The first in a series designed for modellers, this is a complete guide to the battleship "Scharnhorst", from original ship to detailed model. The battlecruiser of 31,000 tons, nearly always operated with her sister ship "Gneisenau". Such was the threat posed by these ships to the Allies tht they were continually attacked by British aircraft. On one outing, they sank 22 merchant ships from one convoy which had dispersed. "Scharnhorst" took part in a dramatic escape up the English Channel from Brest to Germany. Finally, cornered between two groups of British warships of Norway's North Cape, she was sunk in a night action in December 1943.
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True to Koop's format ~ and in similar vein to that of Sigfried Breyer ~ this Conway title is a useful additional reference for a modeller's libary shelves.
Many detailed close-up photographs of SCHARNHORST at different stages in her turbulent life are complemented with plan and profile drawings. The text is spare but essential and well-ordered. A disappointment was the quality of the (mono throughout) reproductions of some of the builders' and other large models of the battleship. "Battleship Scharnhorst" will contribute worthwile additional reference material to an existing collection of titles.
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As with the construction of a real ship, the modeller has to obey certain principles. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fore conning tower, hammock store, quadruple mounting, base rangefinder, admiral staff officer, watertight subdivision, numerous vols, funnel cap, twin mountings, turbine room, oil fuel tank, auxiliary machinery, basic switching, bridge tower, deck plan, action stations, radio room Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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As with the construction of a real ship, the modeller has to obey certain principles. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fore conning tower, hammock store, quadruple mounting, base rangefinder, admiral staff officer, watertight subdivision, numerous vols, funnel cap, twin mountings, turbine room, oil fuel tank, auxiliary machinery, basic switching, bridge tower, deck plan, action stations, radio room Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Sea, Operation Berlin New!
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- World War I (U.S. Wars) by John R. Conway in Back Matter
- Battleship Scharnhorst: The Crew Photo Album by Randall S. Shoker in Back Matter
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