Steve- As always - fantastic video update. I just never fail to be amazed at your craftsmanship and skills with such delicate PE parts and assemblies. Looking forward to next week and the Mossie return.
Morning Steve, after seeing your tutorial which is just excellent makes want to buy another kit and start all over again with my kit as I have made so many mistakes with my build
Hi Steve, fantastic PE built again. I checked a few archives and found an interesting Lutwaffe photo of an Arado 196A-3 launching from Tirpitz. The photo clearly shows the middle section between the catapults - so both sides were extended at the time of this launch.
Steve, I've been building the Tamiya Prince of Wales with the Pontos set and I've found that if you get stuck with the printed instructions re resolution you can go to the Pontos website and view/download the instructions as PDFs and the photographs there are extremely high res and you can zoom right in. It's proved invaluable to me and I've noticed things that I never would have seen on the paper instructions. It doesn't solve the problem of all the bits they neglect to mention and stuff like that though ha! Instructions aside though, it's a beautifully made set.
Hi Steve, great progress on your build. I think the Pontos catapults are far better looking than the Trumpeter pieces. According to my sources, the catapults on Bismarck were two 14.60 m independent standard catapults from Deutsche Werke Kiel, exactly the same type as used on other German heavy units. On Bismarck and Tirpitz they were simply mounted in a way that one could launch the aircraft to Port and the other one to Starboard, avoiding the pivoting constructions like e.g on Scharnhorst or Gneisenau. The catapults would only extend when a plane was about to be launched. So I think it is absolutley correct to depict the one with the Arado ready to launch in the extended position, and the other one not extended and covered by the metal tiles. Will try to see if I can find some images to further back this up.
Excellent work as usual Steve, I was gritting my teeth while you put the catapult together. You mentioned about putting one of the Arado's on the catapult might not be strictly accurate, well I remember James Cameron's Expedition Bismarck had two of the survivors on board one of them worked in the ships coding room and he said that the night before (I am assuming it was the battle) the ships Captain ordered as much information to be sent back to land. Unfortunately the catapult malfunctioned and the aircraft was unable to launch. So if you want to adjust the time frame to the night before having an Arado on the catapult would be correct.
I would have thought that the catapult should have been fully extended as long as possible so as to give the sled a longer run. I couldn't find photos either. Good job again Steve! Thanks!
Hi, Steve! Congrats on finishing the superb build of the Mosquito! Aside from a few WNW Biplanes, I'm not much of a plane guy, but your skills are impressive across the board. So, cheers! Did you postpone Bismarck for the last couple of weeks to complete it, I wonder? I'm fairly addicted to your ship builds, so I am sitting on pins and needles for the next chapter in this series. Lol. Thanks again for all you do and your generous advice and remote tutorship! Take care and stay safe and keep building!
Love watching you work on the PE. It is my nightmare. How would you compare the Pontos Set and MK-1 set when it comes to assemblies like the catapults. I find that Pontos uses a lot more parts to build an assembly than MK-1 does. Can one actually see the differences between the two.
Hi Steve, there is an interesting photo on the Bismarck-class website it’s the last photo under Bismarck, Arado scale plans. I am not 100% sure it’s from the Bismarck but I believe it is of interest. I will not try and explain my thoughts on this picture and let you make your own interpretations.
Steve- As always - fantastic video update. I just never fail to be amazed at your craftsmanship and skills with such delicate PE parts and assemblies. Looking forward to next week and the Mossie return.
Another great episode Steve , looking forward to the next build , stay safe .
Morning Steve, after seeing your tutorial which is just excellent makes want to buy another kit and start all over again with my kit as I have made so many mistakes with my build
Your patients and skill give you the tools to conquer any obstacles that are presented. Thank you for excellent work.
Once again Steve you never fail to inform and entertain. This was another excellent example of your complete grasp of the use of photoetch
Beautiful build!!
Hi Steve, fantastic PE built again. I checked a few archives and found an interesting Lutwaffe photo of an Arado 196A-3 launching from Tirpitz. The photo clearly shows the middle section between the catapults - so both sides were extended at the time of this launch.
Great work Steve, really enjoy your work. I thought your soldering was quit good on the Hood.
Steve, I've been building the Tamiya Prince of Wales with the Pontos set and I've found that if you get stuck with the printed instructions re resolution you can go to the Pontos website and view/download the instructions as PDFs and the photographs there are extremely high res and you can zoom right in. It's proved invaluable to me and I've noticed things that I never would have seen on the paper instructions. It doesn't solve the problem of all the bits they neglect to mention and stuff like that though ha! Instructions aside though, it's a beautifully made set.
THANKS! Great Video! You're providing a great supplement to Pontos' nearly unintelligible instructions (for me anyway).
Hi Steve, great progress on your build. I think the Pontos catapults are far better looking than the Trumpeter pieces. According to my sources, the catapults on Bismarck were two 14.60 m independent standard catapults from Deutsche Werke Kiel, exactly the same type as used on other German heavy units. On Bismarck and Tirpitz they were simply mounted in a way that one could launch the aircraft to Port and the other one to Starboard, avoiding the pivoting constructions like e.g on Scharnhorst or Gneisenau. The catapults would only extend when a plane was about to be launched. So I think it is absolutley correct to depict the one with the Arado ready to launch in the extended position, and the other one not extended and covered by the metal tiles. Will try to see if I can find some images to further back this up.
Excellent work as usual Steve, I was gritting my teeth while you put the catapult together. You mentioned about putting one of the Arado's on the catapult might not be strictly accurate, well I remember James Cameron's Expedition Bismarck had two of the survivors on board one of them worked in the ships coding room and he said that the night before (I am assuming it was the battle) the ships Captain ordered as much information to be sent back to land. Unfortunately the catapult malfunctioned and the aircraft was unable to launch. So if you want to adjust the time frame to the night before having an Arado on the catapult would be correct.
I would have thought that the catapult should have been fully extended as long as possible so as to give the sled a longer run. I couldn't find photos either. Good job again Steve! Thanks!
Hi Steve, It might be worth looking into VMS Flexible CA glue, might work just as well as epoxy glue, and be less messy.
Thankyou for showing how to use the extra kit 666002 for the Bismarck, I have the 1/200 Bismarck & the upgrade kit. I am yet to start on the ship.
Excellent workmanship Steve, considering the price of the pontos kit just nor acceptable to have rubbish instructions..
Hi, Steve! Congrats on finishing the superb build of the Mosquito! Aside from a few WNW Biplanes, I'm not much of a plane guy, but your skills are impressive across the board. So, cheers! Did you postpone Bismarck for the last couple of weeks to complete it, I wonder? I'm fairly addicted to your ship builds, so I am sitting on pins and needles for the next chapter in this series. Lol. Thanks again for all you do and your generous advice and remote tutorship! Take care and stay safe and keep building!
Each Telford I've attended has been on or near remembrance weekend.
Love watching you work on the PE. It is my nightmare. How would you compare the Pontos Set and MK-1 set when it comes to assemblies like the catapults. I find that Pontos uses a lot more parts to build an assembly than MK-1 does. Can one actually see the differences between the two.
Hi Steve, there is an interesting photo on the Bismarck-class website it’s the last photo under Bismarck, Arado scale plans. I am not 100% sure it’s from the Bismarck but I believe it is of interest. I will not try and explain my thoughts on this picture and let you make your own interpretations.