Shipbucket

Hi, thank you all for the kind comments!

After some great input I received from fellow shipbucketer Weismann, I will have to do some changes to the camouflage-stripes!
I will update my drawings as soon as possible!
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@jabba:
I suppose it depens on the opacitiy of the used colours. My references did show the stripes that way, but I will make some fixes to this version.

@acelanceloet:
The purpose of the colour changes to the the barrels is not clear to me. I do believe it was done for aerial recognition purposes, as the turret tops were painted dark grey,too.

@WWII44:
"Prinz Eugen" had her turret tops' painted red - "Bismarcks'" were probably painted dark grey.

@KimWolf:
Thank you - My father once told me, that when he was a kid, some of the "Bismarck" survivors used to meet in a pub in my hometown. I was always thrilled about this...
I will probably do "Tirpitz" in the near furture and I think this is a very interesting camo. She carried it during her fitting out in 1939, yet clear pictures of it are hard / impossible to find...

Cheers!
maomatic

August 1939

That's a pretty awesome camo scheme.

I go away for a week, and come home to find this amazing artwork! What a wonderful surprise after the week I've had! Thank you, my friend!

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Alvama's already drawn Tirpitz

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very few details, Maomatic,
your opinion ?

You are sure about the army 20mm mount aft , "I'm skeptical"

I believe Maomatic referenced drawings taken from http://www.bismarck-class.dk, which is run by a good friend of mine who has actually BEEN DOWN TO the Bismarck wreck (he was with James Cameron for "Expedition: Bismarck"), and has written several books on the Kriegsmarine, including a very thorough one on Bismarck herself just recently. If these are the drawings he went by, they're probably as correct as they're going to get.

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I fully know this website

This maybe of some help to you:

http://bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/paint ... ubung.html

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Monty

I absolutely agree, Matt. Johnny Asmussen's word on all things Bismarck is pretty much the gospel truth.

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