This modification was actually planned for the real ships but a modest disagreement known to history as WW2 got in the way...
It will be interesting to see how these up-gunned ships perform in a game.
Friday, 14 December 2012
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This modification was actually planned for the real ships but a modest disagreement known to history as WW2 got in the way...
It will be interesting to see how these up-gunned ships perform in a game.
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Hi Tim,
If you are feeling brutal match them up against Repulse and Renown!
I think they would have been very effective in this configuration but the 11" had a prodigious range and for raiding purposes would have had the advantage in terms of the number of shells carried.
A great 'what if' and as you rightly point out, very close to seeing the light of day.
All the best,
DC
Hmm, just when I thought I had fulfilled my 1/1200 KM collection and thought the Channel Dash was enough
Although I am tempted to scratch build those extra ships needed fro a Sink the Bismarck affair
Presumably, then, they were to be converted into fleet line-of-battle ships, pretty much. At that, one suspects it would have certain effects upon their stability and speed. Interesting concept, though!
Now, one needs names for these fellows. I was thinking of 19th Century Chess Masters 'Adolf Anderssen' and 'von der Lasa', but the Germans tended to choose more prominent personalities that weren't royalty.
David Crook
As I recall, this was all your idea.....
Geordie
Another foolproof plan undermined? Excellent!
Archduke Piccolo
I'm not sure what to do about names - either name them Scharnhorst and Gneisenau as they're just up gunned or give them completely new names. In case I ever want to use them all at once.....
Hi Tim,
Happy to help....;-)
All the best,
DC
lovely looking ships.
According to Breyer, only Gneisenau was to be converted.
Being decommissioned in 1942 for the work.
The f'castle being removed so a 10m longer replacement could restore some of the buoyancy.
Cheers,
Stan.
In keeping with the Bismarck & Tirpitz tradition how about 'Von Moltke' and 'Schlieffen'?
Are these ships going roll over when they fire their first broadside??
Cyril Walker
Thanks for the info - according to Conway it was planned to convert both but Gneisenau came closest!
Martin Rapier
Good idea for the names - I think I'll go with that. I'm not too worried about the ships capsizing - waterline models on a hardwood floor tend to have good sea keeping abilities....
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