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My favorite of the German cruisers. She just looks so unique and sleek with that tower mast...

Very, very good job DG' ... nice to see those "not Bismarck or Graf Spee" ships. Such often people forget that Kriegsmarine was not only U-boats or battleships but also many unique and good looking ships.

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Nobody expects the Imperial Inquisition!

Awesome series!
The only thing I don't like is the gray outline around the non-white flags.

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Worklist: Portuguese Navy and Barnegat class seaplane tenders

Great additions!

Am I correctly informed that the original twin-gun design was shot down by the Allies in favor of a single-gun configuration?

You would be correct: The twin-gun design would have made the cruiser superior to many existing cruisers and the allies, especially France, were not so keen about that. Same with the torpedo armament.

Another note: All drawings have been updated and added, with a little bit of history and notes, to the first post. With this, I consider this project complete (unless someone spots some errors, of course...).

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Time for a little bit of gravedigging:

When coming up with the 1944 version, an article said that later in the war, the light AA armament had been reconfigured, but also pointed out that there were conflicting sources and there was no photographic evidence, so I worked with what I could confirm. Of course, a few days after the upload session, I stumble upon a follow-up article, which includes photos...

So, I went back and corrected the wartime-versions of Emden:
The 1941 version is pretty much unchanged, except the location of the degaussing cable and some details have been corrected.


The 1942 version now carries the correct version of the radar and the radar arm as well.


By 1944, the camo has been disregarded and it was back to peacetime grey and a lot more rafts were added. The aft pair of 150mm cannons were removed and the old, WW1-era heavy flaks had been replaced by 105mm SK L/45 C/32 g.E., dual purpose guns. The 20mm quads moved up a level and the place was taken by 37mm singles in u-boat mounts. Addtionally, two 40mm Flak Bofor 28 were added at the height of the bridge.


The first post will be updated over the next few days.

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Great work!

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Splendid additions!