Tirpitz outside of Narvik, Trumpeter 1:350

[mattilacken]

So this will be my first non car/tank build since I was a kid.
This is the fairly new Trumpeter kit in 1/350 scale and it has more than 1900 pieces and then I have added some with some extra PE doors and hatches, and the other day I ordered Eduard part 2 set to correct the bridge wings.

It have had this on my want to build list for ages and got it as a gift for my birthday. I have several personal connections to Tirpitz, I have grown up every summer in my parents cabin outside of Narvik in Norway where Tirpitz was stationed under couple of occasions. And when it was “sunk”, actually rotated with the hull up buy bombs, it was outside of Tromsø which is close to where my fathers family live. And my dad did actually dive on the remainings of Tirpitz back in the 70’s or 80’s.

Anny way, I have joined the hull together and smothened some joints and added the deck and minor parts. And after that I started to install doors and window hatches. And did some mocking up of the fore castle. My next step was to join the chimney together and as the PE grill on top. After installation I found other reference photos that showed that it was representing Bismarck and not Tirpitz. So I started build that and that’s where I am now.

More when it happens you are welcome to comment and sow on!

[tcoat]

Oh very nice! The molding look very good on this with even nice scale eyebrows on the portholes.

[madhatter]

Hey Anton!! Great to see you here too - welcome aboard (pun not intended).
Mate, you so have to post those other historical pics here too - there's builders here that will appreciate it more here than the other, heavily car focused site.

[406 Silverado]

This is going to be a true joy to watch comme together!! Great start so far Anton! 1900 pieces ??!!................

[406 Silverado]

Nov 15, 2024 19:03:48 GMT -5 madhatter said:

Hey Anton!! Great to see you here too - welcome aboard (pun not intended).
Mate, you so have to post those other historical pics here too - there's builders here that will appreciate it more here than the other, heavily car focused site.

 Simon speaks the truth!!! 

[tcoat]

Nov 15, 2024 19:03:48 GMT -5 madhatter said:

Hey Anton!! Great to see you here too - welcome aboard (pun not intended).
Mate, you so have to post those other historical pics here too - there's builders here that will appreciate it more here than the other, heavily car focused site.

[mattilacken]

Thanks everyone! I like being here so far!

I will post those historic pictures as well in a while :-) but first to nights progress.. I have made the dividers in bras rod that I filed down from 0,45mm to around 0,3mm . And then I added the thin x braces out of 0,2mm rod that I bent on one end first and glued to adjust the length.

Pics comes soon.. I can’t ad them on the phone some how..

[mattilacken]

We were discussing camouflages on an other board and I. Posted these bellow.. I will try to make it as it was seen in Narvik, i think, might still change 😜

[tcoat]

So very cool! Had no idea they changed it so often. Guess the crew really didn't have much else to do but paint.

[moparmadness]

Oh man, I had no idea there were that many liveries. Pretty cool that you actually get to see the location firsthand.

[stikpusher]

Great images on the Tirpitz’s camo schemes Matt! The USN went thru thru similar phases of ship camouflage schemes depending upon the phase of the war. When the submarine threat was thought to be more likely, the dazzle schemes of Measure 31/32/33 were more prevalent. When the aerial threat was judged to be more likely, Measure 11/12/21/22 were the most commonly seen.

[themongoose]

Great work so far! I like the portholes open, very different look. Have you decided which scheme you want to do after looking through all those options?

[handiabled]

Bookmarked this! Great detail work going on so far!

[mattilacken]

Thanks for all the comments, i appreciate it! It’s great to have others to discuss with.

Nov 15, 2024 23:37:28 GMT -5 themongoose said:

Great work so far! I like the portholes open, very different look. Have you decided which scheme you want to do after looking through all those options?

I am thinking of the wedge one worn in 1942 maybe with winter gray on the decks. But then again wood would look good.

[Tobi]

I was always intrigued by the scheme, back when she was made to look like a couple of houses

[mattilacken]

Nov 16, 2024 6:10:51 GMT -5 Tobi said:

I was always intrigued by the scheme, back when she was made to look like a couple of houses

Yes that’s a bonkers one!

[406 Silverado]

That's some VERY good imagination by the Germans to blend that in with the surroundings. Could you imagine that thing going out to see like that in the middle of the ocean? I can only imagine with the opposing forces would be thinking if they saw a bunch of houses out in the middle of the sea. 

[mattilacken]

Nov 16, 2024 8:56:31 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

That's some VERY good imagination by the Germans to blend that in with the surroundings. Could you imagine that thing going out to see like that in the middle of the ocean? I can only imagine with the opposing forces would be thinking if they saw a bunch of houses out in the middle of the sea. 

For sure was! But as you say would have been interesting at sea! They might not attack, they don’t want to destroy the village 

[406 Silverado]

Nov 16, 2024 9:07:16 GMT -5 mattilacken said:

Nov 16, 2024 8:56:31 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

That's some VERY good imagination by the Germans to blend that in with the surroundings. Could you imagine that thing going out to see like that in the middle of the ocean? I can only imagine with the opposing forces would be thinking if they saw a bunch of houses out in the middle of the sea. 

For sure was! But as you say would have been interesting at sea! They might not attack, they don’t want to destroy the village 

[keavdog]

Great photos. Thanks for sharing.

[dukemaddog]

Wow, this is such amazing and incredibly informative thread! I'm so thrilled to find this! I am overwhelmed at the quality you're putting in this model too. Unbelievable mastery here!

I always wondered about that raid on Spitzbergen and why they sent Tirpitz (and others as indicated) to shell the place. It always made me wonder why they didn't do that more often with Tirpitz in other areas. I'd love to know what other ships accompanied Tirpitz to Spitzbergen.

[stikpusher]

Nov 16, 2024 22:20:13 GMT -5 dukemaddog said:

Wow, this is such amazing and incredibly informative thread! I'm so thrilled to find this! I am overwhelmed at the quality you're putting in this model too. Unbelievable mastery here!

I always wondered about that raid on Spitzbergen and why they sent Tirpitz (and others as indicated) to shell the place. It always made me wonder why they didn't do that more often with Tirpitz in other areas. I'd love to know what other ships accompanied Tirpitz to Spitzbergen.

Here is the Wiki article on that raid Mark


Spitsbergen Raid

[dukemaddog]

Thank you Carlos! Just what I needed; I never knew anything about that raid.

[mattilacken]

Minor progress with my brass work.. Only got a couple of hours in yesterday, but its the time of year when i am mostly tiered, it gets dark so eraly and bright so late this time of year.
Tomorrow my other PE sheet will arive from poland so i can stripp some more styren of the smoke stack and replace it with PE.



Some of these must be tiny as the hed of a needle!

[kyledehart5]

Awesome!! Great thread you’ve got going here and a great start. I lol forward to following along!

[406 Silverado]

Continuing with the great work on that smoke stack Anton. I can't get over that PE sheet with those what looks like thousands of teeny tiny parts. That's enough to drive a fella completely bonkers right there.

[handiabled]

That looks like an eye crossing amount of small photo etch! I'll be watching for more of your improvements.

[moparmadness]

Nov 21, 2024 4:18:27 GMT -5 mattilacken said:

Minor progress with my brass work.. Only got a couple of hours in yesterday, but its the time of year when i am mostly tiered, it gets dark so eraly and bright so late this time of year.
Tomorrow my other PE sheet will arive from poland so i can stripp some more styren of the smoke stack and replace it with PE.



Some of these must be tiny as the hed of a needle!

My eyes hurt looking at it! Lol

[mattilacken]

HEhe YEs i will see how i manage but the twezers and my magnifying light come in handy! And the 5k CA glue helps allot, makes it possible to move the PE before it cures hard but flexible.
I revised my work a bit since i took a closer look on pictures i have and then i found a Revell PE that had this pattern so i tried to follow it since it seemed to be right acording to pictures i have. So i belive the top to be mor or less done, migt ad a rim around since some of the PE are a bit above the edge.