. This will allow anyone who is attempting to build their first wooden battleship model to see each and every step, including the countless mistakes, to prevent you from making the same mistake. Each phase of the project has been photographed with a commentary accessible by the links to left on the navigation bar. Each page will take you forward to the next step, back to the previous step, or back to this index page. I have placed only three steps on each construction page, to allow you to print each page off on a single letter-size sheet if you so desire to keep as a reference I have also included scans of actual Deutschland class battleships for reference in "The Actual Deutschland Class Battleships" as well as a list of the references I purchased for this project as well as a superb source for photo-etched parts under "References and Resources". As each stage is finished, the link will be activated on the navigation bar on the left. I apologize for the poor quality and small size of the photographs in Parts 1 & 2, a result of owning a Kodak digital camera at the time. |