I finally got all my S-H reference material read/translated. I hope to add a post here soon discussing the 1939 September 1st fit.
Along with that I will also mention how to make the Trumpeter “1935” kit into a better 1935 version. You will need the forward sponsons from the 1908 version and will also need to scratch-build the torpedo launching tubes mounted at the bow. There’s a few platforms to change too along with secondary gun barrels…
A very unexpected development: Squadron had the 1908 version on sale, today 2/5/20, for $64.49. Very rare for Squadron.
I see there is a German Group Build underway. With that in mind…
Should anyone become interested in building a Schleswig-Holstein, let me know. Although I am not ready to build one myself, I have accumulated a lot of reference material and that along with the current updates posted recently on another site, (MWS), I think I can be of assistance to whomever takes this ship to task.
For those interested we seemed to have proven the camouflage pattern depicted on the WSW model and in many published photos of the S-H, is actually the Schlesien.
(Photo courtesy of WSW
Camo pattern was based on this Photo below.
Schlesien, NOT Schleswig-Holstein:
( “German-Battleships-of-wwii-in-action-warships-no-2” by Robert C. Stern)
That Trumpeter kit depicting 1935 is really a 1936 version. Their 1908 version is good except for leaving off the stern Torpedo tube.
I will be addig some updates for those looking to make a September 1st, 1939 version.
Apparently we finally got a German Modeler involved. He has access to a Vol that I could not afford, let alone translate before the November elections…lol.
I have both the 1908 and the 1935 kits, (really 1936ish with a few errors). I collected enough AM to make the 1935 based kit into a resonable 1939 “1st day” of WW2 version. Between Gun barrels, platforms, and AA guns, it’s plenty to keep an advanced modeler happy and me working hard to become one.
Jim.
EDIT:
Anyone doing the 1908 version may want to add the stern Torpedo tube. It appears Trumpeter missed that. send me a PM or email and I can supply a photo and drawing for that location. ( Hint, its on the port side!)
