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maomatic wrote:

Hi guys,

I didn`t want to start any difficulties.

Sure, I did write about "mutilating" the drawing, but I have to admit that it does look kind of odd...
When combining both drawings to form proper bow&stern views I was getting way too many areas with double black lines (especially around the masts) - something I try to avoid whenever possible.

Maybe somebody has a better idea? Constructive comments are always more then welcome!

just keep it that way, it looks odd perhaps, but it works to. we have to think about what we can do in SB-scale.

my apologies - I missed the cut in half comment

Looks great! I wish I could get myself in gear and start doing other views of all my ships!

Very smart!

I like the bow and stern views as they are; emphasising the "foreground" elements of each half doesn't seem a bad idea at all, especially if the alternative is a confusing mass of black lines.

Thanks for the comments!

@Krakatoa:
There is no need to apologize! No Problem at all!

Colosseum wrote:

Looks great! I wish I could get myself in gear and start doing other views of all my ships!

I hear you! I don`t even know how I can find the time to draw lately.
It would be more than awesome to see your ships that way, though!

As for my drawings:
I don`t know if I have chosen the best way to represent the bow & stern views.
For now I`ll try to come up with a suitable topview and then I`ll see what I can do about the rest.
Everything is still kind of "WIP", so time will tell....

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Hood wrote:

Looking very good.

As he said !

I am trying to do the same things with the Iowas and I know that isn't easy...

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Yasutomi wrote:

Agreed. I think the only way possible might be if it where drawn in FD scale.

maomatic wrote:

@Hood:

Hood wrote:

I feel the dummy was probably some kind of very basic wood and canvas affair...

I agree with you, probably something similar to what Panzerschiff "Graf Spee" used in November '39.

My "sketch" is basically just a copy of the one shown in the book I mentioned. The funnel seems way too elaborate and should be taken with more than one grain of salt. I just did it to give you a basic impression on how it might have looked.

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Anyway - I`ve managed to draw a stern view of "Bismarck" in her May '41 livery.
Both the stern and the bow view are still WIP and will be added on a single template together with the respective port, starboard an top-down views.
Especially the top-down view will take some time, as I don`t think I will be able to use much of the one I did for "Tirpitz".

I had some difficulties in showing "proper" bow and stern views, so I have opted to "cut" the ship in half.
The drawings were much too cluttered otherwise.

I`m still not totally satisfied with the hull-shading, so I`m open for your suggestions.
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P.S.:
I know that the portholes on the stern view are not correct. I just couldn`t find a way to add the actual amount of them. SB-Scale limitations, I guess...

Thanks for looking!

Just a suggestion to nip henrik's issue with overlapping the bow ans stern view.

You have to draw the rear view of the forward superstructure and overlay the stern view over it. and vise versa.

That's how I do it.

You have to take care with the rigging too.

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