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German Battleship Bismarck
TRM5150
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Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 - 07:32 AM UTC
Michael Franz most recently completed his building and painting of Trumpeter’s massive 1/200 scale German Bismarck Battleship kit. Michael was kind enough to share photographs of his model with Model Shipwrights. Along with the pictures, Michael has kindly provided a little information about what he used to construct this kit and some of his experiences of his journey to the completion. Please enjoy!

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Thanks!
Grauwolf
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Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 - 08:36 AM UTC
Very nice build! That is one massive ship....super job on the rigging. Cheers, Joe
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Kobenhavn, Denmark
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Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 - 06:16 PM UTC
Nice build. That is a massive beast!

Thanks for sharing
rolltide31
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Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 - 06:25 PM UTC
Turely remarkable work. Thanks for sharing your materpiece
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Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 - 06:36 PM UTC
Couldn't even begin to imagine where I would put one of these if finish!! but I think I want one! Fine bit of modelling Michael!!
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Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 - 07:45 PM UTC
Michael, extraordinary!
Tojo72
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Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 - 08:25 PM UTC
the scale and the details are really impressive
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Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 - 10:12 PM UTC
An absolutely marvelous build. Kudos to Michael!
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Posted: Thursday, March 12, 2015 - 07:07 AM UTC
Wow what a stunning build. Nice - going!!!
RussellE
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Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Thursday, March 12, 2015 - 01:58 PM UTC
In a word: Awesome! Great work Michael!
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Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Posted: Thursday, March 12, 2015 - 05:45 PM UTC
Thank you very much
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Posted: Friday, March 13, 2015 - 01:12 AM UTC
Outstanding!

That is a real class piece of work, thankyou for sharing Michael.

Si
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Posted: Saturday, March 14, 2015 - 03:50 AM UTC
He turned out to be a VERY handsome ship cheers.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 01, 2015 - 08:26 AM UTC
Great job! Increadable work!! Job well done!!
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