Thanks for the kind comments guys, but its too much!
It helped immensely, that I had excellent reference material* and waaay too much time on my hands during lockdown.
cheers!
maomatic
(* for those who are interested: Kageros "Super drawings in 3d - the Battleship Scharnhorst" and Ospreys brand new "Anatomy of the ship -the Battleship Scharnhorst" - highly recommended, esp. if you are into modelling!)